Winnsboro Man Attempts to Ship Controlled Substance
June 2, 2017 – John Lamar Jones, 70, of Winnsboro, TX attempted to ship a package on May 31st at a UPS Hub on Gilmer Street in Sulphur Springs. Once again, alert clerks notified Sulphur Springs Police. The Special Crimes Unit investigated and on Thursday arrested Jones for Possession with Intent to Deliver or Manufacture a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 more than or equal to 4-grams but less than 200-grams, a Felony 1....
Alert Clerks Determine Package Suspicious
Clerks at The Shipping Zone thought the package suspicious. The package was received at the Shipping Zone on Gilmer Street around 2:30 p.m. Thursday and was bound for a Florida address. The clerks contacted Sulphur Springs Police. The Special Crimes Unit investigators responded to the call and clerks opening the package found inside 1.2-grams of suspected methamphetamine and 2.6-grams of Hydrocodone pills in a prescription bottle with...
Tenacity of Hopkins County Deputy Evans Leads to the Arrest of Man Wanted for Four Years
Giving high praise to the tenacity of Hopkins County Deputy Corporal Todd Evans, Harold McClure with the Special Crimes Unit told KSST News that a four year search for Melroy Givens, 44, had come to a satisfactory end Wednesday, May 3, 2017, just before noon in DeSoto, Texas. Givens, a former resident of Sulphur Springs and now in Hopkins County Jail, was found at his residence in DeSoto. McClure, in an interview to be aired on KSST...
Additional Charges for Chester
Following a lengthy investigation, the Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County Special Crimes Unit served four warrants on an inmate in Hopkins County Jail Monday, May 2, 2017 around 1 p.m. It was found that the female had been selling large amounts of suspected methamphetamine prior to her arrest last week. Haylee Brooke Chester, 21, was served with one Felony 1, and three Felony 2 charges. Chester’s additional charges include Manufacture...
SCU, SWAT Execute Narcotics Search Warrant
Special Crimes Unit along with the Sulphur Springs Police and Hopkins County SWAT team executed a narcotics search warrant in the 100 block of Foscue Street in Sulphur Springs. During the search SCU Investigators located approximately 8.4 grams of suspected methamphetamine. A small child, approximately 9-months old, was on the couch in the residence with one of the defendants. The child was released to the mother with a Child...
Hopkins County Grand Jury Hands Down 81 Indictments in April, 2017
A total of 81 indictments were handed down by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Monday afternoon, April 24, 2017. Not all are listed below awaiting the arrest of the indicted. Those who have been arrested and indicted include: David Allen Woolverton, Jr., 35 of Como for seven counts of Prohibited Sexual Conduct. The conduct with a family member began in 2011 and has continued until the arrest. Woolverton had been charged with one count for...
Newborn Tests Positive for Cocaine; Mother Arrested
A Special Crimes Unit and Child Protective Services investigation resulted in the arrest of Shaukiquia Tralynn Ford, 31, of Sulphur Springs. The investigation began when CPS was notified that Ford’s newborn baby tested positive for cocaine at the time of birth. Ford was arrested on a warrant at an Industrial Drive address Wednesday afternoon. Ford admitted to drug use during her pregnancy. (Picture was unavailable, county jail website...
Eight Indicted for Injury to a Child With Intent Bodily Injury; March Grand Jury Indictments
Injury Child/Elderly/Disable With Intent Bodily Injury led the list of indictments handed down by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Tuesday afternoon, March 29, 2017. A total of 39 indictments for various charges were handed down. Eight of the 39 were for Injury to a Child. Not all individuals indicted have been arrested. Those names are not published here. Indicted for Injury to a Child with Intent Bodily Injury were: Laci Marie Reichel,...
Warrant Served for Animal Cruelty; Large Amount of Meth Found
When the Special Crimes Unit served two warrants on Juan Manuel Rodriguez-Aguilera, 48, of Sulphur Springs, marijuana and methamphetamine were in plain sight. A search of the room found an even larger amount of methamphetamine and two sets of digital scales. Rodriguez-Aguilera is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 more than 4-gram but less than 200-grams ($30,000 bond), Possession...
Extremely High Levels of Meth Found in 1-Yr and 3-Yr Old Children
When a one year old and three year old tested positive for methamphetamine and tested to have extremely high levels of meth in their system, Child Protective Services removed the children from the care of parents and the Special Crimes Unit secured warrants for two arrests. Kayla Marie Letney, 27, (picture not available) and Rustin Yates Russell, 40, who live on Highway 11 East near Winnsboro, were arrested on warrants for Injury to...
