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The door guard found her on the 11th and threatening him. The manager had told him he was An officer conducted a traffic stop. The driver exited the Board so he was arrested for Ground Transportation floor of the hotel lying in the hallway. The manager said late for his flight and would not be able to board. The vehicle and began to walk into traffic. The officer had Business. His rented taxi was towed. the door guard had gone to the garage to look for her car. manager feared he would become physically violent and to call the driver to the side of the roadway. The driver Criminal Trespass The woman told officers she was okay and just wanted to used the gate counter to put distance between them as began to say, “I’m sorry” several times as the officer tried he called 911. The airline decided the passenger would to explain why he was stopped. The driver did not have a April 6, 5:15 p.m. go home. She had difficulty remembering what kind of Officers went to Terminal D Baggage Claim 30 in vehicle she was driving, and handed one officer her keys. never be allowed to fly with them again. license and was stumbling and not wanting to stand still. His pants were unzipped, and he had a purple band on reference to a possible mental subject. Upon arrival, She said she did not have a room at Hyatt East but was When officers talked to the man, his face was beat red, they recognized the person from a previous incident visiting a friend, but she could not remember his name. his breath was short, intense and loud; and he had his wrist like those provided when entering a club or bar. The man smelled of alcohol. He said he had consumed when he was issued a Criminal Trespass Warning. He was Her eyes were blood shot and constricted even though tense body movement. He became verbally aggressive sitting in the baggage claim area talking to himself and they were in low light. She spoke fast and did not make raising his voice using words such as f**k and *ssh*le maybe four beers. Following sobriety tests, he was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated. scaring passengers. Officers told him that Terminal D sense. She said she does not use drugs and she did not while attempting to tell officers he was disrespected by GUARANTEED WORKMANSHIP management prohibits him from remaining or returning smell of alcohol. She continually said, “I am not a bad the manager. Officers told him he could be arrested for GroundINSURANCE Transportation CLAIMS Business WELCOMED to the property. He said he remembered the incident but person.” She asked where her shoes were, but she was disturbing the peace. He understood and lowered his April 6, 3:50 p.m. AIRPORT FRWY (183) had lost his CriminalTrespass Warning. He was arrested. wearing a pair of shoes. Going upstairs with the officer, voice and physical movements to an acceptable level. He On plain clothes assignment, officers saw a driver pull PIONEER Criminal Trespass/Controlled Substance she stopped at a trash can and asked to get her other demanded to fly. Officers explained the airline elected up on the crosswalk with his front passenger window shoes. The officer located a pair of high heels. She was not to conduct business with him any further and politely down at Terminal E, Entry 5. One officer began walking April 6, 7:14 p.m. arrested for Public Intoxication. asked him to leave the area. He asked if he could fly with toward a taxi stand whenR he looked over and heard the A man tried to book a room at Grand Hyatt Hotel, but his THUR 12 Assault another airline and was told he could. He seemed content taxi driver ask if they needed a taxi.IN HeMA said,VIS “Yes.” Both credit cardAll was Makesdeclined. Then, and he went Models to the bar and TA ordered food, but again the credit card was declined. April 2, 9:21 a.m. for a moment but decided to speak with the manager officers walked over and told the driver they needed to LOOP He began making inappropriate comments to a female BRI O’CONNO again. Officers told him he had no further business go to Hilton. TheMacAR driver said he could take them and came Collision Repair & Officers investigated an incident in the U.S. Customs member of the hotel staff. Hyatt security escorted him with that airline and would need to leave the area around and approached them. When asked,RAILROAD “How much?” controlled area of Terminal D. An Asian female had a from theRefinishing hotel. Specialists red mark on her right check. She did not speak English immediately. He became vocal and physically forceful, he said,”It will not be much.” He picked up a bag and which made retrieving any useful information regarding cursing again and tensing his muscles (his face became would not give the officersIRVING a price. BL OneVD. said, “We are not Several minutes later, he was seen trying to gain access beat red) and stepped within striking distance of the the incident impossible. Two witnesses, standing going404 without Mavis, a price.” HeIrving then said, T“$45.”exas One officer 75061 to guest floors by elevator. He was told to leave and not nearby when the incident occurred, volunteered written officer. The officer told him to stop, but he became even asked, “Is that $45 a piece?” and he stated, “Yes.” They return,972-438-8525 but he sat down on a couch. Officers gave him statements. They heard a woman on the telephone more vocal using curse words and aggressively pointing agreed and the driver grabbed the bag and put inside the a Notice of Criminal Trespass Violation and escorted begin to cry. They saw an Asian male (who turned out at the officer. He was arrested for disorderly conduct. van. He was in a hurry and kept looking back seeming to him from the hotel. They told him that his return to the to be her husband) standing next to her, strike her in When asked how much he had to drink, he said, “A lot!” be worried about being caught. He was in such a hurry he hotel would result in arrest for Criminal Trespass. A few the face so hard she fell to the ground. She stood up The man was Type 1 Diabetic and was transported to shut the rear trunk on one officer’s head. When told that minutes later, the officers found him lying supine on and ran off in the direction of the restroom. The man Parkland Hospital. he had just hit somebody with the rear trunk, he seemed the same couch where he had been seated earlier. He picked up his backpack and walked off in the opposite Public Intoxication more in a hurry, and he did not care. He rushed to the was instructed to stand and was arrested for Criminal direction. Officers found him and read him the Miranda April 6, 12:38 a.m. driver side door. The officers followed him and identified Trespass. A partial oval-shaped orange or peach-colored Rights. Officers recruited the services of a Korean Conducting a routine check at Founders Plaza, themselves. The driver was very anxious and nervous. Please see DFW POLICE on Page 3 Airlines employee who helped translate each step of the officers saw a man slumped over his steering wheel process and answer any questions they had. The man (unconscious). He was asleep in the driver seat. An officer GUARANTEED WORKMANSHIP was arrested for Assault Causing Bodily Injury to Family knocked on the window and shined his light in the INSURANCE CLAIMS WELCOMED Member.
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