Police Reports, Jan. 3-9, 2022
By Mary Jane Farmer from Van Alstyne Police reports — No names provided until or unless the person(s) has/have been indicted.
Between Jan. 3 and Jan. 9, Van Alstyne Police answered 180 calls for service, resulting in eight police reports, seven offense reports, and four arrests. They also worked one motor vehicle crash in which no one was injuries, reported Police Sgt. Steven Hayslip.
Vandalism continued — Hayslip reported that there are two more incidents of vandalism to city property since the first one discovered in late December.
The two discovered since were similar in style to the first one, which was the defacement of playground equipment at Wilson McKinney Park on the east side of town, spray paint applied to property.
These next two locations were at the corner of South Main and East Marshall, where the renovated railcar receiving the vandalism, and to a culvert in the 200 block of West Jefferson.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Ingram of the Van Alstyne Police Department at 903-482-5251. The police station is located at 242 N. Preston Ave.
Arrest — On Jan. 3, about 10:30 p.m., police initiated a traffic stop on U.S. Highway 75 at FM 121. They discovered that the driver, a Denison man, as in possession of methamphetamine, an illegal/controlled substance, and that he was also carrying a handgun. They jailed the suspect on charges of possession of a controlled substance under 1 gram and of illegally carrying a weapon. There were also three outstanding warrants in place, which were served on the suspect.
Bail was set at a total of $896 cash fines on the warrants and $7,500 payable in surety bonds on the two new charges. The suspect was released on Jan. 8.
Arrest — About noon Jan. 4, police made a traffic stop in the 900 block of West Van Alstyne Parkway. The driver and only occupant of the vehicle, Carl David Griffin of Van Alstyne, was found to have been in possession of a controlled substance, Alprazolam, with no proof of prescription and packaged in the required prescription bottle, Hayslip said. Police also found seven outstanding warrants, charging Griffin with two counts of theft and five counts of theft by fraud, each over $500. Griffin had previously been indicted on these seven counts by the Grayson County Grand Jury and the 15th District Court issued the warrants.
Bail was set a total of $114,000, which was paid with surety bonds for his Jan. 5 release from Grayson County Jail.
Arrest — About 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7, a traffic stop led to the arrest of a Leonard, Texas, man on an outstanding warrant issued by Dallas County and charging the suspect with a driving offense, enhanced because it wasn’t his first arrest on that driving offense. He was released to Dallas County on Jan. 10, Grayson County Jail records show.
Arrest — Jan. 8, about 7:30 p.m., police were called to the corner of U.S. 75 and Sanford Circle on a welfare concern. The caller said there was someone standing in the middle of the service road. Hayslip said police found and identified the person, a Dallas man, on a charge of parole violation and issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. As of Jan. 14, the suspect remains in Grayson County Jail.
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