Chief Sanders Expects Fake Officer in Jail Locally Next Week
It will be next week before James Charles Williams, Jr. will be extradited from Little Rock, Arkansas to Sulphur Springs according to local Police Chief Jay Sanders. U S Marshalls located and arrested the 56-year old Williams in Little Rock Thursday, September 3rd, after an arrest warrant was issued by local authorities. The warrant listed two specific charges related to a June 20th event in Sulphur Springs that occurred on a parking...
“Updated” Arrest Warrant Issued for Police Imposter; Not His First Arrest
According to Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders, an arrest warrant has been issued for 56-year old James Charles Williams, Jr. of Little Rock, Arkansas for impersonating a peace officer on the street and for theft, a state jail felony, in connection with the June 20th robbery of a Hispanic male in Sulphur Springs. Williams is also a suspect in the robbery that took place this weekend at Days Inn in the city. Williams is now in...
Police Impersonator Hits Area Cities
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders has issued an alert for local businesses, especially those located along the interstate. A series of robberies similar to one that took place in Sulphur Springs June 21 occurred last night in near-by cities along I-30. It happened again Saturday night in the city. At 6 p.m. Saturday Evening at the Day’s Inn. Over the weekend, the same type of robbery took place at the T A Travel Center in...
Winnsboro Police Report for August 17-23
Winnsboro Police arrested four, investigated two accidents, answered 138 calls for service, issued 14 citations and 22 warnings for the week of August 17-23. Eric Villarreal, 27, of Winnsboro was arrested on Monday, August 17, for assault causing bodily injury/family violence. Also arrested Monday for assault causing bodily injury/family violence was Kara Mobery, 29, of Winnsboro. James Kidd, 33, of Winnsboro was arrested for public...
False Report Leads to Arrest
His girlfriend only told the dispatcher what he told her to tell, that was the final response before arrest of a man in a home on Petty Road just after 11 p.m. Thursday. Three Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies and a DPS Trooper responded to a report of an armed man trying to break into the Petty Road home Thursday night. When lawmen arrived (three Sheriff’s deputies and a DPS trooper), stories they were hearing sounded...
Theft of Money Bag at Local Convenience Store
It wasn’t a robbery but a theft. The Sulphur Springs Police Department is investigating a theft case where a masked man jumped over a counter in a convenience store, grabbed a money bag and then fled the store with another masked man. The incident occurred at Gary’s Food Mart on College Street at around 11 p.m. Thursday. Both men were dressed in black. The men displayed no weapon.
BONNIE AND CLYDE APRIL 2, 2015 – Eddie Trapp
For ten or twelve years I have attended the Uncle Earl’s hog dog trials in Winnfield, Louisiana. Each time while traveling along Interstate 20, I pass the Gibsland, Louisiana exit and remember Bonnie and Clyde were killed in the area. One time Jean, some grand-kids, AND I were on the trip and we stopped at a Bonny and Clyde Museum in Gibsland. As luck would have it the museum was closed and we could barely see inside since it was so...
Grand Jury Indictments for March 2015
A Hopkins County Grand Jury presented 44 indictments against 37 individuals to the Eighth Judicial District Court Wednesday March 4. A variety of charges from possession and promotion of child pornography, online solicitation of a minor, aggravated robbery, to possession of a controlled substance and others are included in the indictments. Michael Henry Shahan was indicted on three counts of possessing visual material that visually...
Chief Sanders Pleased With Crime Stats
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders liked what he saw in a report of seven major index crime areas for 2014. Total number of offenses was 185, down 12% from the year before and the lowest figure for the past fifteen years. Chief Sanders was especially pleased with reductions in property crimes since he noted that police officers could affect those. The Chief said he was concerned with increases in armed robbery although all cases...
Former Massey’s Convenience Store on South Broadway Robbed This Morning
The Sulphur Springs Police Department is investigating the armed holdup of a gas station convenience store at Broadway at Shannon Road just after 4 Monday morning. The robber showed a black semi-automatic handgun and demanded the cash drawer. The suspect wore a mask and is a white male about six-foot tall and of medium to slender build. He escaped in a white pickup. It was the fourth armed robbery in town during the past four months....
