Polk sheriff’s weekly report

Published 10:24am Friday, August 24, 2012

During the week from Aug. 15-21, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office answered 352 service calls.
The sheriff’s office arrested one for manufacturing marijuana; one for assault on a female; one for driving while impaired; one for contempt of court; one for larceny. Officers also issued one order for arrest and gave one citation for open container of alcohol in the passenger area of a vehicle.
Officers served 25 civil papers; took 10 incident reports; conducted 400 church checks, 668 business checks and 100 residential checks and patrolled 7,407 miles.
– information submitted by chief deputy Andy Greenway

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