Lt. Steven Hayslip is the Van Alstyne Police Department’s Public Information Officer, along with his numerous other responsibilities. This report is taken from Hayslip’s report to me (Mary Jane Farmer) as the reporter for. the Van Alstyne News.
On June 10, at about 3 a.m., officers were dispatched to area of North Bound Hwy. 75 at Exit 51, in reference to a reckless driver. The officers located the described vehicle and made a traffic stop on it. The driver, a Plano man, spelled of an intoxicating beverage, said Hayslip. Police then put the suspect through Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, a series of roadside tests used by law enforcement to assess a driver’s potential impairment due to alcohol or drugs.
After completed, the officers booked the suspect into Grayson County Jail on a charge of Driving While Intoxicated.
The suspect posted bail of $1,500 for his release the following day.
On June 12, at about 11:34 p.m., officers initiated a traffic stop on US Hwy 75 and County Line Road after they observed a vehicle traveling approximately 80 miles per hour in a posted 65-mph construction zone. Upon contact with the driver, a Plano woman, they smelled the odor of an intoxicating beverage. Police then put her through the SFSTs, after which they jailed her on a charge of Driving While Intoxicated.
Grayson County Jail records show that she posted bail of $1,500 with a surety bond for her release later the same day.
On June 13, at approximately 2350 hours, officers initiated a traffic stop on US 75 and Farmington. The traffic stop was initiated after officers observed the vehicle traveling at approximately 81 mph in a posted 65 mph construction zone. Upon making with the driver, an Allen woman age 49, who had an outstanding warrant for her arrest. Officers could also smell the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. They conducted a probable cause search of thee vehicle and located marijuana in its center console.
Van Alstyne Police placed her under arrest on a charge of Possession of Marijuana less than two ounces and warrant service.
The warrant against the suspect was issued in Collin County and charged her with theft and with several previous convictions. She remains in Grayson County Jail, records show.
On June 14, 2025, just a little after 1 p.m., officers initiated a traffic stop on southbound US Hwy 75 and FM 121. The traffic stop was initiated after officers observed a vehicle traveling 84-mph in a posted 65-mph construction zone. Upon contact with the driver, police could smell the odor of an intoxicating beverage coming from inside the vehicle. Following protocol, they put the driver through the SFSTs, after which they jailed him on charges of DWI and Illegal Possession of a Firearm.
A magistrate at the jail set the suspect’s bail on the two charges at a total of $4,000, which he paid with a surety bond and was released the following day.
On June 14, at about 10:10 p.m., police were sent to the area of U.S Hwy 75 at about Farmington Road, after someone called in on a reckless driver. Police located the vehicle and made contact with the driver. The report said they smelled the odor of an intoxicating beverage coming from him. They put the driver, a Dallas man, through the SFSTs, and then placed him under arrest on a charge of DWI with an open container. Before turning the vehicle over to the towing service, they made an inventory of the vehicle. Inside it, they found a clear small bag of white powdery substance, which the field-tested positive as Cocaine, and this added a second charge against the suspect, that of Possession of a Controlled Substance PG 1 (Cocaine)
Jail records show that the magistrate at the jail set his bail at a total of $7,500 on the two charges. He paid that with a surety bond and obtained his release the next day.
Indictments: The Grayson County Grand Jury meets every other Wednesday1v xcvb and in this past meeting, they indicted Van Alstyne’s Desiree Lee Lara on a charge of Evading Arrest or Detention with a Vehicle. The Grayson County database show she went to jail on the charge on April 14, booked in by Van Alstyne police, and that she paid her bail of $10,000 for her release the next day.
A previous Police Blotter shows that Van Alstyne police attempted to stop her on Martin Duke and John Douglas roads, but that she declined to stop for their overhead lights and siren. They got into a short pursuit, after which she (the driver) stopped for them.
An indictment does not indicate guilt, but only indicates there is enough evidence for the case to move ahead.
The Grand Jury indicted 23 people during this session on various drug charges. Methamphetamine (meth) led the list with 15 people indicted; Fentanyl -3; Cocaine-2; and Heroin-1.