Police Blotter Oct. 1-21, 2022

| October 21, 2022 | Reply

By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, Scene in Town.

NOTE:  Names are not included until/unless a suspect is indicted.

Since October’s onset, Van Alstyne Police have jailed numerous people, including people from Sherman, Savoy, and Mesquite jailed on felony charges.

October 17Police Lt. Steven Hayslip reported that police a vehicle going north on U.S. Hwy 75 at FM 121 because of moving violations. When the officers approached the vehicle, they smelled the distinct odor or marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. With that as probable cause to search the vehicle, police conducted a full search of it and of the three adult occupants.

Hayslip said the search uncovered 60 grams of Methamphetamine, more than one gram of Fentanyl, and about five grams of Marijuana. They also found a fully-automatic Glock pistol.

The two other men both said they had Marijuana on them, so police placed all three of them under arrest.

There was a one-year-old baby in the car, also. Police turned the baby over to Child Protective Services, who, in turn, turned him/her over to his/her mother in Sherman.

Jailed was a Mesquite man on charges of Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 (Meth), Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Possession of Controlled substance over 1 gram (Fentanyl), Possession of Marijuana between 5-50 Pounds, and Abandoning/Endangering a Child with Intent/Criminal Negligence, with a total set at $85,000, and he remains incarcerated. The two Sherman men with him received charges of Possession of Marijuana less than two ounces, and both bailed out on Surety Bonds of $1,500 the following day.

October 12 — Police were called by a driver who reported a reckless driver on U.S. 75. The reporting caller described the errant vehicle and said it had a hard time maintaining lanes. Hayslip said police located the car and they, too, saw it weaving back and forth. They initiated a traffic stop. While talking with the officers, Hayslip said, the female driver, admitted to them that she had Heroine in her purse. Police searched it and found loaded syringes. They also found a small amount of Fentanyl in the purse, also.

Police jailed the suspect, a Savoy resident, on charges of Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance Over 4 Gram -PG 1 and of Possession of Controlled Substance less than 1 Gram, both felony charges.

Bail was set at the jail at a total of $13,500, which she posted the following day in surety bonds for her release.

Theft of Property — On Oct. 12, police investigated the theft of a catalytic converter. Hayslip said this was taken from a residence in the 600 block of Williams Way.

Anyone with information that could help in the investigation and return of the stolen item to its rightful owner is urged to call the Police Station at 903-482-5251. The dispatcher can connect the caller with the right officer.

Other arrests — Police arrested numerous others, mostly the results of traffic stops, since October 1, including:

  • Denison man on a Grayson County warrant charging him with Tamper/Fabricate with Physical Evidence with Intent to Impair;
  • Sherman man on Grayson County warrants charging him with Failure to Appear on previous DWI and Assault causing Injury;
  • Van Alstyne man on a Grayson County warrant charging him with Theft of Property between $100-$750;
  • Van Alstyne man on a charge of Driving While Intoxicated;
  • Sherman man on a Collin County warrant charging him with Graffiti causing Pecuniary Loss between $100-$750.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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