By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News
Van Alstyne Police made several arrests in the past few days. These included some suspects who reside here and others from out of town. The arrest reports are included here, received from PD Lt. Steven Hayslip, public information officer.
April 6 — At about 9 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 600 block of N. Henry Hynds regarding a domestic disturbance. There, they talked with both people and determined that the female had assaulted her boyfriend by striking him in the face. This caused injuries, but no medical treatment was needed.
Police jailed the female on a charge of Assault Causing Family Violence. A magistrate at the jail set her bail at $5,000 with special conditions to which she must abide to retain her freedom. She paid that bail in surety bonds the next day for her release.
April 7 — Early the next afternoon, officers initiated a traffic stop in the 100 block of West Van Alstyne Parkway. The stop was made after officers saw the vehicle failing to maintain a single lane and almost strike a pedestrian. The vehicle’s driver stopped for police and when they walked up to the car’s window, they immediately smelled the odor of an intoxicating beverage. They officers also reported that. They saw the driver’s eyes were bloodshot and heard him slurring his speech,
Police put the suspect through the Standardize Field Sobriety tests, after which they played him under arrest on a charge of Driving While Intoxicated. He posted bail set at $5,000 with a surety bond and was released April 8.
April 10, About 1:30 pm Sunday, a dispatcher received a call of a car crash at U.S 75 at about the Farmington Road area. The officers who were dispatched again smelled the strong odor of alcohol coming from inside the offending vehicle. A witness reported seeing the suspect, a Dallas man, throw a case of beer onto the concrete barrier.
While completing the investigation, police determined that he was intoxicated. They jailed him on charges of Driving While Intoxicated and Tampering with Evidence.
Once at the Grayson County Jail, officials added an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) hold on the suspect and he remains incarcerated.
April 12 — About 4 pm, police initiated a traffic stop on South Waco at Village, aka FM 3133, based on having seen the vehicle with a defective license plate light.
The driver was a McKinney area man, and was another who went to Grayson County Jail on a charge of DWI. Records show that he was given $5,000 bail, and that he paid it for his release with a surey bod later the same day.
April 14 — Police jailed a Van Alstyne man on a DWI charge, and at the jail the County set an ICE hold on this suspect, too. Details on this will be available for the next report.