Quitman Police Report

Posted 1/6/22

Dec. 13-31

The Quitman Police Department responded to 95 calls for service, issued 16 citations, gave 15 warnings citations, three criminal trespass warnings were issued, and 13 reports were …

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Quitman Police Report

Posted

Dec. 13-31

The Quitman Police Department responded to 95 calls for service, issued 16 citations, gave 15 warnings citations, three criminal trespass warnings were issued, and 13 reports were taken.

These are the arrests made during this period:

On Dec. 22 at 8:27 p.m. Lt. Anita Tucker was dispatched to the Brookshire’s Grocery store for an intoxicated man in the store shoplifting things. Tucker observed a manager removing items from the man’s pockets. Tucker identified the suspect as Christopher Aaron Henderson and could smell the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage. A pat down for weapons revealed other stolen items in the man’s pockets. Henderson was arrested for public intoxication, a Class C misdemeanor. Henderson was also arrested for theft less than $100 which is a Class C misdemeanor. He was transported to the Wood County Jail for book in without further incident.

On Dec. 24 at 12:50 a.m. Tucker made a traffic stop on a vehicle that disregarded a stop sign in the 100 block of W. Bermuda St. The driver, Ryan Matthew Higgins, was found to have a warrant out of Van Zandt County for driving while intoxicated. Tucker took Higgins into custody and transported him to the Wood County Jail for book-in without further incident.