By MaryJane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News
Van Alstyne Police Lt. Steven Hayslip, the department’s Public Information Officer, reported on these five arrests made between May 20 and May 31.
On Tuesday, May 20, just after the 2 a.m. hour, police initiated a traffic stop in the 100 block of S. Henry Hynds. They made it after seeing a vehicle moving down the road without a front license plate and with a defective brake light.
Police found out that there was a TCIC/NCIC (Texas and National Crime Information Centers) warrant for the driver, a Trenton man, issued in Nueces County and charging him with Burglary of a Habitation. They placed him under arrest transported to the Grayson County Jail without incident, Hayslip said. The suspect was handed over to law enforcement from that county on May 25.
On May 24, just a little after midnight, police made a traffic stop on southbound U.S Hwy 75 at Exit 51. They, using protocol technology, determined he was driving without insurance.
While talking with the driver, a Garland man, they noticed him to be grabbing his front right pocket. Officers asked him multiple times what he had in his pocket. He then pulled a clear plastic bag partially out of his pocket. At this time, officers observed psilocybin mushrooms inside the clear bag. He was placed under arrest on a charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 2 between 1-4 grams.
On Sunday, May 25, at about 3:00 p.m., officers were dispatched to the area of FM 121 & Spain Road, on the east side of town, after a caller reported a reckless driver who might also be intoxicated.
They located the described vehicle upon arrival and made contact with the driver who, they determined was a Melissa woman. They smelled the odor of an intoxicating beverage emitting from her and noticed that her eyes were bloodshot. When they asked her to get out of the vehicle, but she refused. As she resisted, an officer helped her out of the vehicle. She refused to talk or perform the Standardized Field Sobriety tests.
They placed the suspect under arrest on charges of Driving While Intoxicated with an Open Container, and with Resisting Arrest.
On May 27, at approximately 11:22 p.m., officers were sent to SB Hwy. 75 at Hodgins Road, in reference to a motor vehicle accident. Upon arrival, officers located the vehicle and spoke with the driver. They smelled the odor of an intoxicating beverage coming from her and she admitted to having been drinking. Officers could smell the odor of an intoxicating beverage. She admitted to having been drinking an intoxicating beverage and then consented to SFST’s. After the tests were complete, she was placed under arrest for DWI.
About midnight, May 31, officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Moody regarding an individual with a possible warrant. Upon arrival, they made contact with the woman, from Van Alstyne, and they determined there an active warrant for her arrest. It charged her with Parole Violation. At this time, jail records show that she remains in Grayson County Jail.