Winnsboro Police Activity January 16-22, 2017
Two arrests, one accident, 136 calls for service, 43 citations issued, and 37 warnings written as Winnsboro Police complete the report period January 16-22. On Thursday, January 19, Patrick Ryan, 26, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 under 1-gram in a Drug Free Zone, Tampering or fabricating physical evidence, Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 3 less than 28-grams Hydrocodone in a...
Yantis Woman Arrested For Chewing on Baggie Containing Suspected Meth
Cortney Nicole Summerlin, 28, of Yantis is in Hopkins County Jail charged with two traffic warrants and for Tampering With Physical Evidence. A Hopkins County Deputy stopped the 1989 pickup she was driving on South Broadway around 8 p.m. Friday night. He noted that Summerlin was extremely nervous. He was alerted to the warrants and placed Summerlin in his patrol unit. While doing an agreed upon search of the vehicle, he noted...
Franklin County Man Who Shaved Sons’ Hair Sentenced
Daniel Arnold was sentenced to 10 years in the TDCJ for each of three counts of Tampering with Physical Evidence in Franklin County Eighth Judicial Court Friday. The sentences will run concurrently. Arnold, 33, of Mount Vernon, was tried by a Franklin County jury on December 12 and 13 for three counts of Tampering with Physical Evidence. He was found guilty by the jury in 35 minutes. He had previous convictions for methamphetamine and...
Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Wrong Action
In the wrong place at the wrong time, Travis Lamere Duffy, 32, caught the attention of law enforcement Monday evening in the 800 block of Alabama Street in Sulphur Springs. The officer considered Duffy Duffy was acting in a suspicious manner. He was walking and refused to stop when ordered to do so by the officer. When he was detained, he was unable to talk due to a substance in his mouth. The officer observed that he was attempting...
Hopkins County Grand Jury Hands Down April Indictments
Sixty-five indictments, 14 sealed, were handed down Monday afternoon by a Hopkins County Grand Jury. A wide range of indictments were included in the afternoon’s work. Many of the arrest reports can be found at ksstradio.com. Just enter their names in the search feature. Jesus Avila was indicted for sexual abuse of a child continuous. Avila, 39, of Saltillo was arrested for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child under the age of...
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...
D. A.’s Office Reveals Covington Is a Captain in Aryan Circle
Mark Covington, 46, of Pickton sentenced Wednesday by a Hopkins County jury to prison for concurrent life sentence and to 20 years on separate counts of tampering with a witness is a captain in the Aryan Circle and based on his tattoos, he has committed acts of violence on behalf of the gang, according to Clay Harrison, Assistant District Attorney. Security had been tight during the Tuesday trial and the Wednesday penalty phase of the...
Hopkins County Grand Jury Hands Down 51 Indictments Monday Afternoon
Monday afternoon, October 26, 2015, a Hopkins County Grand Jury handed down 51 indictments. Not all indicted have been arrested but those indictments that can be released include: Michael Allen Coker for theft of property over $20,000 but under $100,000. On September 18th of this year, 47-year old Michael Allen Coker was transported from the Dallas County Jail to the Hopkins County Jail to face a theft charge in Sulphur Springs. The...
George Placed on Probation for Online Soliciation of Minor and Other Thursday Court Action
Following his guilty plea Thursday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court, Gary Curtis George received a seven (7) years deferred probation for online solicitation of a minor for sex. George had been indicted June 22nd for the charge. George was a Lakes Regional MHMR case worker who stated in his Linkedin account that he worked with a case load of 50 young people who struggle with ADHD. He noted he had been employed at Lakes...
Hale Sentenced to 15 Years
September 25, 2015 – Nessica Rachele Hale, 40, was sentenced to 15 years in the Texas Department of Corrections Friday September 25, 2015 following a plea bargain. Hale pled guilty to fraudulent used of identifying information, a Felony 2; tampering/fabricating physical evidence with intent to impair, a Felony 3; and credit card or debit card abuse, a state jail felony. In July of this year, Hale was arrested for use of the...
