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

Note: An indictment is a formal charge, and not proof of guilt.

Indictment

A local woman Van Alstyne Police arrested February 15 went before the Grayson County Grand Jury Wednesday and that group indicted her on multiple counts of Sexual Assault of a Child.

Crystal Ervin, 29, went under arrest that February day without giving police any resistance, Van Alstyne PD Lt. Steven Hayslip said, adding that she knew about the investigation. She has remained in Grayson County Jail since, with bail having been set at $200,000, Grayson County Jail records show.

The Grand Jury indicted the suspect on four counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault Child (Rape), and two counts of Indecency w/Child Sexual Contact.

Other indictments made Wednesday

• A Denison man , Austin Milton, now officially charged with murder and who Denison PD jailed on February 24. This suspect has remained incarcerated since in lieu of $1,000,000 bail.
• A Sherman man, Daniel Ruiz Vazquez Jr., on 66 counts of Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact and one count of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child under 14 . This was a Sherman PD case.
• Drug charges again several people including:  15 counts of possession of Methamphetamine; one count of possession of Psilocin; six counts of possession of Cocaine; and one count of possession of Fentanyl. None of these were Van Alstyne PD cases.

Previous Arrest Update

A traffic stop Van Alstyne police made in December 2022 has resulted in the suspect being now placed in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Hayslip said that on December 13 of that year an officer made a traffic stop and, after making contact with the driver and following protocol, the police discovered that he was in possession of Clonazemam, a PG-3 narcotic. They also found a firearm in his possession. Hayslip also said that the suspect provided police with a false name. “Therefore, he was arrested on all three charges,” Hayslip said.

This past week, ICE took custody of the suspect, who has remained incarcerated since that December date.

Arrest

About 10 p.m. Friday (April 26), police were sent to a vehicle crash at U.S. Highway 75 and Van Alstyne Parkway. There, they determined that driver, a Van Alstyne resident, had been operating a vehicle on a public roadway while intoxicated. They jailed him on a charge of Driving While Intoxicated, and he posted the set bail of $1,500 in a surety bond the next day for his release.

Arrest

Sunday (April 28), about 1:15 p.m., officers were dispatched to a reckless driver call. The reporting party stated that the vehicle’s driver looked as if he/she almost fell asleep and hit another vehicle.

Police located the described vehicle and made a traffic stop. Hayslip said that, upon approaching the vehicle, they smelled the strong odors of both an intoxicating beverage and marijuana. They conducted a Standardized Field Sobriety Test, which confirmed that the suspect was intoxicated. They then conducted a probable-cause search of his vehicle and found two clear plastic baggies containing a white powdery substance, which proved with a field test to have been cocaine.

They jailed the driver, a Sherman man, on charges of Driving While Intoxicated and Possession of a Controlled Substance, PG 1/1-B between 1 and 4 grams. Grayson County Jail records show that the suspect made bail of $9,500 in surety bonds for his release the following day.