Reports Sulphur Springs man jailed following home disturbance
At 11:57 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, Hopkins County Sheriff ’s Deputies were dispatched to a residence on County Road 2300 for a disturbance. Communications lost connection with the caller, but were able to re-establish connection. The caller stated her boyfriend shot at her. Deputies arrived on scene and made contact with the caller, who advised her boyfriend had shot at her with a shotgun, and he was last seen at the entrance to the shop building.
Deputies searched a pickup parked under the shop entrance door and the living quarters of the shop, but were unable to locate Kellen Warren Tramel, age 40. They located a spent shotgun shell near the entrance to the shop building where the victim alleged Tramel had shot at her from. They began searching for Tramel in the acreage near the shop building, but did not locate him. A drone was requested to the scene to assist the deputies in their search.
With the assistance of the drone, Tramel was located hiding near a scrap pile east of the shop building. He was taken into custody, read his rights and questioned about the incident.
Tramel denied having access to a firearm or that a firearm was located within the shop building. He provided deputies consent to search the shop building. Deputies located a shotgun beneath the back seat of the pickup parked in the shop building.
The victim wished to pursue charges, so Tramel was taken into custody and transported to the Hopkins County jail. His criminal record showed multiple felony charges and indicated he was released from Texas Department of Corrections in 2022.
Tramel was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, due to being in possession of a firearm after a felony conviction and before the fifth anniversary of his release from confinement. Deputies obtained a search warrant to collect gunshot residue from Tramel’s hands.
Tramel was booked into the Hopkins County jail at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 on felony charges of aggravated assault of a date, family or household member with a deadly weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. A 24hour hold and emergency protective order was also obtained.
Little Rock woman arrested at rest stop
Manna Alexis Holmes, 26, of Little Rock was arrested during a traffic stop on eastbound Interstate 30 at mile marker 111 at 10:59 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12.
Cumby Police Officer K. Hackney stopped the vehicle for traffic infractions. Upon contact, he reportedly observed the odor of freshly burnt marijuana emitting from the vehicle’s sun roof. The driver seemed to be very nervous. Hackney also observed a five-year-old girl sitting in the passenger seat with no booster or car seat.
Hackney obtained consent to search the vehicle. During the search, he located a box on the passenger side of the vehicle near where the five-year-old was sitting, which contained a marijuana cigarette and a portable ashtray, which also contained marijuana. Officer Hackney also located a cigarette lighter in the driver’s seat and Visene eye drops in the door panel.
Holmes admitted to driving the vehicle with her five-year-old daughter from Carrollton to Arkansas while smoking marijuana. The child was not in a car seat and was in the front seat. Holmes was taken into custody.
At the jail, staff located three pills inside a latex glove in Holmes’ bra. The pills were found to be prescription medication and not in a prescription bottle.
Homes was charged with possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana in a drug free zone as the traffic stop occurred within 1,000 feet of a playground with three or more pieces of equipment, a drugfree zone; abandoning or endangering a child; and possessing a prohibited substance in a correctional facility.
Man flees from police on skid steer Jesus Alberto Alaniz, 32, of Mount Pleasant was arrested at the Stampede Solar Farm in Saltillo at 3:49 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 on a federal probation violation warrant from the United States Marshall’s Office in McAllen, Texas. Sulphur Springs Police Special Cimres Unit Lt. Mark Estes met with several supervisors at the location to determine Alaniz’s location. Supervisors escorted Lt. Estes to Alaniz’s location, where Alaniz began to evade on a skid steer after seeing Lt. Estes in the back of the supervisor’s work truck. Alaniz reportedly traveled in a large circle before stopping for the supervisors and complying with Lt. Estes’ orders to place his hands behind his back. Alaniz was cooperative from this point forward, arrest reports read. Bond was denied on the federal charge.
Cumby K-9 officer locates fentanyl during traffic stop
Seth Marcus Martinez, 19, of Quitman was arrested during a traffic stop at 2 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15 at the eastbound Interstate 30 rest stop near mile marker 111 in Cumby on a third degree felony charge of possession of less than 1 ounce of a Penalty Group 1/1-B controlled substance.
The vehicle was stopped for a defective brake light and erratic driving, arrest reports read. Martinez reportedly showed severe signs of nervousness while speaking with Cumby Police Officer K. Hackney. Martinez was shaking so much he was barely able to get his driver’s license out of his wallet and explained the nervousness saying he had never been pulled over before, the officer alleged in arrest reports.
Due to Martinez’s nervousness and demeanor, Officer Hackney requested that he step out of the vehicle to the rear.
There, Martinez was asked if there was anything illegal in his vehicle. He stated he didn’t know because the vehicle belonged to his girlfriend and denied consent to search.
K-9 officer Ace was deployed and gave a positive alert to the presence of a trained odor on the vehicle’s passenger door. During the search, Ofc. Hackney located multiple paraphernalia item, along with one “M30” fentanyl pill in the driver’s floorboard. A bag containing an empty hydroxyzine pill bottle and an unknown white powder was located in a drawer under the passenger seat.
Martinez was taken into custody. Due to the traffic stop occurring within 1,000 feet of a park with three or more working pieces of equipment, which is a drug-free zone, the charge was enhanced.