Mineola Police Report

Posted 12/21/16

On Dec. 13 a 26-year-old Mineola man was arrested on deadly conduct as a result of a road rage incident.

Police arrested Thomas Lynn Koonce for deadly conduct at 7:49 p.m. in the incident.

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Mineola Police Report

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On Dec. 13 a 26-year-old Mineola man was arrested on deadly conduct as a result of a road rage incident.

Police arrested Thomas Lynn Koonce for deadly conduct at 7:49 p.m. in the incident.

Koonce said that the complainant cut across the road in front of him to turn into the Shell station located at the intersection of Highways 69 and 80. He said he almost hit the vehicle. The complainant said that Koonce then threatened him with a handgun. Officers stopped Koonce and found that he did have a gun as described by the man.

Other Mineola police reports for the past week included:

Dec. 14 – Police responded to a call of a disturbance at 1:33 a.m. on West Broad Street. A woman said she was giving her ex-boyfriend a ride home when he became irate and would not get out of her vehicle. When she called police he took off walking.

At 9:11 a.m. police received a report of a juvenile female in the road at Loop 564 and Patten Street who appeared to be intoxicated. She was transported by emergency medical services personnel.

A man called at 12:06 p.m. and said his wife was running down the road in front of Walmart. While the dispatcher was on the telephone with the complainant the woman got back in the car. The man hung up and would not answer calls. Police had no other information and could not find anyone.

A theft was reported at Cross Country Foods where two males took items from the store.

Police arrested David Lee Kimbrough, 67, a transient, for disorderly conducted for urinating in the Walmart parking lot.

Dec. 13 – Police arrested Carla Deann Newsom, 43, Mineola, for driving with no liability insurance after she was stopped on East Kilpatrick Street on a traffic violation.

A vacant house that was being remodeled was burglarized on Kings Lane. An air compressor, air hose and nail gun were taken. The burglar entered through a window.

A woman called saying a man had pushed her out of the house on West Broad Street and would not let her back in. She could not give the dispatcher an address and hung up. The officers looked for her but couldn’t find her.

At 12:46 p.m. personnel at the high school reported an assault of a girl by another female student. The matter is under investigation and a warrant is pending.

Dec. 12 – Personnel at Whataburger reported receiving a counterfeit $20 bill during the previous night.

An Evans Street resident reported a laptop computer was stolen from her car. She said she was carrying items into her home and returned to find the computer missing from the unlocked car. The matter is under investigation.

Police arrested Barron Keel Duplechein, Jr., 37, Mineola for driving with an invalid driver’s license after he was pulled over on Kilpatrick Street.

Dec. 11 – Officers were called to Gateway Lanes at 12:31 a.m. on a report of a disturbance in progress at the bar area. An officer talked with several people who were involved and no one wanted to file charges and all agreed to separate.

At 11:11 a.m. officers assisted sheriff’s deputies, EMS and fire personnel at a vehicle accident with two adults and a small child on Highway 69 near County Road 2275.

Police responded to a welfare concern on Wigley Street regarding a mother and her two children. The children had not been to their church youth group or school in several days. An officer reported everything was fine after speaking with the mother who was moving out of state.

Dec. 10 – There was a report of a car window being broken out at Gateway Lanes at 3:45 p.m. but nothing was stolen. A minute later a man reported the passenger window of his car was busted out and a purse was stolen. He was parked on Commerce Street.

An anonymous call came in stating that someone was singing karaoke at Clawdaddys and using profanities and that it could be heard down the street from the open location. Police went and spoke to the owner.

At 9:47 p.m. personnel at Walmart reported a group of six to eight young people were in the store tearing things up and being disruptive. They were asked to leave but refused. They had left the store before officers arrived.

Dec. 8 – Police were called about a man urinating in the Walmart parking lot. Police found him close to Whataburger and issued him a criminal trespass warning.