Paris daily crime report || Sept. 2, 2022
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Thursday, September 1, 2022, at 3:55 a.m.: Officers responded to the 500 block of South West 1st street and met with a very distraught and emotional victim, with blood on her shirt and face; stating that her boyfriend had tried to kill her after she had confronted him about food in his lunch box that was not from their home. The victim had been hit in the head, choked and bitten twice. The incident will be investigated.
Thursday, September 1, 2022, at 5:24 p.m.: 55-year-old Randall Lee Puetz was arrested at his residence in the 1400 block of North East 12th Street on a Stalking Warrant resulting from an incident occurring on August 28, 2022, wherein he was following a victim around and threatening violence with a handgun. Puetz was transported to the Paris Police Department Jail and booked.
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Thursday, September 1, 2022, at 5:30 p.m.: Officer responded to the 800 block of South West 41st Street and found 72-year-old Bobby Wayne Stevens of Paris in violation of a Protective Order. Stevens was asked multiple times to exit his vehicle. Stevens disregarded officer’s request; put his vehicle in reverse and backed into the roadway and evaded officer in a short pursuit. Stevens resisted being handcuffed. Stevens was arrested and charged with Evading Arrest/Detention in a Vehicle, Resisting Arrest, and Violation of a Protective Order. Stevens was booked into to the Paris City Jail.
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Friday, September 2, 2022, at 12:53 a.m.: Officer initiated a traffic stop in the 300 block of Church Street on a vehicle bearing California tags for an improper brake light and the driver was identified as 55-year-old Tollie Steve Ross of Phoenix AZ. Ross was released with a verbal warning for the brake light. As Ross drove away, he ran a red light at Church and Clarksville Street and later attempted to turn the wrong way on a one-way. Officer initiated a second traffic stop to check his welfare. Ross stated he had a loaded .38 special in the vehicle. His criminal history revealed multiple felony convictions out of California. Ross was placed under arrest for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by Felon and transported to the Paris city jail and booked.
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Friday, September 2, 2022, at 12:54 a.m.: Officers were dispatched to an apartment in George Wright Homes and made contact with a victim that was covered in blood from an actively bleeding deep laceration on the side of her face and was transported to a local hospital. The victim stated that a suspect had hit her with a beer bottle. The incident is under investigation.
Thursday, September 1, 2022; the Paris Police Department responded to 101 calls for service and arrested 6 adult persons.