By CHARLES RICHARDS
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Paris police reported making 15 arrests over the 48 hours ending Friday morning – five on arrest warrants, five for possession of a controlled substance, two for possession of marijuana, two for public intoxication, and one for emergency detention.
Over the two-day period, officers responded to 190 calls for service – 95 each day.
At approximately 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday, officers stopped a 1986 pickup in the 800 block of Van Zandt Street for a traffic violation.
Upon checking the driver, Jeffery Todd Corbin, 26, of 125 3rd St. NW in Deport and his passenger, Ashley Brooke Law, also of Deport, for warrants, it was discovered that Law had an outstanding traffic warrant.
Officers said they then noticed that among the personal property she was attempting to give Corbin was a baggie of narcotics.
Both were arrested and charged with possession of less than one gram of a controlled substance (PG1).
Shortly before 2 p.m. on Thursday, officers stopped a vehicle on a traffic violation in the 3800 block of Lamar Ave.
Officers said the driver, Coby Sikes, 21, of 1125 Mockingbird, Paris, was found to be in possession of a controlled substance, and his passenger, Aaron Greer, 20, of 118 County Road 33100, Sumner, was found to be in possession of marijuana. Both were arrested and booked into Lamar County Jail.
About 5:30 p.m. Thursday, officers were dispatched to the 100 block of NW 19th Street, where a vehicle was reportedly involved in a narcotics violation.
Donald Curtis Smith of 368 Dewey St., Deport, was charged with evading arrest, and Smith and his passenger, Lyndell Wade Haley, 45, of 237 Main St., Deport, were charged with possession of a controlled substance (PG1, less than one gram) in a drug-free zone.
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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