A Parsons man is arrested for the 12th time in the last year.
Late last week, a Parsons Police officer was on routine patrol when he noticed a car with blackout window tint. The officer made a traffic stop and identified the driver as William Tyrone Phillips, who had been flagged by the State of Kansas as a habitual violator for driving without a license. Phillips has an extensive history of driving infractions and has been arrested by PPD at least a dozen times in the past 12 months. His adult criminal arrests in Parsons began in 2020 and range from aggravated battery to his reoccurring violations for driving while suspended.
Since 2020, Phillips has been arrested in Parsons 20 times ranging from felonies to misdemeanors. Phillips was arrested for driving while suspended, habitual violator, no insurance, possession of marijuana and paraphernalia and charged with the window tint infraction, which when tested was at zero percent visibility. These charges, even though misdemeanors, have been forwarded to the Labette County Attorney's Office for official charging due to Phillip's current status as being on intensive supervised probation through Community Corrections for aggravated domestic battery and distribution of marijuana.
