Numbers For A Month
Henry County Sheriff Monte Belew reported that during the month of September an average of 193 prisoners were housed in the Henry County jail each day. Seventy-four of these prisoners were state prisoners generating $78,190 in revenue from the State of Tennessee to the Henry County general fund. As reported in The Paris Post-Intelligencer.
The inmate commissary generated $1,942.72 in revenue, inmate receivables generated $3,104.13 in revenue and inmate telephone commission generated $5,204.93 in revenue to the general fund for the month.
Sheriff’s officers served 934 criminal and civil papers. Twenty-five arrests and citations were issued for driving violations. Three motorists were charged with driving under the influence and 12 persons were charged with revoked or suspended licenses. Two vehicles were seized because of the driver driving while intoxicated or on a revoked license. The Metro Crime Unit and Henry County Sheriff’s Department made 25 drug arrests and seized $240 cash and one vehicle.
Deputy cruisers traveled 54,106 miles while on patrol, transporting prisoners to state institutions and juveniles to detention facilities, answering citizen complaints, serving criminal and civil papers and performing other office functions.
During the month, 845 businesses, schools and residences were checked. Deputies found one door left open accidentally.
The Criminal Investigation Division opened 54 cases. Nineteen cases were suspended, 21 were closed and 12 were arrested.
The Henry County High School resource officer made two misdemeanor arrests and citations, two reports and 14 complaints. Twenty-six requests for counseling were made. The officer attended four after-school events.
The Grove School resource officer filed seven complaints and made eight requests for counseling. The officer attended nine after-school events.
The DARE/school resource officer made one misdemeanor arrest and citations, two reports and four complaints. Fourteen requests for counseling were made. The officer attended five after-school events and taught 14 DARE classes and five DARE safety classes.
The final grand totals for the produce gathered from the three inmate work farms were figured. During the garden season a total of 3,200 pounds of squash, 337 pounds of cucumbers, 3,938 pounds of cabbage, 8,017 pounds of tomatoes, 1,532 pounds of peppers, 1,300 pounds of okra, and 3,706 pounds of purple hull peas and October beans were gathered.
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