Paris police arrested 61-year-old Michael Earl Leffel, of Clarksville, Texas, at the Paris District Parole Office in the 2600 block of N Main St at 10:16 a.m. Sept 8,. Leffel had an outstanding parole violation warrant. He was later transferred to the Lamar County jail.
Paris police later responded to a theft of a firearm in the 900 block of E Hickory St at 11:03 a.m. It was reported that a possible known person had stolen a pistol from the victim. The firearm was last seen in the victim’s vehicle. The incident is currently under investigation.
At 9:05 p.m. on Sept 8, Paris police responded to a possible intoxicated driver. The vehicle was located in a drive-thru in the 2400 block of N Main St. Officers were able to make contact with the driver and passenger. An officer smelled the odor of marijuana emitting from the vehicle and conducted a search. Officers located several baggies of marijuana and several Xanex pills that neither the driver nor passenger had a prescription for. The driver, identified as 17-year-old Connor Chase Robinson, of Paris, was arrested and charged with manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance of less than 1 gram. The passenger was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, no name has been released. Both are waiting to be transferred to the Lamar County jail.
Paris Police responded to 81 calls for service and arrested five people on September 8, 2020.
