By Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town, for The Van Alstyne News
Between September 27 and October 8, Van Alstyne Police made nine arrests. Police Lt. Steven Hayslip provided the following information, gathered from the reports of the officers involved in the various arrests.
Sept. 27 — The first of two arrests made that Friday was about 1:30 p.m. when officers made a traffic stop on U.S. Highway 75 and County Line Road. The report said the officers made the traffic stop after observing the vehicle being driven with an obstructed view. As they approached the car windows and made contact with the driver, a Blue Ridge man, they could smell the odor of marijuana. They conducted a probable-cause search and located both Marijuana and Methamphetamine.
Police took the driver to Grayson County Jail on charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance (Meth) under 1 gram and Possession of Marijuana under 2 ounces.
A magistrate set bail on the 2 charges at a total of $6,500, which the suspect paid in surety bonds for his Oct. 4 release.
Sept. 27 — The second arrest that day was about two hours later, around 3:30 p.m. And again, it was a traffic stop, but this time because the vehicle was going 86 mph in a 75-mph zone. And again, they smelled the distinctive odor of marijuana, which led to a probable-cause search.
Found in the search was Oxycodone, and the driver, an Irving man, had no prescription for it. Police also found a bottle of Synthetic Urine, which, Hayslip said, is known to be used to pass a drug test and it is illegal in the State of Texas to be in possession of Synthetic Urine. They arrested and jailed the suspect on charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance PG 1 (Oxycodone) under 1 gram and Possession of Drug Test Falsification Device. Bail was set and paid with a surety bond for $6,500 for his Sept. 28 release.
Sept. 28 — About 11:30 p.m. police initiated a traffic stop at Van Alstyne Parkway and Henry Hynds. The driver, a Van Alstyne man, smelled of an intoxicating beverage and police saw an open contained of alcohol. He also had a child under the age of 15 with him in the vehicle. They put the suspect through Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, and then, because the suspect could not pass the tests successfully, they incarcerated him on a charge of Driving While Intoxicated w/Child Passenger.
Hayslip said they turned the child over to a sober adult.
The suspect paid his bail, set at a total of $10,000 and was freed the next day.
Sept. 30 — About 2 p.m., police stopped a vehicle on Van Alstyne Parkway and Collin-McKinney someone called the driver’s reckless driving into dispatch. The driver had been erratic in his steering and struck the curb.
The driver, a Van Alstyne woman, smelled of alcohol and officers determined her eyes were bloodshot and her speech slurred. They put her through the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, and when the tests were complete, they jailed the suspect on a charge of Driving While Intoxicated.
Oct. 1 — Midnight, a traffic stop made on Van Alstyne Parkway and U.S. 75 happened because the police noted defective equipment on the vehicle. Following protocol, they checked and determined there were two outstanding warrants against the driver, issued by another agency. These warrants charged the Sherman/Denison resident with Speeding over 10% of Limit and Failure to Maintain Financial Responsibility.
In this arrest, bail was set at a total of $730 cash; he paid $391 of that and was released
Oct. 1 —About 5 p.m., police made a traffic stop on Industrial, after the officers saw the vehicle being driven on a public roadway without a front license plate. The Sherman driver smelled of Marijuana, Hayslip reported. Again, a probable-cause search was made and they located both Marijuana and Methamphetamine. They placed the suspect under arrest and took him to the jail in Sherman, where they charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance PG 1 and Possession of Marijuana under 2 ounces.
Bail was set at a total of $11,500 which he paid with a surety bond and was released Oct. 2.
Oct. 4 — About 3 p.m., police made a traffic stop on Village Parkway, after seeing the car moving at 66 mph in a 55-mph zone. After making contact with and identifying the the driver, a Howe woman, they found there were outstanding warrants for her arrest out of a different law enforcement agency. They asked her to step out of the vehicle, but she refused. While helping her exit, Hayslip said, she resisted the officers and continued to resist until they handcuffed her.
They jailed her on the two warrants, both of which charged her with Aggravated Assault and with Resisting Arrest.
Bail was set at a total of $15,000, which she paid in surety bonds for her Oct. 5 released.
Oct. 4 —Police got a call that told them the whereabouts of a wanted person. Police went to the address given and confirmed an active warrant issued by Grayson County.
The first officer to arrive requested backup and, while waiting for other officers to arrive, he saw the suspect get into a vehicle and drive away. They made a traffic stop and placed the suspect under arrest on the warrant, which charged him with Assault Causing Bodily Injury. The suspect paid his $5,000 bail with a surety bond and was released the next day.
Oct. 6 — About 7:30 in the evening, police were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident on the U.S. 75 service road at Kelly Lane. An individual at the scene reported that he heard the driver admit to drinking an intoxicating beverage. The officers smelled the odor of that beverage and put the suspect through the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests.
After completion, they jailed the suspect on a charge of Driving While Intoxicated 2nd Offense.
He paid his bail of $2,500 with a surety bond, which has special conditions also applied to it.