Over the weekend, Paris police officers arrested 24 people, including a man without a driver’s license who had five arrest warrants for traffic violations, police department spokesman Curtis Garrett said .
About 2:25 p.m. on Sunday, a police officer said he observed Steve Cory Reaves, 41, of 642 W. Sherman St. driving in the 100 block of Southwest Seventh Street. The officer, who said he knew Reaves did not have a current driver’s license, stopped him in the 600 block of West Sherman Street.
Reaves was placed under arrest when police dispatch confirmed that he had five traffic warrants for his arrest. A felony charge was added when a controlled substance was found in his possession.
Bond for Reaves was set at $10,000.
Also reported over the weekend were a burglary of a business, a burglary of a residence, and the break-in of two vehicles.
Other arrests were on the following charges: 14 on Class C misdemeanors, three for public intoxication, two for theft, one for driving while intoxication, one for being in possession of a prohibited weapon and unlawful carrying a weapon, one on a Lamar County warrant, and one for resisting arrest.
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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