Paris police officers responded to 83 calls for service on Tuesday, including five reported burglaries and three assaults.
Eight peple were arrested over the 24-hour period, said officer Curtis Garrett, public information officer for the department.
Officers responded to the 200 block of East Austin Street, where a man was interrupted in an apparent attemptto break into a building.
Witnesses told the officers they heard a loud breaking noise and observed an unknown man trying to gain entrance to he front door. They said when they yelled at the man, he fled on foot. There was damage to a window and to the front door of the building. An investigation is continuing.
Police also responded to call concerning a “burglary in progress” in the 2700 block of West Cempbell Street. Officers were told that a woma was observed breaking a window and entering a residence and that she did not have permission to be inside.
Officers located Sharon Denise Campbell, 52, inside the residence and arrested her on a charge of burglary of a habitation. Campbell, whose address is shown to be 2760 W. Campbell, is being held on $10,000 bond.
She is being held on $10,000 bond on a charge of burglary of habitation.
Charles Richards 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.
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