Paris daily crime report || July 22, 2022

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• Thursday, July 21, 2022, at 7:00 am: Officers responded to a shoplifter call in the 1300 block of
  Clarksville Street, where a white male wearing an olive green shirt had been seen stuffing items in
  his pants and leaving on a bicycle, headed eastbound. Tristan Wayne Whitaker, 18, of Detroit
  Texas was stopped in the 1600 block of Clarksville Street and the stolen items were removed from
  his pants. Methamphetamine, several pills, and other drug paraphernalia were located in Whitaker’s
  backpack. Whitaker was charged with 2 counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of
  Dangerous Drug, Class “C” Theft, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Whitaker was booked into
  the Paris Police Department jail.
• Thursday, July 21, 2022, at 11:47 am: Officer initiated contact with a black male for walking on the
  wrong side of the roadway in the 400 block of West Sherman Street. The subject was identified as Ervin
  Dejuan Gray, 34, of Paris and was determined to have active warrants for his arrest. Upon
  attempting to place Gray under arrest he started to run away, was captured, and physically resisted
  by striking the officer with a closed fist. Backup officers assisted with handcuffing Gray. Gray kicked the
  patrol unit, causing a large dent. Gray was immediately transported to the Lamar County jail, where
  he continued his combative and aggressive demeanor with the Lamar County Jail staff and was
  immediately placed into the Lamar County Jail rubber room. Gray was charged with on-view Evading
  Arrest Detention, Assault on a Peace Officer, and Criminal Mischief, and two active warrants from a
  February 2022 investigation; Assault Causes Bodily Injury and Terroristic Threat.
• Friday, July 22, 2022, at 1:24 am: Officer was flagged down in a parking lot in the 3000 block of NE
  Loop 286. Officer approached an older model silver Chevrolet Silverado and observed the driver step
  out of the vehicle and began spitting blood on the pavement, as he bled profusely from his nose and
  mouth. The subject advised that he had been assaulted by his ex-girlfriend in the 1300 block of West
  Kaufman Street, where an argument had taken place and he was struck with an unknown object in
  his nose. Subject advised when he was struck, the “world went white” and that he “blacked out” and
  doesn’t remember how he got to this location. The subject was transported to Paris Regional Medical
  Center for treatment and the case will be investigated.

On Thursday, July 21, 2022, the Paris Police Department responded to 72 calls for service and arrested seven adults.