November 26 

Officer Linda Williams was dispatched to a suspicious person walking on Puckett St. taking photographs. Williams observed a white male squatting behind a utility pole and asked what he was doing. He said he was looking at the designs on the pole. She asked where he was headed. He said he was looking for a place to live and a car to buy. Williams took possession of an Airsoft gun he had in his waistband. She advised him that it wasn’t wise to walk around with a gun that looked real.

November 27

Officer Jim Rapp responded to a report of stolen silver Honda Accord on N. Winnsboro St. The reporting party advised that someone had taken the vehicle while they were sleeping. The person gave the name of the finance company and Rapp was able to contact the company and confirmed that the vehicle was repossessed and not stolen.

November 30

Sergeant Austin Milbourn and Lt. Michael Chilson responded to a disturbance at the Wilson Apartments on Tomie St. Officers observed a white male walking out of the apartment who said there had been a disturbance at his apartment. He explained his wife had slapped him and punched him in the face. Officers did not observe any injuries to the man’s face. A white female exited the apartment and said that she recently had undergone surgery and her boyfriend pushed her and hurt her and there was an eyewitness. Officers arrested James Carter for assault causing bodily injury-family violence and transported him to the Wood County Jail.

December 4

Sergeant Milbourn responded to criminal mischief at a business on N. Main St. where a door had been damaged. The caller reported that the door was almost kicked in, but from the looks of the damage to the door and lock it appeared the suspect did not gain entry. The business owner advised that she was going to install surveillance cameras and did not know who might have done the damage. The case was forwarded to investigations.  

December 8   

Officer Corbin Hanner responded to a possible theft on Lance Rd. He was told by the property owner that they had a package that showed as delivered by UPS, but they never received it. The property owner was concerned that someone might have seen it delivered and took it off their property but could not confirm it was not lost in transit. The package was shown to be delivered to the property on Dec. 4. It was found that the neighbor had accepted the package and later took it to the reporting party.

December  9        

Officer Hanner and Lt. Chilson responded to the UT Health Quitman E.R. for a physical disturbance at 5:45 a.m. Officers spoke to the E.R. staff who advised that while trying to take blood from a white female patient she became extremely agitated, combative and began having a loud outburst. The E.R. staff told officers this was causing a disruption in the E.R., disturbing other patients. Officers tried to speak to the woman, but she appeared to be under the influence of narcotics and would not cooperate. Due to the woman’s loud outburst and failure to calm down, Hanner arrested Deborah Gutierrez for disorderly conduct. Officers transported Gutierrez to the Wood County Jail for book in.