Another Drug Based Injury to a Child Arrest Arrest Made
Christopher Charles and Jessica Lynn Reidhle of Emory were arrested at the Hopkins County CourthouseThursday on awarrant for Injury to a Child. Christopher, 30, and Jessica, 29, are another couple that exposed their child to methamphetamine and the child tested positive for the substance in a Child Protective Services and Sulphur Springs Police Department Special Crimes Unit investigation. Both are being held in Hopkins County Jail...
Children Test Positive for Methamphetamine; CPS, SCU Working a Number of Injury to a Child Cases
Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit working with Child Protective Services has made arrests following in-depth investigations into at least five children testing positive for methamphetamine. The children were in homes where parents were using the controlled substance. According to SCU officers CPS often initiates this type of investigation but SCU treat these as a top priority when the investigation is forwarded to them. According to...
Thirty-two Auto Burglaries Solved With Arrest
Thirty-two car burglaries have been solved and Sulphur Springs Police investigators are somewhat confident that an arrest made Wednesday afternoon at 4:50 p.m. may in fact solve all the late night unlocked-auto burglaries that have occurred in recent days. The method of operation by the burglar has been the same in all the burglaries that have occurred in the city. The Special Crimes Unit of the SSPD served a warrant in the 400 block...
Suspects Identified in Auto Burglaries
Suspects in the 23 auto break-ins over the weekend have been identified by the Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit according to law enforcement sources. A long night for local police officers and sheriff’s deputies and investigators led to the possible break in the case. Local law enforcement hopes to have arrests in the case in the new two days. Law enforcement will continue to monitor closely the activities in residential...
Gerald Sentenced to 3 Years in Plea Bargain
June 21, 2016 – Wes Gerald, 41, pled guilty to failure to appear and bail jumping Tuesday afternoon in 8th Judicial District Court. Gerald was sentenced to three (3) years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. As part of his plea agreement other charges including Aggravated Assault in Retaliation, possession of drug paraphernalia, and engaging in organized crime were dropped. Gerald was one of four were arrested Monday,...
Couple Charged with Child Endangerment
Desiree Krystal Brown, 23, and Rogers Dale Petrea, 29, were arrested Tuesday, June 14, 2016 on a warrant at the Child Protective Services office in Sulphur Springs. Special Crimes Investigators assisted CPS with an investigation involving a one year old child that tested positive for high levels of methamphetamine. The couple was charged with Abandonment/Endangerment of a Child Criminal Negligence. Sgt. Mark Estes with the Special...
Dumpster Dive Leads to Arrest
June 2, 2016 – While going through dumpsters behind a closed business on Gilmer Street Thursday morning, June 2, at 12:43 a.m., Sharon Ann Ball, 67, met Sulphur Springs Police Department Special Crimes Unit Investigator Harold McClure. The result of the meeting was a charge for possession of a controlled substance (Methamphetamine) over 4-grams and less than 200-grams, a Felony 2. In light of the suspicious activity, McClure...
Grand Jury Hands Down 84 Indictments in May 2016
May 27, 2016 – Thursday May 26, 2016, was a busy day for the Hopkins County Grand Jury as they handed down 84 indictments against 65 individuals. Of the 84, 12 were sealed indictments. Phillip Justin Rhone, 27 of Barksdale, Louisiana was indicted for sexual assault of a child. Rhone was arrested February 28, 2016 when the minor’s parents informed law enforcement officials that their child had not returned home. Officers began...
Three Young Men Arrested For Possession and Intent To Sell Controlled Substances
Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit officers arrested three young men who were in possession of and intending to sell narcotics to high school students in two separate incidents on Thursday. On Thursday morning Sulphur Springs High School officers discovered that Cameron Blayne Davis, 17, was in possession of a approximately 13 Xanax pills. Davis was attempting to sell the pills to other students at the high school. SCU Sergeant Mark...
Burglary Suspect Gives False Information, Narcotics Found
Damian Demon Hart, 19, of Denison was arrested Tuesday evening on three charges. Hart, who was a suspect in a Burglary of a Habitation and Motor Vehicle at a Beckham Street residence, was contacted by a Sulphur Springs Police Department officer. Hart falsely identified himself as “Darnel Sabastion Franklin” with a date of birth May 3rd, 1994. A short time later the officer realized he knew the man Hart was pretending to be...
