Macon, 52 Others Indicted by Hopkins County Grand Jury Wednesday
A total of 89 indictments against 53 individuals were handed down by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Wednesday, September 23, 2015. Tressa Shana Macon indicted for hindering the apprehension of a felon. Macon, the girlfriend of Tilton Joshua Mapps, was apprehended while trying to assist Mapps eludes arrest. Mapps was indicted for the murder of Jonathon Trahern Young and for tampering with or fabricating physical evidence (see story...
Not Using, Just Selling; Emory Woman Charged on Seven Counts
A 33-year old Emory woman was charged with seven offenses after a traffic stop just before midnight Thursday night. Hopkins County Deputy Shea Shaw stopped a vehicle on Highway 19 South at FM 1567 West. His arrest report indicates he saw a baggie of marijuana in plain site. The deputy also saw a woman attempt to destroy some crack cocaine in a bottle she had hidden on her person. The woman also claimed ownership of 1.74 grams of...
George and 25 Other Indictments Handed Down Monday
Thirty-two (32) indictments were handed down against 26 individuals by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Monday afternoon. The Grand Jury no billed/did not indict three (3) Sulphur Springs Police Officers and three (3) Hopkins County Sheriff’s jailors were no billed/not indicted for the death of Chance Ross (see story here). Gary Curtis George was indicted for an April 10th charge of online solicitation of a minor for sex. George was a...
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...
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...
Former Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigator, Daniel Winn Hit With New Charges
Former Hopkins County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigator, 34-year old Daniel Winn of Sulphur Springs, was arrested Monday for twelve more counts of tampering with physical evidence and one count of tampering with a witness. The charges were the result of an investigation by Texas Ranger John Vance into the theft of drugs from the Sheriff’s Office Evidence Room.
“Updated” Hopkins County Sheriff’s Detective Daniel Winn Arrested
A Hopkins County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigator, 34-year old Daniel Madison Winn of Sulphur Springs, has been arrested and charged with tampering with physical evidence. Indications are the charge involves theft of drugs from the Sheriff’s evidence room. JP Yvonne King set bond for Winn at $25,000. Winn was asked to take a drug test. Then a two-day Sheriff’s investigation resulted in his arrest. A Texas Ranger is now assisting in the...
It Really Was A Dumb Thing To Do
A jury in Hopkins County’s 8th District Court Wednesday found a 40-year old Rockwall man not guilty of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. Darrell Don Green was on trial for writing a note on a gas station credit card application at a convenience store on East Shannon Road at Helm Lane. This was while lawmen were conducting an intensive search for two Hopkins County Jail escapees. The note indicated that the escapees were...
