Franklin County Sheriff’s Department press release
Franklin County Sheriff Peter Cates has released a monthly report of activity for the month of October. Sheriff’s deputies responded to 1,168 calls for service in October which is a 20 percent increase over the 934 calls in October of 2019. Among the calls of service investigated were:
| Property Damage Accidents | 49 |
| Personal Injury Accidents | 7 |
| Fatal Accidents | 1 |
| Burglary/Theft | 19 |
| Residential/Business Alarms | 24 |
| Domestic Battery/Battery | 24 |
| 911 Hang Up/Accidental Dial | 97 |
| Suspicious Persons/Vehicles | 77 |
| Traffic Stops | 464 |
| Business/Residential Checks | 1 |
A total of 38 arrests were made by sheriff’s deputies on the following charges:
| Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated | 10 |
| Theft/Receiving Stolen Property | 2 |
| Possession of Marijuana/Paraphernalia | 6 |
| Possession of a Controlled Substance | 2 |
| Disorderly Conduct | 1 |
| Battery/Domestic Battery | 2 |
| Invasion of Privacy | 1 |
| Driving While Suspended | 3 |
| Maintaining a Common Nuisance | 1 |
| Warrants | 10 |
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There was an average of 57 prisoners housed in the security center throughout the month of October. The maximum capacity of the security center is 75 inmates.
Sheriff’s deputies drove a total of 29,235 miles. The transport officers drove an additional 3,167 miles, for a total of 32,402 miles. The transport officers conducted 12 prisoner transports, transporting 12 prisoners to and from the Department of Corrections facilities throughout the States of Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. Additionally, deputies conducted five prisoner transports to various medical facilities for conditions that could not be treated by jail doctors. Three pieces of real estate were sold at sheriff’s auction. There were 93 civil process papers served.
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