TIFT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ACTIVITY SEPTEMBER 2017
Tift County Sheriff Gene Scarbrough reports the following activity for September 2017. He said that deputies conducted 1,864 business and property checks, 484 mobile home park and subdivision checks, done 48 school checks and answered 2,557 calls for service. He said deputies served 127 warrants, 60 civil papers, and 305 subpoenas.
The sheriff said deputies arrested 60 people, some on multiple charges. He said that 30 fraud charges were filed, 23 drug charges, 19 charges of parole / probation violation, 16 for crimes against a person, 9 for property crimes, 9 for obstruction of officers, 6 for failure to appear, 3 child support violations and 8 various other non-traffic charges.
Scarbrough said that traffic stops lead to the filing of 7 charges of driving under the influence and five drug charges. He said that deputies completed 532 reports, 35 accident reports, issued 132 traffic citations, 29 warnings and verified the addresses of 63 registered sex offenders residing in Tift County. He said that deputies patrolled 60,455 miles in September.
Scarbrough said the transport division handled 47 transports totaling 107 hours and 4,122 miles.