Memphis Man Arrested in Hopkins County Drug Stop
HOPKINS COUNTY, Texas — A Tennessee man is facing felony drug charges after a routine traffic stop in Hopkins County led authorities to a drug discovery.
According to arrest records, 30-year-old Cornelius Earl Edwards Jr. of Memphis, Tennessee , was pulled over in the early hours of March 22, 2025 , in the 1300 block of S. League Street in Sulphur Springs.
During the stop, Sulphur Springs police officers detected the smell of marijuana and asked Edwards to step out of the vehicle. Upon searching him, officers located a clear plastic bag containing five multicolored pills . Edwards was read his rights and reportedly claimed he did not know what the pills were…