Polk sheriff’s weekly report

Published 6:28pm Thursday, June 28, 2012

During the week of June 18 – 24, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office answered 152 service calls.
Officers served four criminal papers and 17 civil papers and issued four citations.
Arrests during the week included one on forcible burglary charges, three on larceny charges, three on simple assault charges, one on disorderly conduct charges, one on court violation charges, one on charges issues by the N.C. Department of Corrections and three on domestic violence charges.
The sheriff’s office completed 312 church checks, 114 resident checks and 657 business checks.
Officers also took 11 incident reports and patrolled 5,762 miles.
– article submitted by Capt. Randall Hodge

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