SCU Arrests Man After Two Drug Buys
Following two separate purchases in which a quantity of methamphetamine was sold, the Special Crimes Unit arrested William Ray Cadle, 36, of Sulphur Springs. The arrest follows an investigation over a period of time in which purchases of more than 1-gram but less than 4-grams of meth were purchased. He was arrested in August of this year and arrests for other drug related charges date back to 2007. Cadle is in Hopkins County Jail...
Grand Jury Indictments for September 8th
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed up 76 criminal indictments Thursday, September 8, 2017. A number of indictments were for Aggravated Assault but the largest number of reported indictments was for possession of controlled substances. Among those named in indictments are: Jonathan Ray Weems was indicted on three counts of Aggravated Assault Date/Family/House with a Deadly Weapon. When Hopkins County Deputies arrived at the location of...
A Father and 1-Year Old Child Test Positive for Meth and Marijuana
An investigation by Child Protective Services regarding a 1-year old child that tested positive for methamphetamine has led to the arrest of the child’s father, Brett William Owsley, 27, of Sulphur Springs. Both Owsley and the child tested positive for meth and marijuana. Special Crimes Unit assisted in the investigation and arrested Owsley at the corner of Church and Houston Streets Thursday morning. Owsley is in Hopkins County Jail...
Hopkins County Jury Finds Epps Guilty for Manufacture Delivery of Controlled Substances
In Eighth Judicial District Court Tuesday, a Hopkins County Jury found Glenn Anthony Epps, 37, guilty of one count of Felony 1 Manufacture Delivery of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 more than 1 gram but less than 4-grams in a Drug Free Zone, one count of Felony 3 Manufacture Delivery of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 less than 1 gram in a Drug Free Zone, and one count of Felony 2 Manufacture Delivery of Controlled...
Additional Charges Added for Two Inmates
After a lengthy investigation by the Special Crimes Unit three additional charges of Manufacture Delivery Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 more than 1-gram but less than 4-grams in a Drug Free Zone and one charge of Manufacture Delivery of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 3 less than 28-grams in a Drug Free Zone have been added to charges against two already incarcerated in Hopkins County Jail. The additional charges were filed...
Indictments Handed Down Wednesday, June 28, 2017
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed down 47 indictments during their June session Wednesday, June 28, 2017. A variety of charges were involved including Aggravated Assault, Tamper Fabricate Evidence, Theft of a Firearm, Burglary of a Habitation, and others. Several arrests are pending but the indictments for those previously arrested include: Paige Spencer Whitworth was indicted for Aggravated Assault Date/Family/House with a Weapon....
Clayton Sentenced to 10 Years in TDJC
Shatobia Keoshia Clayton, 29, of Sulphur Springs was sentenced to 10 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Eighth Judicial District Court Monday. Clayton was arrested Monday night May 2, 2016, on a 2nd degree felony charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 more than 4-grams but less than 200-grams with Intent to Deliver. Clayton was the driver of a vehicle that was stopped for a traffic violation....
Pickton Woman Arrested for Abandon Endanger Child Criminal Negligence
Special Crimes Unit conducted an investigation involving a 3-year old child that tested positive for methamphetamine. The mother also tested positive for meth with a high level of meth in her system. SCU secured a warrant for the arrest of Kala Janae George, 25 of Pickton. George is charged with Abandon Endanger Child Criminal Negligence. She is in Hopkins County Jail held on a $20,000 bond . She was also arrested on an outstanding...
Yantis Senior Adult Had Meth in Wallet
Special Crimes Unit made a traffic stopped in the 100 block of Texas Street Tuesday. Fredrick Eugene Fowler, 63, of Yantis said he did not have a Driver’s License but he did admit to having marijuana in his left front pants pocket. He removed it and gave it to the officers. However, that was not all he had in his possession. Arrested and booked into Hopkins County Jail, Fowler’s wallet contained a small piece of aluminum foil found by...
Hopkins County Grand Jury Indictments Handed Down June 2
June 6, 2017 – Seventy-one (71) indictments were handed down by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Friday, June 2, 2017 and reported by the District Clerk’s Office Monday afternoon. Possession of Child Pornography, Endanger Child Criminal Negligence, Injury Child/Elderly/Disabled with Intent Bodily Injury, Money Laundering, various drug charges, and aggravated assault charges were among the indictments. Carlos Omar Casillas, 22, was...
