Sulphur Springs Couple Accused Of Child Endangerment
A Sulphur Springs couple was accused of child endangerment after their 1-year-old tested positive for methamphetamine. Shania Lynn Humphries Justin Dwayne Humphries Child Protective Services launched an investigation of the pair in early July. During the course of the month-long investigation, Justin Dwayne Humphries and Shania Lynn Humphries and their 1-year-old all tested positive for methamphetamine, according to arrest and police...
SSPD: 75-Year-Old Sulphur Springs Woman Injured During Altercation With Granddaughter
A 75-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was reportedly injured during an altercation with her granddaughter at a Glover Street residence Saturday afternoon. Jessica Elizabeth Bender Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Brandon Mayes and Officer Derrick Williams responded at 12:43 p.m. Aug. 6, 2022, to the reported disturbance. Upon arriving the older woman was reported to have been pushed down by her granddaughter, Jessica Elizabeth Bender. The...
A Mineola Man Led Police On Chase Going The Wrong Direction On I-30
A 75-year-old Mineola man led police on a vehicle pursuit while traveling the wrong direction on I-30 early Saturday morning, according to police reports. A Texarkana man was jailed Friday on a warrant. I-30 pursuit Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Matt Glenn responded to a report of a pickup traveling east into oncoming traffic on the westbound side of Interstate 30 at 1:41 a.m. Saturday, July 30, 2022. Glenn spotted the truck being...
Arrest Made In Connection With Bank Robberies, Including Pilgrim Bank-Sulphur Springs
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas on July 22, 2022, reported an arrest has been made in connection with a series of bank robberies, including the June 15 robbery at Sulphur Springs Pilgrim Bank. The man taken into custody is believed to have been involved in robberies reported over the course of a month at five Texas banks, according to a press release posted July 22 on the Department of Justice website by...
Woman Leads Police On Brief Foot Chase
A 32-year-old Caddo Mills woman led police on a brief foot chase, then urinated in a patrol vehicle before being booked into jail on three misdemeanor charges early Sunday, according to arrest reports. Sulphur Springs Police Police Officer Dustin Green reported seeing two vehicles stationary, blocking the road near the 1200 block of South Broadway Street. Green reported seeing the woman walking toward a maroon vehicle, yelling, as he...
Crime In Sulphur Springs In First 6 Months Of 2022 Sets New 23-Year Low
Crime in Sulphur Springs declined overall in the first 6 months of 2022, setting a new 23-year Jan. 1-June 30 low. Only 59 offenses were recorded by Sulphur Springs Police Department from January 1-June 30, 2022, in the 7 major offense categories, the fewest number of Jan. 1-June 30 offenses reported since 2000. Previously, the fewest number of offenses was 62 recorded in 2021 and 67 in 2018. In fact, the total number offenses...
Alert By Police Canine Results In Search, Controlled Substance Arrest
A vehicle search following an alert by a police canine resulted in location of methamphetamine and one controlled substance arrest Wednesday evening, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Isaac Foley reported stopping a Mitsubishi sedan at 8:38 p.m. July 13, 2022, on Church Street at North Jackson Street in Sulphur Springs after learning the car’s registration was expired. Hopkins County...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed On Felony DWI Charge
A 36-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed early Sunday morning on a felony DWI charge, according to arrest and jail reports. Joshua Cruz Sulphur Springs Police Cpl. Silas Whaley responded in the 100 block of East Shannon Road to a report of a suspected drunk driver at 1:54 a.m. Sunday, June 10, 2022. The officer was given a vehicle license plate number and told the person in question appeared to have passed out in the...
Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report — July 5, 2022
Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell presented the following report to the City Council during the regular monthly council meeting on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Claims We had four workers compensation claims in June. Two were serious enough to result in lost time. One resulted in hospitalization. Both of the more serious injuries were in the Capital Construction Division. (The more serious injury a worker fell off the back of the...
Sulphur Springs Man Accused Of Choking and Threatening Girlfriend With Gun
A 53-year-old Sulphur Springs man is accused of choking his girlfriend and threatening her with a gun Friday. Earlier in the week a teen was jailed for allegedly shooting and hitting another female in the head with a pellet gun, and a Clarksville man was accused of pulling a gun on someone at a business, according to arrest reports. Pollard Street Address Randy Chris Wood Sulphur Springs Police responded at 8:08 p.m. July 1, 2022, on...
