Fight at Local Retailer Lands Three in Jail
June 5, 2023 – Sulphur Springs Police responded to a local retailer on Sunday after a report of a fight was received. Before police arrived several individuals left the scene in a vehicle, and another left on foot. A woman involved in the fight was located walking alone nearby. The female did not acknowledge the patrol car, or the commands to stop. The officer had to drive past the woman, and force her to stop. She continued to...
Intoxicated Man At Hotel Arrested for Narcotics
April 24, 2023 – Sulphur Springs Police responded to a report of an intoxicated man outside a local hotel this weekend. The man was swaying back and forth and stumbling around near a roadway. The man had several pieces of luggage with him. Police attempted to perform a field sobriety test, but ultimately decided he was a threat to himself and others. Plano, TX resident, Jackson Daniel Delich was arrested and placed in a patrol...
Mississippi Felon Arrested After Brief Chase
April 14, 2023 – GLEESE, DELZIONE LAMAR was arrested this week by Sulphur Springs Police. Gleese, a resident of Vicksburg, MS, has recent legal entanglements in Texas and in his home state of Mississippi.. Law Enforcement attempted to stop his eastbound vehicle on I-30 around 10pm. Gleese, aged 31 years-old, attempted to evade by passing cars and weaving in-and-out of interstate traffic. During the pursuit, Officers noticed...
Moore Back in Hopkins County Jail
April 10, 2023 – DeAnthony Rayon Moore was arrested last week as he returned to his residence. Moore who reports himself as unemployed, lives in Sulphur Springs. Moore had an outstanding warrant for violation of parole on a manufacture delivery controlled substance charge. Law Enforcement report that when they contacted Moore, he initially refused to follow commands, but eventually relented and was taken into custody without...
Copper Thief Hits City Building
March 17, 2023 – Steven Derek Hanson was arrested by Sulphur Springs Police on March 16 after he was found pushing a dolly loaded with stolen copper. The East Middle Street location Hanson broke into is owned by the City of Sulphur Springs. His attempt at theft was thwarted by Police around 8AM. Police arrested Hanson and turned him over to Hopkins County Deputies. He transported to Hopkins County Jail without incident. He was...
Two Man Team Arrested for Forgery
March 3, 2023 – A two man team was arrested at a Sulphur Springs, TX business for attempting to cash forged checks. The men entered a Gilmer street business on Thursday around 4pm. Business staff called police after the checks were presented. When confronted inside the business by police, Kevin Lank Jones and Jason Daniel Robert Fontenot concocted a story about one of them being picked up by the other on the road. Their plan was...
Woman Slaps Her Nursing Home Bound Mother
March 1, 2023 – GOLDEN, LAQUANTA CELISSE was arrested and charged with assault of an elderly person. The incident occurred at an assisted care facility in Sulphur Springs, TX. The alleged victim is her mother. Around 10am, Sulphur Springs Police were dispatched to a Sulphur Springs care home on a report of a disturbance. Staff reported 37 year-old Golden was visiting her mother at the facility, and had slapped her in the face....
Woman Arrested for a Fraudulent Narcotics Script
March 1, 2023 – MCNEAL, DEAJENAE DERIEN was arrested and charged with submitting and collecting a fraudulent prescription for a Codeine-Promethazine containing drug. The 21 year-old Georgia resident, who reports herself as unemployed, is charged with a Third Degree Felony. MCNEAL, DEAJENAE DERIEN, 2023 The script was allegedly sent from a Waco, TX physician to a Sulphur Springs pharmacy. McNeal arrived at the pharmacy and...
Shavers Charged with Felony Assault
February 9, 2023 – TALAILA SHANNEA SHAVERS was arrested in Sulphur Springs after a brief chase and charged with a felony assault on a public servant. Officers were dispatched to an Spence St address on a report of a disturbance. Once on Spence, officers observed two individuals walking from the reported address. The suspects ignored commands to stop and talk to the officers. The pair continued to walk to a nearby street where...
Local 911 Is Service Down Again, Call Provided Numbers For Emergencies
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jason Ricketson on January 19, 2023, reported that the local 911 service is down again. City and county residents should store alternate emergency numbers to call in the event of an emergency in Sulphur Springs or Hopkins County. “Once again, we have an interruption in our area and our 911 system is not receiving all calls. Please call 903-439-3719 for city emergencies and 903-885-2768 for county...
