Crimes down in Sparta
By LAURA THORNBURG
Staff
The number of offenses and incidents to which members of the Sparta
Police Department responded to in 2007 decreased when compared to the
numbers responded to during the previous year. The report showed that
most crimes were down in 2007 as compared to the prior year.
The annual report, which highlights activities of the local police
department has statistics for many of the department's actions.
Members of the department responded to 70 accidents in 2007, which
about mirrors the 69 accidents to which the department responded in
2006.
Other activities in the department include the issue of 323 citations
(down from 430 issued in 2006); response to one rape (down from two
in 2006); 14 criminal damage to property charges (vandalism), down
from 19 in 2006; 11 larcenies, the same as the previous year; 38
driving while impaired involving alcohol and/or drugs (up from 35 in
2006); and 81 arrests, up slightly from 77 arrests in 2006.
Addressing the department's activity by category, in terms of
incidents and investigations, forcible entry burglary and shoplifting
each resulted in six investigations during 2007, while larceny from a
motor vehicle, larceny from buildings, larceny from coin-operated
devices and "all other offenses" resulted in a combined 20
investigations in 2007.
In the arrest category, 18 arrests were the result of all traffic
violations for the exception of driving while impaired, with drug
violations running a close second with 15 arrests. During 2007, a
total of 11 activities resulted in a single arrest. They are: larceny
from buildings, motor vehicle theft-all other motor vehicles, simple
assault-all other simple assault, forgery-using/uttering, fraud-
credit card/automated teller machine, possession/concealing stolen
property, criminal damage to property (vandalism), drug violations-
all other drug violations, possessing/concealing-non-tax paid liquor,
escape from custody or resisting arrest, and city ordinance violations.
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