Police Reports — Jan. 10-19, 2022

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By Mary Jane Farmer. NOTE: Names are not furnished until/when a suspect is indicted by the Grayson County Grand Jury.

Between Jan 10 and Jan. 19, Van Alstyne Police answered 133 calls for service, which resulted in eight police reports, six offense reports, and one arrest, reported Police Sgt. Steven Hayslip. They also worked the scene of five motor vehicle crashes, none of which resulted in injuries.

Arrest — A cooperative investigation between the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office and Van Alstyne Police resulted in four warrants being issued for the arrest of a 23-year-old Denison man, each on sexual assault of a child. Hayslip provided the initial information, and included that each victim was under the age of 17 years, saying that the suspect was taken to jail on the warrants and jail records show that he was booked in on Jan. 21. Bail has been set at $250,000 on each count for a total bail required of $1,000,000. Those jail records also show that the suspect remains in jail in lieu of bail, which is payable with surety bonds with conditions listed in them.

Jail records also show that this suspect went to Grayson County Jail in May 2019 on one count each of the crimes of attempting to commit sexual assault on a child and indecency with a child by sexual contact. He posted bail in surety bonds on those charges. Then, a few months later, August 2019, he was jailed on a count of theft of property between $2,500-$30,000; again, he was freed on a surety bond.

One other media source reported that these new four “crimes were reported in Van Alstyne.”

Vandalism continuation — On Jan. 14, police were called to the Boy Scout Park at 145 Grays Trail regarding more vandalism. Police arrived, about 3 p.m., Hayslip said, to discovered more playground equipment vandalized.

This is similar to the three other incidents already under investigation, all of which involved spray paint on the equipment.

The first three were, as this one was, on city-owned property, including playground equipment at McKinney Wilson Park, the railcars at the corner of South Main and East Jefferson, and a culvert in the 200 block of West Jefferson.

Again, anyone with information is urged to call Van Alstyne Police Detective Ingram at 903-482-5251.

Police Reports  — These types of incidents often include calls to police because of reckless drivers or other offenses on the roadways. On Jan. 19, for example, officers investigated a reckless driver report at Lincoln Park Road and FM 121 about 9:30 a.m. with that caller telling dispatch it seemed ‘urgent to him/her; and then about 8:25 p.m., another caller reported a reckless driver on U.S. Highway 75 near the Sanford Circle area, again stressing it seemed ‘urgent.’

Indictments — There were no Van Alstyne people indicted for crimes during the most recent Grand Jury session.  There were, however, two other suspects indicted for sexual assault charges. One of those was a Gunter man, one one county of sexual abuse of a child under 14 and three counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact. The other was a Denison man, on one count of sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency of a child by sexual contact.

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