Paris Police responded to a disturbance call in the 1300 block of Clarksville St at 1:43 P.M. on February 8, 2021 where the clerk reported that a black male attempted to pay for merchandise with counterfeit money. Officers located Aaron Ramon Ethridge, 29, of Paris in the vicinity. Ethridge began throwing counterfeit money on the ground and then ran from the officers. Ethridge was apprehended after a short foot chase and arrested. Ethridge was charged with tampering or fabricating physical evidence, forgery of a financial instrument, evading arrest or detention, and resisting arrest. Ethridge was later transferred to the Lamar County Jail.
At 7:42 P.M. on February 8, 2021, Paris Police were dispatched to a theft of a motor vehicle. The victim reported to dispatch that their vehicle had been stolen and that the victim was following the vehicle. Officers eventually located the vehicle in the 700 block of NW 1st St. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle but the vehicle refused to stop. A chase ensued and eventually stopped in the 200 block of W Shiloh St where the vehicle became stuck in the ditch. The driver, 27 year old Aaron Javon McGee, of Paris, was removed from the vehicle and arrested. McGee was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, resisting arrest search or transport, evading arrest or detention with a vehicle, and possession of a controlled subatance. McGee is waiting to be transferred to the Lamar County Jail.
Paris Police responded to 60 calls for service and arrested 2 persons on February 08, 2021.
