Alliance Bank Southtown Branch Open Thursday Following Wednesday Robbery
Nov03

Alliance Bank Southtown Branch Open Thursday Following Wednesday Robbery

Sulphur Springs Police, the FBI, Texas Rangers, and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office continue to seek a 6 feet tall, heavy, white male that robbed Alliance Bank Southtown Branch Wednesday.  He left the area in a white, four-door sedan. Alliance Bank President Tom Sellers said all law enforcement agencies responded quickly with expert help as the investigation and search began. Southtown Branch was closed Wednesday afternoon but all...

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Sulphur Springs Police Are Seeking This Man For Robbery at Alliance Bank Southtown Branch
Nov02

Sulphur Springs Police Are Seeking This Man For Robbery at Alliance Bank Southtown Branch

Sulphur Springs Police Department is looking for the individual who committed a robbery at a local bank Wednesday. The man is described as a white male 6 feet tall and heavy in weight. A robbery Wednesday at the Alliance Bank Southtown Branch on South Broadway is under investigation by Sulphur Springs Police. No one was injured in the robbery. The Southtown Branch will be closed this afternoon. All other locations will be...

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2013 Robbery Suspect Found, Arrested
Mar22

2013 Robbery Suspect Found, Arrested

James Curtis Sims, Jr., 55, of Sulphur Springs was arrested Monday afternoon on warrants for robbery. Sims was placed in custody at the Hopkins County Courthouse and then transferred to the Hopkins County Jail where he was booked without incident and placed on $75,000 bond. According to information given to KSST from Hopkins County Sheriff’s officers, the offense occurred on or around March 1, 2013. Sims committed theft of...

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Strong Arm Robbery at VFW Post Similar to Last Year’s VFW Robbery
Dec11

Strong Arm Robbery at VFW Post Similar to Last Year’s VFW Robbery

Two men robbed the VFW Post #8560 in Sulphur Springs shortly before 9:30 a.m. Friday morning. Police Detective Sgt. Bo Fox said two males wearing hoodies entered the VFW and strong arm forced a female into a freezer area before taking two bags of money and leaving the scene. Fox stated they are studying the video and have searched the area but nothing has been found late Friday morning. The incident happening during daylight hours...

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Arrest Made in Franklin County Bank Robbery
Nov21

Arrest Made in Franklin County Bank Robbery

Sheriff Ricky Jones is pleased to announce a suspect has been arrested in connection the Armed Bank Robbery of the Lake Cypress Spring Branch of the First National Bank of Mount Vernon. In a multi-agency effort with the Bowie, Red River, and Franklin County Sheriff’s Offices, the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Texas Rangers Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Bank Robbery Suspect Bobby Wayne Lance was taken...

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Second Arrest in Armed Robbery
Jul05

Second Arrest in Armed Robbery

Hopkins County Sheriff’s officers arrested a second man in connection with the armed holdup of a couple at Highway 11 West and County Road 4703 just before 3 a.m. Friday. Arrested were 20-year old Demetrius Shawn Williams and 18-year old Jason Floyd Koenig. Both men were charged with aggravated robbery before Justice of the Peace B. J. Teer. Teer set bond at $75,000 for each man

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Early Morning Armed Robbery
Jul03

Early Morning Armed Robbery

An 18-year old from Winnsboro was arrested for the early Friday morning armed robbery of a couple in Hopkins County. Jason Floyd Koenig Junior faces a charge of aggravated robbery. A couple reported that they were robbed by a man with a .22-caliber pistol just before 3 a.m. At Highway 11 West and County Road 4703 Century Lake Road. The man took a wallet and a purse. A short time later, Sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspect. In...

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Local Man Arrested As Suspect in Robbery and Shooting
Apr23

Local Man Arrested As Suspect in Robbery and Shooting

Sulphur Springs Police have arrested 18 year-old Gregory Dequan DeBase who is  a suspect in a robbery and shooting that occurred Monday, April 20, 2015 on  a County Road in southeastern Smith County. DeBase was arrested on a first degree felony warrant issued in Smith County. During the robbery, two women were shot inside a residence and the victims’ purses and wallets were taken by DeBase and a second unidentified suspect. Both...

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“Updated” Ez-Mart Robbery Pair Arrested Thursday Evening
Dec12

“Updated” Ez-Mart Robbery Pair Arrested Thursday Evening

Two Sulphur Springs’ men were arrested Thursday afternoon for the billy club hold up of E-Z Mart on Main Street just after midnight Monday. 22-year old Kevin Lee Humphries and 19-year old Jordan Wayne Delpaz were charged with aggravated robbery and marijuana possession before JP Yvonne King who set bond totaling $101,000 on each man. Police Detective Sgt. Bo Fox credited an anonymous tip for leading to the arrest at the suspects’...

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Another Armed Robbery This Weekend, What’s Going On?
Dec08

Another Armed Robbery This Weekend, What’s Going On?

The Sulphur Springs Police has posted surveillance camera pictures on the Police Department Facebook page of two men who robbed E-Z Mart on Main Street in Sulphur Springs just after midnight Monday.  One man had what was described as a billy club.  The men were described as slender white males, approximately 6-foot tall, both wearing tan Carhartt jackets and tennis shoes, one wearing a gray ski mask and the other a blue ski mask. ...

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