For the Record - Sept. 10, 2019

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Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County law enforcement and fire department activity from 5:30 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Monday included:

POLICE

Friday

9:33 p.m.: Police took in a 27-year-old Sulphur Springs man on a charge of wrong, fictitious or altered insignia after a routine traffic stop in the 100 block of Spence Street. They found that the man had allegedly altered his registration info, according to reports. The man remains in jail on a $1,000 bond, according to records.

Saturday

Police arrested a 38-year-old Sulphur Springs man on an outstanding warrant for driving while intoxicated second offense at his home in the 800 block of Fuller Street, according to reports. The man was later released.

Sunday

7:50 p.m.: Police arrested a 28-year-old Sulphur Springs man after a routine traffic stop at Houston and Rosemont streets found the man had outstanding warrants for driving without a license and possession of drug paraphernalia. The man was later released, according to records.

SHERIFF

Saturday

3:56 a.m.: Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 30-year-old Sulphur Springs man on charges of DWI first offense when they were called to State Highway 11 west of FM 1870 where a vehicle ran off the road and was stuck in a ditch, according to reports. The man, who was allegedly the driver of the vehicle, allegedly told deputies he fell asleep while driving, reports read. After allegedly smelling a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from his person, deputies conducted standardized field sobriety tests and the man consented to a blood draw, reports said. The man was booked into jail and later released, according to reports.

7:53 p.m.: DPS troopers responded to a call for assistance on Interstate 30 mile marker 115 that had initially been called in from concerned motorists about a driver who was allegedly speeding up to 100 miles per hour, according to reports. DPS arrested Joel Daniel Adams, 33, of Marshal for DWI third or more offense. Adams allegedly refused to perform standardized field sobriety tests and told police he would not comply with a court-ordered blood draw, reports read. Once at the hospital, he allegedly did not comply with the blood draw and had to be restrained. Adams was booked into jail with no further incident, according to reports, and remains in jail on a $25,000 bond, according to records.

Sunday

10:31 a.m.: Deputies arrested a 21-year-old Sherwood man on charges of DWI first offense after a routine traffic stop on I-30 near mile marker 120 lead deputies to allegedly smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from the vehicle, according to reports. After administering standardized field sobriety tests and allegedly observing various clues of intoxication, deputies voluntarily took a blood alcohol content reading from the man of .118, reports read. The man was booked into jail and later released, according to records.

Hopkins County communications operators answered 498 non-emergency phone calls, 131 calls for service and 91 emergency calls. For the 72-hour period from 5:30 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Monday, officers conducted two funeral escorts and 12 traffic stops. Nine people were booked into and nine released from county jail, which held 135 inmates at 5:30 a.m. Monday.