Paris Police Report For Friday, August 23

Officers responded Thursday to a welfare concern call in the 400 block of SW 1st St. The victim was in a verbal altercation with the suspect, Magic Laone McCarty, 44. While officers were trying to gather information, Magic McCarty entered a residence in the 600 block of SW 1st and then exited with a handgun in his hand. McCarty began to brandish the weapon, causing the officers and the victim to fear serious bodily injury. Officers attempted to de-escalate the incident, and McCarty finally took the gun back into the house. Officers place McCarty under arrest for a terrorist threat to a Family Member and a Peace Officer. McCarty resisted arrest but was eventually placed under officer control and taken into custody. The victim advised that McCarty had assaulted her by choking her with his hands. There was physical evidence to support the claims. McCarty was charged with Assault of a Family Member by Impeding Breath, a terrorist threat to a Public Servant and Family Member, and Resisting Arrest.

Early Friday, a Paris Police Officer stopped a vehicle where Miranda Ra’Nell Thomas, 35, was a passenger. Thomas voluntarily identified herself as Latessa Bridgers. Subsequent research revealed that Thomas was giving a false name and that she had an outstanding warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance out of Hopkins County. She was charged with the warrant and Failed to identify as a fugitive from justice. They booked her without incident.

On Thursday, officers arrested Carson Tyler Thomson, 23. They charged him with Indecency with a Child after evidence indicated that he had engaged in prohibited contact with a child under 14 years of age. Paris Police is open, and they may seek further charges. Due to the nature of the case, no additional information is available.

A victim reported the Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle in the 3200 block of Clarksville St. The victim advised that a family friend had left her residence on August 17, 2024, driving her 2015 Cadillac Vehicle. The suspect informed the victim that he was going to San Angelo and had no plans to return the vehicle. The suspect did not have permission to drive the car. Officers entered it in Nationwide Computer as Stolen. The department received information that Texas DPS contacted the vehicle in El Paso on August 20, 2024. The incident is currently under investigation, and the car is still missing.

For this reporting period, officers made three traffic stops, arrested five adults, and answered 99 calls for service.

Captain John T. Bull