Police Reports 4.25.21

Mary Jane Farmer | April 26, 2021

By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News/Scene In Town

Van Alstyne Police, between April 10-23, answered 464 calls for service. Of those, 26 resulted in police reports, 13 in offense reports, and five were vehicle crashes, one with minor injuries, reported Police Sgt. Steve Hayslip. During this period, they made five arrests, as well.

April 10— About 3:21 p.m., officers were called to a theft in progress at Sister Grove and Cates roads. Upon arrival, they discovered the suspects were still on scene and arrested both people.

Jailed on a charge of theft and of fraudulent use/possession of identification was a Princeton man. His total bail was set at $1,500, which he paid in surety bonds for his April 25 release.

The second person, a Wylie woman, went to jail on charges of possession of controlled substance (methamphetamine) and theft. A magistrate at the jail set her total bail at a total of $6,500, which she, too, paid in surety bonds and was released on April 17.

April 11— At 1:04 a.m. police were dispatched to U.S. Highway 75 by a call about a reckless driver. They located the described vehicle, driven by a Dallas man and jailed him for driving without a driver’s license. His passenger, a female also of Dallas, went to jail on a charge of public intoxication. The driver laid out his time in jail for his release. The passenger paid her P.I. fine of $292 and both were released later the next day.

April 18 — Police jailed a McKinney man after stopping him on FM 3133 at State Highway 5 about 3 a.m. They jailed him on a charge of driving while intoxicated, third or more offense.

The suspect paid his bail of $15,000 in surety bonds with conditions listed for his release. Jail records show that he spent two weekends in jail for a DWI offense in 2003.

April 18 — A Dallas man was jailed on several charges of driving while license invalid with a previous conviction and of possession of marijuana. Hayslip said this happened because of another reckless driver call on U.S. 75 about 8:17 a.m. that morning. After stopping the vehicle, and with probably cause, they discovered the driver was in possession of PCP, marijuana and various drug paraphernalia items.

They also found that he had tampered with physical evidence. The charges against the suspect included all 4 of those felony and misdemeanor offenses. As of April 26, he remained incarcerated in Grayson County Jail in lieu of $13,500 total bail.

April 19— About 3:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash. The driver, A Van Alstyne woman, had an outstanding warrant issued in Grayson County charging her with possession of controlled substance, and had been driving without a valid license. Police jailed her on the warrant and on a charge of driving while license invalid with a previous conviction. The magistrate set bail on the warrant at $5,000, which she paid in surety bonds, but set no bail in the DWLI charge. She was released on April 20.

On April 25, two Carrolton men were jailed on drug charges, but those details won’t be available until the next report.

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