Paris police officers were dispatched to the 3700 block of Pine Mill Road early today after a man was reported removing air conditioners from residences.
When police arrived, they found John Lewis Cawvey, 26, of 152 NW 24th St. in the process of placing an air conditioner into his vehicle, said Curtis Garrett, public information officer for the Paris Police Department.
Cawvey was arrested without incident when it was determined he did not have permission to remove the air condtioners.
He was charged with theft over $1,500, a felony.
Police responded Thursday to 87 calls for services and arrested eight people. Officers responded to one burglary of a residence and two reported thefts where suspects removed air conditioners.
One call brought police officers to the 100 block of Northwest 19th Street, where two men were reported fighting.
Officers saw a man identified as Wayne Alan Birch, 70, of 109 NW 19th St., strike the other man, and the two men fell to the ground.
Birch continued to assault the other man, and officers separated both men, Garrett said.
Birch was arrested for injury to an elderly person.
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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