Police Blotter, 3.26.24
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town
Sherman Police Lt. Steven Hayslip reported on a Driving While Intoxicated arrest made on March 20. He said that police were called to the drive-through at a fast-food diner on Van Alstyne Parkway. It was about midnight, he said, when they were called because of a welfare concern. The reporting party said that someone was passed out behind the driver’s seat.
Police knocked on the car’s window and woke the driver up. They reported that the car was in drive and the motor running, and that, once awake, the driver began moving his vehicle and it hit the curb.
Police determined, through a Standardized Field Sobriety Test, that the driver, a Van Alstyne resident, was intoxicated. They jailed him on a charge of Driving While Intoxicated. The suspected posted bail, in the amount of $1,500 paid in surety bonds, later that day for his release.
Hayslip also reported on a theft that is still under investigation. He said that about 2:15 p.m. on March 20, police were called to the new Van Alstyne High School, currently under construction, in regard to a theft. The complainant said that, while he was working inside the building, someone stole a portable speaker from inside his vehicle. The speaker is valued at $349. If anyone has information on this theft, he/she is encouraged to call police at 903-482-5251.
The Grayson County Grand Jury indicted two Van Alstyne residents during its most recent session. An indictment is a formal charge and not an indication of guilt. The first indictment resulted from an April 9, 2022, police contact. Hayslip said that. They were called to the 1700 block of Waco Street regarding an injury.
The victim said a family member had pushed him/her, causing him/her to fall and hit his/her head. The suspect had left the scene. Police filed a charge of Assault Causing Bodily Injury against the suspect, and the Grayson County District Attorney asked the Grand Jury for its instruction. After the indictment on the charge, Van Alstyne Police arrested the suspect on a warrant carrying that charge. She was jailed in early March.
The other indictments resulted from arrests made by other agencies, neither of which complied with requests for details.
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