A 94-year-old Paris man told police he was confronted in his house on Wednesday by a masked man who demanded that he give him money. The man told officers he reached into a desk and grabbed a knife, and the intruder fled. The case remains under investigation.
Also Wednesday, police arrested Adrian Kyle Lane, 25, of Paris after a traffic stop in the 1600 block of East Sherman Street for what was described as a minor traffic violation. An officer said Lane was observed throwing an item through the passenger window.
Lane was arrested when he produced a baggie of marijuana, and a charge of felon in possession of a firearm was filed against him when the item thrown out of the vehicle was determined to be a pistol.
Also, six other people were charged with Class C misdemeanors, two with parole violation warrants, two with possession of less than two ounces of marijuana, one with burglary of a vehicle, one for driving while intoxicated, and one with evading arrest.
Police responded Wednesday to 83 calls for service and arrested 11 people.
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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