Paris Police Report Wednesday (Dec 2)

Edward Lee Gaffney, Jr.

Paris Police spoke with a victim from Plano about a fraud where someone had used their debit and credit cards to make transactions at a local business. The total of the transactions was over $1,400. The incidents are under investigation. Paris Police stopped a vehicle at noon on Tuesday (Dec 1) in the 600-block of W. Center for displaying the wrong license plate. The back passenger, Edward Lee Gaffney, Jr., 34, of Paris, had several outstanding Municipal Court warrants. As officers arrested Gaffney, they found him in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, and there was more methamphetamine in the vehicle. They charged Gaffney with possession of a controlled substance of less than one gram, and he is in Lamar County Jail.

Paris Police responded to 61 calls for service and arrested three people on Tuesday (Dec 1).