The Paris Police Department responded to 111 calls for service over the 24-hour period ending at mid-morning Friday, department spokesman Curtis Garrett said.
Officers arrested 14 people – five on traffic warrants, two for public intoxication, two for assault, and one each for criminal mischief, theft, burglary of a vehicle, possession of a dangerous drug, Lamar County bond surrender warrant, and hindering apprehension or prosecution.
About 10:20 a. m. Thursday, an officer reported seeing Steven Black, 40, of Paris in plain view through a window of a residence in the 300 block of Northwest Third Street.
Knowing that Black had a felony warrant for his arrest, the officer requested back-up at that location. One officer said he knocked on the front door and was told by a woman that Black was not there. A second officer saw Black attempt to leave through a back door, and again the woman said Black was not inside the residence.
Later, Black came to the door and was arrested without incident. Jamie Lynn Simpson, 35, was arrested for hindering apprehension or prosecution.
Shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to an accident Involving two west-bound tractor trailers in the 500 block of Northwest Loop 286 near the entrance to Campbell Soup.
One truck was in the right lane and attempted to make a left turn onto the crossover and was struck by a truck that was in the inside lane. No injuries were reported.
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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