Graffiti on the renovated railcar, discovered just after Christmas
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town.
Between Dec. 20-26, Van Alstyne police received 113 calls for service, which 10 resulted in police reports, seven in offense reports, one motor vehicle crash with no injuries, and one arrest. Van Alstyne PD Sgt. Steven Hayslip reported the following incidents.
Offense — Vandal(s) struck at McKinney Wilson Park between December 19-22, Hayslip said.
The morning of December 22, 2021, officers were sent to the park, located at 146 Ball Park Way on the east side of town, in regard to vandalism. They found that someone had ‘tagged’ playground equipment with graffiti. The park and the equipment in it are city-owned, and the Public Works Department, soon after the investigation was completed, cleaned the graffiti off.
This railcar in the downtown was recently violated with graffiti plastered on the green backdrop. Police are searching to find out who did this one and several others acts of similar vandalism around town.
Since that time, vandal(s) have added graffiti to the railcar at the corner of East Marshall and South Main Drive, also city property. Then, again, on December 30, police were called to another location near the downtown area because of graffiti. Details of these last two incidents have not been made available yet.
Anyone with information about any of these incidents, being described as “intentionally damage city (playground) equipment by tagging the equipment with graffiti,” is urged to contact Detective Ingram of the VAPD. Also, Hayslip said, “VAPD encourages anyone who observes anything out of the ordinary to report the circumstances to the police department.” That phone number is 903-482-5251.
Arrest — On Christmas Eve, at about 2 p.m., police were sent to the area of South Waco and Nevils Street in regard to a welfare concern, said Hayslip. Hayslip did not say what the caller was concerned about, but said the officers did locate the described person, an Allen man. While conducting their investigation, they found an outstanding warrant for the suspect’s arrest.
The warrant shows to have been for violation of a protective order.
Police jailed the suspect in Grayson County Jail because of the warrant. On December 27, the suspect was released to Collin County authorities.
Indictment — At the most recent convening of the Grayson County Grand Jury, jurors indicted one Van Alstyne female along with about four dozen other people, most of whom were from Grayson County.
Angela Michelle Fonseca, who shows to be from Van Alstyne on the indictment list, but from Howe on Grayson County Jail records, was indicted on a charge of theft of property valued between $2,500-$30,000. Information is that the incident happened in July 2020 and it was Grayson County Sheriff’s Office who made the November 2021 arrest.
An indictment is a formal charge and is not considered as evidence of guilt.