By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne Leader.

Van Alstyne Police Department made the following arrests during the last week of September 2025. The Department’s Public Information Officer, Lt. Steven Hayslip made the following reports.

Sept. 24 — At just after 10 p.m., patrol officers stopped a vehicle that was being driven on U.S. Hwy 75 with an obscure license plate. The driver, a Bentonville, Ark., man, acted unusually nervous, and an officer asked him if he had anything illegal inside his vehicle. The suspect told the officer that he had some marijuana with him, and police conducted a probable-cause search and uncovered the marijuana. They jailed the suspect on a charge of Possession of Marijuana weighing between 2-4 oz.

Sept. 26 — At almost 4 a.m., officers initiated a traffic stop on U.S. Hwy 75 at Farmington Road, made because officers observed the traveling approximately 88 miles per hour in a 65-mph zone. They made contact with the driver, who is identified as a Van Alstyne resident in the police report, but as being from Sherman in the Grayson County Jail database.

Those warrants were issued by Dallas County and so police placed him under arrest on Warrant Service

Both charged him with illegal drug offenses. Jail records show that he is still incarcerated without benefit of bail .

Sept. 27 — At about 12:16 a.m., police officers made a traffic stop on U.S. 75 at FM 121, after seeing the vehicle being driven at 85 mph in a 65-mph zone. They noticed the smell of an intoxicating beverage coming from the driver. Officers put the driver, a Garland man, through a series of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, after which they jailed the suspect on a charge of Driving While Intoxicated.

Sept. 17 — At 9:06 a.m., police were sent to the area of Greywood and William Way in regard to an assault. Upon arrival, officers were able to locate two subjects. While conducting the initial investigation, officers were able to determine that the suspect, a Van Alstyne resident, had assaulted a family member by impeding her breath. It was further determined that he had taken the victim’s cell phone in an attempt the keep the victim from making an emergency phone call. It was also determined that was in possession of Cocaine.

Police jailed the suspect on charges of Assault on Family Member, Interfering with 911 Call, and Possession of Cocaine weighing between 1-4 g. Bail was set at a total of $33,000 and as of Wednesday, he remained incarcerated in lieu of bail.

National Night Out — Most of the Van Alstyne Police Department’s officers will be at the Central Social District Park just across Preston Ave. from the park. They will be celebrating National Night Out from 6-8 p.m., along with their First-Responder co-hearts, the V.A. Fire and EMS Department, all there to meet and greet Van Alstyne residents. They will be providing lots of games, bounce houses, and food for everyone there. And there’s absolutely no charge for any of this.