Sulphur Springs PD Makes Arrest In SSES Bomb Threat

On Wednesday, January 18, 2023, Officers and Fire Department personnel responded to Sulphur Springs Elementary School, located at 829 Bell Street, about a bomb threat. Officers immediately began investigating the origin of the call. This investigation led to police issuing an arrest warrant for 36-year-old Morgan Rechelle Durrett of Dallas. Officials later escorted her back to Sulphur Springs, where they booked her into the Hopkins County Jail on a third-degree felony warrant for Terroristic Threat.

We want to thank all that assisted in this incident, including Sulphur Springs ISD Police, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Public Safety, Sulphur Springs Fire Department, Hopkins County Fire Department, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Sulphur Springs ISD personnel, and League Street Church of Christ.