By Mary Jane Farmer, for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town
Van Alstyne Police Lt. Steven Hayslip, who is the police department’s designated Public Information Officer (among his many other duties), provided information on the following arrests.
June 13 Arrest — About 11:30 p.m. Thursday, police were called to a home in the 600 block of Metallic Tree regarding a disturbance. They determined that a Van Alstyne resident had assaulted a family member and placed him under arrest on a charge of Assault Causing Bodily Injury, Class C Family Violence.
Hayslip said that the victim did not require any medical treatment.
Bail was set at $258 Personal Recognizance Bond, which the suspect posted for his release the following day.
June 16 Arrest — A traffic stop made after police observed a vehicle traveling in the highway’s left lane without passing another vehicle. This was about 8:30 p.m. The officer(s) initiated a traffic stop. Police, following protocol, determined that a passenger in the vehicle, a Frisco woman, was in violation of her bond conditions, set on a protective order. Once placed under arrest and taken to the Grayson County Jail, a magistrate set bail at $2,500, payable with a surety bond. She posted it that on the 17th for her release.
June 16 Arrest — That same evening, about 11 p.m., it was another traffic stop made that resulted in another arrest. Hayslip said the stop was made because police saw that the registration on the vehicle had expired. When talking with the driver, an Anna man, they spelled the distinct odor of marijuana. With that, they conducted a probable cause search, found a clear baggie, and determined its contents to be methamphetamine.
They jailed the suspect on a charge of possession of Controlled Substance, Penalty Group 1 under 1 gram.
The suspect posted bail of $4,000 in a surety bond on Monday for his release.
June 17 Arrest — It was another traffic stop that took an intoxicated driver off the roadway. About 11:30 p.m. Monday, police stopped a vehicle after observing it speeding and changing lanes without a signal. The driver, a Howe woman, would not answer the officer(s)’ simple questions, Hayslip said. They conducted Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFSTs). After the tests were complete, they placed her under arrest on a charge of Driving While Intoxicated.
A magistrate set her bail at $2,000, which she posted Tuesday for her release.
June 19 Arrest — About 3 p.m., Wednesday, police saw a man who they knew had been placed under a Criminal Trespass Warning going into a business in the 100 block of South Preston. They detained and jailed the suspect on a charge of Criminal Trespass. As of Friday, he remained incarcerated in lieu of $1,500 bail. According to Grayson County Jail records, this was the third jailing of this suspect this year on the same charge.
June 20 Arrest — About 7:15 a.m., police made a traffic stop after the driver declined, for a while, to stop for the flashing lights on the police patrol car. Hayslip said they first turned those lights on after seeing the driver make a turn without signaling its intent to turn. When they turned those flashing lights on, the driver sped the car up and ran signal lights in an apparent attempt to flee detention. Police stayed behind the vehicle and then saw it stop, and saw the driver get out and ran.
They caught the driver, a Van Alstyne man, and jailed him on two charges — those of Evading Arrest/Detention with a Vehicle, and Evading Arrest/Detention. They then uncovered three outstanding warrants issued in Denton County. These were one count of Evading Arrest/Detention and two counts of Assault Causing Bodily Injury, one of which was enhanced because it was a Family Violence charge.
As of Friday afternoon, the suspect remained in Grayson County Jail.
June 20 Arrest — About 4:45 a.m. Thursday, police jailed a Groves, Texas, man on a warrant issued in Jefferson County.
Hayslip said police were sent to the area of Henry Hynds and Sanford Circle, regarding a welfare check. They found the man sitting close to the road and were concerned that a vehicle could hit him.
After contacting the man and running his driver’s license, police learned of the warrant, which charged him with Criminal Trespass. As of Friday afternoon, this man remained in Grayson County Jail on the warrant.