Money missing from safe in building where concrete block was thrown through a window, police report
Posted on Aug 3, 2012
in 9-1-1 by Charles Richards
Paris police officers were dispatched Thursday morning to the 1600 block of Clarksville St., where a concrete block had been thrown through a window.
The reporting person said cash was missing from an unlocked safe, said Curtis Garrett, public information officer for the Paris Police Department.
The incident continues under investigation, Garrett said.
Over the 24 hours ending Friday morning, the police department responded to 107 calls and arrested three people — two on traffic warrants and one for public intoxication.

Charles Richards moved to Paris in 2004 after retiring from a 40-year career in journalism – the last 26 years as a news writer and sports writer with The Associated Press in Dallas and Washington, D.C. In mid-2004, The Paris News coaxed him out of retirement, and he began covering the police, court and regional beat for The Paris News. Then in early 2005, he was switched to coverage of a sharply divided Paris City Council. He was appointed by the City Council in 2006 to the 12-member City Charter Review Commission, which extensively rewrote the outmoded document. His writing awards include two first-place awards in statewide competition for feature writing. The most recent was his 2005 story on a Paris doctor’s startling use of leeches in a successful attempt to re-attach a man’s severed ear. Over his career, Richards’ interview subjects include Alabama Gov. George Wallace, President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush, David Koresh, Arnold Palmer, Muhammad Ali and numerous other political and sports figures. He is an alumnus of Texas Tech, where he was editor of the school newspaper. He lives in Paris with his wife, Barbara, who is retired after 30 years as a teacher and high school counselor.