By Mary Jane Farmer, Van Alstyne News
Van Alstyne Police made several arrests between Sunday and May 4 of this year. The Department’s Public Information Officer, Lt. Steven Hayslip reported on these.
May 4 — About 7:40 pm, police were sent to a restaurant in the 300 block of N. Henry Hynds expressway, where they were told there was an intoxicated person.
They saw the described person who was leaving the restaurant and saw him run his vehicle off the road. They initiated a traffic stop and then talked with him. Hayslip reported they could smell the odor of an alcoholic drink, the suspect’s speech was slurred, and he was unsteady on his feet.
They put the suspect through several intoxicating beverage, his speech was slurred, and he was unsteady on his feet. Officers conducted Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, after which they placed the driver, a Denton man, under arrest on a charge of Driving While Intoxicated 3rd or More times.
At the Grayson County Jail, a magistrate set the suspect’s bail at a total of $20,000, which he paid in surety bonds on May 5 for his release.
May 10 — Police jailed a McKinney man on a charge of Possession of Marijuana Less than 1 oz. This began about 10:15 pm, when the officers made a traffic stop in the 600 block of N. Henry Hynds Expressway after seeing a vehicle bring driven without a front license plate. The driver stopped for police and as they spoke with him, they smelled the odor of marijuana coming from inside his vehicle. They conducted a probable-cause search and found the marijuana. They arrested the suspect.
Jail records show that the suspect paid his bail of $1,500 with a surety bond for his release the following day.
May 12 — A traffic stop that was made after police saw a car’s occupant not wearing his seat belt, and ended with his arrest on a charge of Possession of Marijuana Less Than 2 oz.
It was about 5:30 pm, when they spotted the moving vehicle on northbound US Hwy 75 around Exit 52. They noticed immediately that the backseat occupant wasn’t buckled up and made the traffic stop. They talked with all occupants and discovered that the unbuckled passenger was knowingly or intentionally in possession of marijuana. Police took the suspect, of Durant, Oklahoma, to G.C jail. There, a magistrate set bail on the charge at $1,500, which the suspect paid the next day with a surety bond for his release.
May 13 — It was a Glendale, Arkansas, man who police jailed on a charge of DWI-2nd Offense. Hayslip said that about 12:15 am, police stopped a vehicle after seeing it not stop for the stop sign on Henry Hynds at Farmington. They smelled the odor of an intoxicating beverage, noticed his speech was slurred. After conducting SFSTs on the suspect, then jailed him on the charge.
May 14 — About 1:30 am, police were patrolling the area in the 600 block of Blassingame, when they heard a vehicle alarm. They went to the sound and saw a man sitting in the back seat of an otherwise-unoccupied occupied vehicle. While talking with him, the vehicle’s owner came along and said the man was a family member and there was no problem with him being inside the vehicle. However, following protocol, the officers ran the man’s identification information and found two outstanding warrants for his arrest, issued by Dallas County. The warrants charged the suspect with Possession of Controlled Substance between 4-200 grams and with Evading Arrest or Detention with Vehicle. Since his arrest, another agency has put a Parole Violator charge against the suspect, who is a Van Alstyne resident. He remains incarcerated without benefit of bail..
May 15 — About 8 am, Police were sent to a reckless driver call. They located the vehicle, stopped it, and made contact with the driver, a Mesquite resident.
They immediately smelled the odor of an alcohol beverage, noticed that his speech was slurred and his were bloodshot. While conducting the DWI investigation, they determined he was driving on a public roadway and jailed for DWI w/an Open Container. The Grayson County Jail doesn’t show suspect in its database., so there is no further information.