Minick Charged With Felony 1 Murder, Bond Set at $1-Million
Thursday morning, Cassandra Joyce Minick, 30 was charged with Felony 1 Murder and is in Hopkins County Jail held on a $1-million bond. She is charged with the murder of her husband with a rifle. According to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum, Cassandra Joyce Minick, 30, called the Sheriff’s Department around 12:06 a.m. Wednesday morning stating she had found her husband shot in their residence after she heard a gunshot. Deputies...
Sheriff’s Department Releases Information on Murder in Hopkins County
According to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum, his office received a call around 12:06 a.m. Wednesday morning from a female stating she had found her husband shot in their residence after she heard a gunshot. When deputies arrived on scene, they found a white male unresponsive in the residence. Justice of the Peace Brad Cummings pronounced the man dead at the scene. His body was transported to Dallas for autopsy. The female is in...
Acker Capital Murder Decision to Go Before Supreme Court
The Capital Murder verdict delivered in Eighth Judicial Court in 2001 will go before the United States Supreme Court after all other appeals have provided questions that can only be answered by the nations top court. Daniel Clate Acker, 46, is on Death Row convicted of the kidnapping and murder of 32-year old Marquetta “Markie” George. Acker, a native of Hunt County, was 29 at the time of his conviction. County Judge Robert Newsom was...
Gilbert Arrested for Murder, Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Gavin Gilbert, 17, has been charged with one count of Murder and four counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Gilbert is in Hopkins County Jail being held on a $2-million bond for murder and $500,000 bond on each of the four counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. A call to Hopkins County Deputies at 6:30 p.m. Sunday night alerted law enforcement to a shooting that occurred on County Road 1185 near the South...
Sentencing Given in 2011 Murder Case
55-year old Sarilu Ann Mettlin was sentenced to 10-years probation for aggravated robbery in Hopkins County’s Eighth District Court Tuesday morning. The sentence was part of a plea bargain in a case involving the death of 63-year old Bobby Riley in Hopkins County in 2011. Mettlin was originally arrested along with Brian Allen Tucker for capital murder. Tucker escaped from the Hopkins County Jail several years ago and after he...
Murder-Suicide in Tira Community
Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies, the SWAT team, and other law enforcement responded to a call in the Tira, TX Community where a murder, suicide took place Thursday evening. William Benefield, 70, contacted an individual regarding Benefield’s wife. The individual went to the home where they found Teresa Benefield, 61, dead. The individual called the Sheriff’s office. Law enforcement set up a perimeter around the home and began...
Massachusetts Man Captured in Hopkins County Has Been Indicted for Murder in Home State
July 6, 2017 – A Haverhill, Massachusetts man accused of fleeing to Texas after killing a woman and shooting another man outside a Lawrence, Massachusetts nightclub Easter Sunday has been indicted by the Essex County grand jury, according to an article in the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune. Luis Rodriguez, 24, was captured in Sulphur Springs, Texas by Hopkins County Deputies in April of this year. He was arrested just days after...
Man Wanted for Murder in Dallas County Apprehended Locally
A man wanted for murder in Dallas County was apprehended on westbound I-30 at 5:25 p.m. Tuesday. Stopped by a Hopkins County interdiction officer, a records check showed Jerryll Dewayne Smalley, 39, of Dallas wanted for the May 10th incident. Smalley is in Hopkins County jail being held on a $250,000 bond.
Sulphur Springs Woman Confirmed as Murder Victim
April 25, 2017 – Lana Canada, recently known as Lana McAree, has been confirmed as the victim in the Dallas high rise office building shooting, according to the medical examiner’s report. Lana, mother of 7, recently married Dennis Canada in March of this year. Her daughter, Bailey Haggerty, is a pitcher for the Sulphur Springs High School Lady Cats. On Monday, 60-year-old Matthew Kempf, of Allen, fatally shot Canada, his...
Man Wanted for Murder in Massachusetts Arrested in Hopkins County
April 21, 2017 – Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Haverhill, Massachusetts man, Luis Rodriguez, 24, who is charged with shooting a woman to death in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Rodriguez allegedly shot the victim and companion outside a nightclub in Lawrence. The companion survived the shooting according to a news report out of Massachusetts. The shooting occurred on Easter Sunday according to a story published by...
