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Second Tin Top Hwy Fatality This Week

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UPDATE TO CHILD SHOOTING DEATH

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K9 Assists in Arrest

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Overdose Results in Charges

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Traffic Stop Nets Over 30 Grams of Meth

Traffic Stop Nets Over 30 Grams of Meth

Suspect arrested on drug charge On 8-26-20 around 3pm, Hood County Sheriff’s Office Deputies conducted a traffic stop at the 3600 block of Contrary Creek Rd. During the stop Bryan Matthew Hewson (33 yoa) was found to be in possession of over 30 grams of meth. Hewson...

Drug Suspect Nets $30,000 In Bonds

Drug Suspect Nets $30,000 In Bonds

Drug suspect nets $30,000 in bondsOn 8-20-20 around 930pm, Hood CountySheriff’s Office Deputies at the 3700 blockof Contrary Creek Rd. attempted to stop avehicle driven by Arthur Matthew Thurman(35 yoa), who refused to pull over.Thurman led Deputies on a car chase all...

Two Vehicle Accident Results in 1 Fatality on FM 2580

Two Vehicle Accident Results in 1 Fatality on FM 2580

MINERAL WELLS - On 8/22/2020 at approximately 8:45 a. m., Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers investigated a two vehicle fatality crash on Farm-to-Market Road 2580 in Hood County.Preliminary investigation indicates a 2016 Toyota Corolla, driven by 30-year-old...

Traffic Stop Nets Meth Arrest

Traffic Stop Nets Meth Arrest

Traffic stop nets meth arrestOn 8-17-20 around 1030am, Hood CountySheriff’s Office Deputies conducted a trafficstop at the 4800 block of Contrary Creek Rd.During the stop James Fred Price (50 yoa)was found to be in possession of 4.3 gramsof meth.Price was arrested and...

Road Rage incident leads to arrest

Road Rage incident leads to arrest

Road Rage incident leads to arrestOn 8-4-20 around 230pm, Hood CountySheriff’s Office Deputies responded to arage road call at the 3500 block of ContraryCreek Rd.During the incident the 35-year-old femalevictim and her 16-year-old son reportedManuel Frank Rosales (21...

Beware of Scammers

Beware of Scammers

Beware of ScammersThe Hood County Sheriff’s Office is gettingcomplaints of scammers calling with theruse of getting a relative out of jail or payinga ransom to get a relative released from akidnapping.Don’t honor their request to go get greendot cards or any other...

Suspect Arrested for Killing His Mother

Suspect Arrested for Killing His Mother

Suspect arrested for killing his motherOn 8-6-20 around 430pm, Hood CountySheriff’s Office Deputies received a call of afemale lying in a driveway with a bloodyhead at the 2200 block of Fiesta Way.Deputies discovered Teresa Ann Thomas(68 yoa) was badly beaten...

Drug Investigation Yields 2 Drug Arrest

Drug Investigation Yields 2 Drug Arrest

Drug investigation yields 2 drug arrestOn 7-28-20 around 6pm, Hood CountySheriff’s Office Deputies conducting a druginvestigation at the 3700 block of ContraryCreek Rd. arrested John Delbert Fowler Jr(37 yoa) and Ashley Marie Fowler (28 yoa)for Possession of a...

Deputies Respond to Drowning

Deputies Respond to Drowning

Deputies respond to drowningOn 7-23-20 around 630pm, Hood CountySheriff’s Office Deputies responded to adrowning at the 4400 block of Cluster OakCt.Deputies discovered a 55-year-old femalevictim that was non-responsive, with CPR inprogress.The victim was not revived...

Drug Investigation Leads to Arrest

Drug Investigation Leads to Arrest

Drug investigation leads to arrestOn 7-17-20 around 230pm, Hood CountySheriff’s Office Deputies conducting a druginvestigation arrested Sara Jean Crawford(39 yoa) and charged her with Possession ofa Controlled Substance (felony 3-bond$5,000) and Possession of...

Father Arrested for Injury to a Child

Father Arrested for Injury to a Child

Father arrested for Injury to a ChildOn 7-14-20 at 1am, Hood County Sheriff’sOffice Deputies arrested Jeffery EugeneCannon (43 YOA) at the 900 block of EastHwy 377 for Injury to a Child (state jailfelony-bond $10,000).The charge stems from a child abuseinvestigation...