Four Arrested in Drug Bust
A drug bust for the Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit Wednesday night resulted in the recovery of a weapon and the arrest of four individuals. All four are in Hopkins County Jail where Justice of the Peace B J Teer set bond at $30,000 each. Other information regarding the arrest is unavailable due to holiday. Arrested were: Jennifer Leigh Jesters Cain, 32, Blake Adam Friddle 21, ...
Additional Charges Added In Buy-Bust Case
Wednesday morning, the four individuals who had been arrested November 17th for engaging in organized criminal activity had one more charge added. All four, three of whom remained in Hopkins County Jail on the original charge, are now also charged with aggravated assault in retaliation and bond for each on that charge was set at $40,000 by Justice of the Peace B. J. Teer. For Curtis Anthony August-Adams, 17, it meant returning to...
Four Arrested When Undercover Buy Goes South
November 19, 2015 – An undercover buy-bust created the necessity for the Special Crimes Unit to rush a house located at 734 I-30 East, which is the South Service Road of I-30. The rush was necessitated when a confidential informant that had entered the house to make a purchase was held against his will when the sellers discovered his true purpose. The informant was assaulted and his communication devices including cell phone...
Nine Month Investigation Results in 56 Felony Arrests in Hopkins and Franklin Counties
The city and county Special Crimes Unit working with lawmen from Hopkins and Franklin County have culminated an extensive investigation with numerous arrests of suspected drug dealers. Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders, Hopkins County Chief Criminal Investigator Lewis Tatum, and Franklin County Sheriff Ricky Jones led the joint task force. Chief Sanders said the work has been ongoing for the past nine months and for the past...
Grand Jury Indictments for November
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed down 66 indictments Monday November 16, 2015. A total of 18 arrests are yet to be made but 48 of the indictments were announced. Levi Shea Williams was indicted for Sexual Assault of a Child. In September of this year, Williams, 19, of Dike, was charged with sexual assault of a child. The alleged offense occurred at a residence on FM 275 South just before 1 p.m. Friday, September 25. An arrest was...
Man Arrested for Meth Delivery Near Travis Primary School
A 23 year old Sulphur Springs man was arrested at his home Tuesday by members of the city and county Special Crimes Unit for delivering methamphetamine near Travis Primary School on September 1st of this year. Arrested was Chase Garrett McCord Hudson was charged with engaging in organized criminal activity. Bond was set at $30,000 by Justice of the Peace B J Teer. A criminal complaint alleges that a man delivered less than a gram of...
“Updated” Barricaded Man Found Dead in Today’s Standoff with Law Enforcement Now Identified
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders, a member of the SWAT team, told KSST News that the individual who barricaded himself from police this morning is apparently dead from a self-inflicted gunshot. Justice of the Peace B J Teer agreed. Teer pronounced the time of death for 55-year old Roger Lane Petty as noon Thursday, September 10, 2015. Teer has ordered an autopsy to be performed by American Forensics of Mesquite. Teer released...
Touring the SSPD Offices in the Remodeled Old City Hall
Tuesday afternoon, Sulphur Springs Chief of Police Jay Sanders gave KSST News a tour of the segment of Old City Hall that is currently being remodeled to house police department personnel. The Emergency Management Control Center, offices for detectives, and the Special Crimes Unit will be housed in the new addition. Following the move into the new offices, the old police department will be remodeled to house patrol, an Internet Crimes...
Sulphur Springs Man Arrested on Controlled Substance Warrants
A 22-year old Sulphur Springs man was arrested at his home by the city and county Special Crimes Unit for outstanding drug warrants at 9:30 p.m. Monday. Tyler Stephen Halerumal was charged with two counts of manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance before Justice of the Peace B.J. Teer. Judge Teer set bond at $50,000 for a count involving more than 4 grams but less than 200 grams and $25,000 for a count over 1 gram but...
Parents Charged with Child Endangerment
The parents of an 8-month old child are in Hopkins County Jail charged with child endangerment with eminent bodily injury. The man and woman from Sulphur Springs were arrested Wednesday for endangering their child. The female child had tested positive for methamphetamine. The parents also tested positive. Twenty eight (28) year old Jeremy Don Campbell and 27-year old Crystal Leeann Allen Campbell were charged with...
