Hopkins County Jail Report

Francisco Manuel Velasco

Sulphur Springs Police served a warrant at a house on Hodge Street, contacting 29-year-old Francisco Manuel Velasco for Violation of Probation for arson. They found a small quantity of methamphetamine and charged him with Possession of a Controlled Substance.

Hopkins County Deputies responded to a church in Brashear where a man reported that someone was following him while walking along FM-2563. During a 43-year-old Leland Randolph Nelson, Jr. pat down, officers found a straw with meth residue and arrested Nelson for possessing paraphernalia. During booking, they discovered a glass vial containing methamphetamine in a body cavity and charged Nelson with Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Drug-Free Zone. Mugshot not available

A student triggered a vape alarm in a women’s restroom at Sulphur Springs high school, and officers arrested her for Possession of less than a gram of THC. She was booked into the county jail and released after posting a $3000 bond.