The following are excerpts from reports generated by the Houston Police Department:
• Patrick A. Dodson, 35, of 309 S. Second St. in Houston, was arrested Aug. 4 for having an active City of Houston warrant for stealing under $500.
An officer who had been advised of the warrant made the arrest at Dodson’s residence.
He was taken to the Texas County Jail, where he was unable to post $400 bond.
• An officer was dispatched to Texas County Memorial Hospital at about 9:25 p.m. July 31 regarding a man wanting to commit his brother-in-law for a 96-hour mental evaluation.
The officer made contact with the man, who said his 25-year-old brother-in-law wanted to hurt himself. A routine computer check revealed that the brother-in-law had an active Phelps County warrant for failure to appear on a theft charge.
Blake D. McCormick, 25, of Mountain Grove, was arrested and taken to jail, where he was unable to post $2,500 bond.
• Felicia D. Batchelor, 29, of 611 Hawthorne Street in Houston, was ticketed on July 23 for displaying plates of another.
• Cynthia L. Postelwait, 46, of 8855 Highway 17 in Houston, was cited for following too closely after a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 63 at about 12:10 p.m. July 28.
• Donna Garcia, 35, of Littleton, Colo., was issued a citation for stealing under $500 after allegedly shoplifting a bottle of whiskey from Walmart at about 10:30 p.m. July 27.