August Grand Jury Hands Down 58 Indictments
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed down 58 indictments, 14 of which were sealed, on Monday August 22, 2016. Among those indictments released were five injury to a child/elderly/disabled indictments, one possession of child pornography, several burglaries, a number of drug charges, and others. Christopher Charles Reichle and his wife Jessica Lynn Reichle were individually indicted for injury to a child. Christopher Charles and Jessica...
Hopkins County Jury Finds Tilley Guilty of DWI 3rd or More
Eric Wydell Tilley was found guilty of DWI 3rd or More by a Hopkins County Jury in Eighth Judicial District Court Wednesday morning. The two day trial ended with the jury deliberating 32 minutes. Tilley will be sentenced by the judge on August 11th. His range of punishment is 25-years to life. He has been in prison five times before for burglary, robbery, retaliation, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, and DWI 3rd or...
Woman Arrested Twice in Three Days
Hopkins County Deputy Scott Davis observed a vehicle with defective headlamps, tail lamps, and license plate light traveling southbound on State Highway 19 Saturday evening. His traffic stop led to the arrest of the driver and two passengers in the auto that had been stolen out of Collin County and finding a large amount of money in the front left pocket of the auto. Anthony Wayne Sandlin, 35, of Lone Oak was the driver and passengers...
“Updated” Burglar Broke Down, Busted
Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies found a vehicle reported stolen abandoned at County Road 1110 and County Road 1171. It had been taken from a County Road 1112 residence. Then a man drove up and told deputies his father’s truck had been stolen from a residence at County Road 1110 and County Road 1218. The description of the truck matched one that had been found on County Road 1100 East at FM 2653. A man seen near the...
Sartin Sentenced
Hollis Blane Sartin, 40, of Pickton was sentenced to six months State Jail time for the unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and when he finishes that sentence he will go to the Substance Abuse Treatment Center (SAFP), a section of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, according to District Attorney Will Ramsay. Ramsay said that when Sartin completes all of that, he will then be on probation for 10 years and should he fail to keep...
“Updated” Three Additional Arrests in Investigation of County Burglaries
Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies and investigators have been busy during the month of May making arrests in connection with burglaries. Sunday, May 24th was noexception. A 17-year old Sulphur Springs man, Jordan Matthew Williams was arrested just before 11 a.m. Sunday after his vehicle had become stuck in the mud. The man was accused of breaking into several vehicles on County Road 1171. The male is in Hopkins County jail with...
Grand Jury Returns 45 Indictments May 11
A Hopkins County Grand Jury Monday returned 45 indictments. Joe Gilbert Valdez was indicted for continuous sexual assault of a young child. The victim was a six year old girl. Two men were indicted for on-line solicitation of a minor: Bart Co Hoppenreys and Joshua Cain Strickland. Strickland was also indicted for possession of a controlled substance, namely methamphetamine. A man and a woman were indicted for aggravated assault...
One Arrest Solves Two Cases for SSPD
Sulphur Springs Police believe they have solved two cases with the Thursday arrest of a 31-year old Kaufman man who has been residing in Sulphur Springs. SSPD investigator Monty Tipps told KSST News that as he investigated a vehicle break-in at the Terminex building on Main Street, he noted a hand-held computer, a cellphone, and a printer had been taken. Later in the day a person had returned some of the property to the...
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...
New Charges Filed Against Hollis Sartin
40-year old Hollis Blaine Sartin of Pickton now faces an additional charge after he reportedly entered Wal-Mart with a pistol last Friday night causing evacuation of the store. I talked with Sulphur Springs Police Detective Sgt. David Gilmore Wednesday morning. Sartin was charged with terroristic threat before JP B.J. Teer Wednesday and bond was set at $35,000. Monday JP Teer set a $75,000 bond for Sartin on a charge of unauthorized...
