Woman Arrested After Allegedly Swallowing Glass Container of Suspected THC
A Nevada, Texas woman was arrested after allegedly swallowing what was believed to be a small glass vial containing THC. Andrea Lynn Chapman Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Chaney stopped a Toyota Tundra at 9:27 p.m. Tuesday for an equipment violation. He contacted the driver, identified in arrest reports as 40-year-old Andrea Lynn Chapman, Chaney asked her if she had any criminal history. She reportedly admitted to being...
5 Arrested After Suspected Methamphetamine, Pills, Marijuana Found During Traffic Stop
Benjamin James Cowling CROSBY, KANDARIS ANTOINE MARTIN, APRIL CERANA Five people were arrested Monday after suspected methamphetamine, Ecstasy pills, marijuana and drug paraphernalia were found during a State Highway 11 traffic stop, according to arrest reports.Hopkins County Sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Davis reportedly stopped a Ford Taurus at 2:39 p.m. on State Highway 11 west at County Road 4716 for a traffic violation. Thea Colynn...
SSPD: Lack Of License Plate Leads To Traffic Stop, 2 Arrests
Jason Anthony Alkire Lack of a front license plate resulted in a traffic stop, location of contraband and two arrests Thursday evening, police reports noted. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Justin Findley reported stopping a Ford F150 occupied by at least two men on Hinnant Street at Texas Street for not having a front Texas license plate. Jason Anthony Alkire of Sulphur Springs allegedly showed signs of nervousness by his voice and...
Arkansas Pair Accused Of Tossing 13 Pounds Of Methamphetamine From Car
April 12, 2019 – An Arkansas pair was arrested Thursday night after allegedly throwing more than 13 pounds of suspected methamphetamine out a car window while trying to evade Sulphur Springs Police Lt. Eddie Moon. Mary Wooten Lt. Moon reported noticing a Honda Accord pass him on Interstate 30 east at mile marker 122 around 11 p.m. Thursday. Moon said it caught his attention because the license plate light bulb was so dim it was...
Man Jailed For Allegedly Trying To Discard K2
April 2, 2019 – Cameron Joel Wilks, 26, was arrested Monday afternoon for possession of a Penalty Group 2A controlled substance and tampering with evidence. Cameron Joel Wilks Sulphur Springs Police Officer Adrian Pruitt reported making a pedestrian stop on the man, who was observed throwing an item into a vacant lot in the area of Robertson and Towne streets. The man, identified in arrest reports as Wilks, was released at that...
Local Woman Arrested for DWI With Child Passenger
Jan 11, 2019 – A defective brake lamp, failure to signal a turn, and a wide right turn drew the attention of the DPS Trooper who then made a traffic stop at State Highway 154 and I-30 South Service Road Thursday morning. The driver Jasmine Alexis Brigham, 29, of Sulphur Springs showed indicators of intoxication and clues of intoxication during the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests. During the test she stepped on a glass pipe...
Grand Jury Indictments August, 2018
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed up 43 indictments late Tuesday afternoon, August 28, 2018. The names of the 32 who have been arrested for the charge have been released. Christopher Shane Freeman was indicted for Aggravated Assault Against a Public Servant. Terance Raymon Beachem was indicted for Aggravated Assault Date/Family/Home with Weapon and for Criminal Mischief more than $2500 but less than $30,000. Jeremy Kenyaan Gibson, 26...
Cross Taken in Weaver Cemetery Vandalism Recovered from Franklin County Pond by Inmate Volunteers
Friday morning at a pond in the Purley area in Franklin County, two Hopkins County inmates, Joseph Icenhour and Jesse Graham (in picture above), went into the water and retrieved a cross that had been cast aside there by Canyon Ray Davis, 17, of Saltillo, and Johnny Bench, 18, of Saltillo (both pictured below). Davis and Bench threw the cross, taken from the Weaver Cemetery during vandalism, into the pond when they learned that they...
Two Saltillo Men Charged in Weaver Cemetery Investigation
Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum said his Criminal Investigators received leads from members of the community that have also been working vigilantly trying to solve the destruction of the Weaver Cemetery. Canyon Ray Davis, 17, of Saltillo, and Johnny Bench, 18, of Saltillo, were arrested for Tampering with Evidence and Davis was also arrested for Criminal Mischief. Davis additional charge relates to damage done to a church building...
Probation Revoked; Sentenced to 10 Years in TDCJ
As the year begins in Eighth Judicial District Court, probation was revoked for Quentin Ty Latham, 18, of Sulphur Springs. He was sentenced to 10 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for Tampering with Evidence. When Latham is released from prison he will remain on probation for Possession of a Controlled Substance (Xanax) in a Drug Free Zone. Latham was stopped by Sulphur Springs Police while walking on the wrong side of...
