Monthly Report for January 2016

Dear Citizens,

I am once again very pleased and proud to announce that for the 4th year in a row, since becoming sheriff, we have passed The Texas Commission on Jail Standards annual jail inspection. I give credit to all the hard working supervisors and employees of our Detention Division. It's not easy to keep up with the numerous state rules and regulations while continuing to maintain a 30 year old facility. Keeping maintenance and operational costs at a minimum and maintaining an average of 200 prisoners per day I can assure you, is no easy task. I commend those in my detention staff who continue to work diligently together as a team to maintain the daily operations of the facility.

I have now had an opportunity to summarize a portion of the N.C.S.O. activity from 2015 and would like to share with you some of the totals for the year. I believe you will be surprised. Total 9-1-1 calls answered were 27,630, there were 17,265 calls for service, NCSO arrested 997 suspects, our Detention Division booked 3,562 suspects into the facility, 3572 civil papers were processed, also estrayed were 40 head of cattle, 47 horses, 35 donkeys, 2 sheep, 15 goats and 3 Llamas.

On January 1, 2016 Deputy Todd Henkel was promoted to Patrol Sergeant and Detention Officer Richard Horn was promoted to Detention Corporal. Again I would like to congratulate these officers on their recent promotions. Both officers are currently assigned to the midnight shift and look forward to serving our citizens in their new role at the NCSO.
The Navarro County Sheriff’s Office proudly posted the colors for the Lions Club area meeting in Corsicana where I was very honored to be asked to judge the student essay and speech contest that ultimately will award scholarships.
The Sheriff's Office had 1,453 calls for service in January and our dispatch received 1,884 calls for assistance to 9-1-1. There were approximately 303 persons arrested and booked into the Navarro County Justice Center in January and the average daily jail population was 199 inmates.
I commend Deputy Charles Paul who observed a puppy being abandoned on NE 0080. Deputy Paul detained the two occupants of the vehicle that had just dumped the puppy until Captain Phillips arrived to assist with the investigation. The puppy was retrieved and immediately taken to a local veterinarian for treatment. The suspects were later arrested for cruelty to animals.
The NCSO was dispatched to a burglary in progress on NE 1040 Roane. The homeowner reported the residence had just been burglarized with numerous items stolen including televisions and guns. Within minutes Deputy Book had detained a suspect in the area. Our criminal investigations division and patrol officers working together located almost all of the stolen property from the burglary in Corsicana and two suspects were arrested.
Deputy Caleb Loftis was dispatched to a verbal disturbance in progress in the Cheneyboro community of Navarro County. Deputy Loftis while enroute, was advised the suspect had left the location and was given a vehicle description for the suspect. Deputy Loftis later observed a vehicle matching the description speeding Northbound on Highway 287 near Corsicana. Deputy Loftis initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle at the Shell station near IH 45 and found the suspect was wanted for revocation probation prohibited weapon out of Travis County. The further investigation revealed the suspects’ vehicle a 2008 F-250 Ford p/u was reported stolen to Austin P.D.
Our patrol division responded to a reported burglary in progress at the old Exxon station in the 6000 block of South IH 45 E Angus. Deputies arriving at the location supported by local DPS units, observed a broken window and a male subject inside the store. The suspect was arrested at the scene for criminal trespass and criminal mischief and was transported to the Navarro County Justice Center.
The NCSO narcotics unit arrested three suspects and seized a quantity of methamphetamine in the 900 block of S 18 1/4 in Corsicana. The location was within a drug free zone at Travis Elementary School. The CID division also recovered stolen property at the location from a reported theft at JJ's Liquor in Angus. A fourth suspect was arrested during a traffic stop after leaving the location for possession of marijuana.
NCSO narcotics officers Lt. Clint Andrews and Sgt. Ricky Ragan arrested one suspect and seized over 5 grams of methamphetamine, digital scales and baggies during a traffic stop and investigation in Angus.
The NCSO narcotics unit arrested 4 suspects in the 400 block of Goodman in Kerens. The Detectives seized over 5 grams of methamphetamine, loaded handgun, digital scales, baggies and paraphernalia at the location. One of the suspects arrested was already wanted for parole violation and another suspect was wanted for felony probation violation. All four suspects received felony drug possession charges.
The NCSO narcotics unit arrested three subjects for possession of methamphetamine at a residence in the Alliance Hall community of Navarro County. The officers went to the location on a narcotics investigation and during the course of the investigation they also located a suspect with an outstanding arrest warrant for POM/No show.
All total, the Narcotics unit arrested thirteen suspects, filed seventeen criminal cases and served four outstanding arrest warrants. Eighteen inmates were transferred to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and seven other inmates were transferred to State Jail and SAFP units to serve their sentences.

This month we estrayed fourteen horses, two head of cattle, one goat and they were all transported to the county farm at Petty’s Chapel. We sold eight head of horses, five donkeys and one goat at Cleburne Livestock auction for $2,387.90. Eleven estray horses were reclaimed by owners with a total of $1,450.00 in estray fees collected.

We had two officers retire this month. Tommie Blue with 26 years, Joy Parsons with 20 years and they both have dedicated many years of service to the N.C.S.O. We wish them both the very best in their recent retirement. We also had one patrol deputy transfer from patrol to detention.
We currently have one detention position open, five patrol vacancies and one administrative position as of January 31st. Applications will continue to be taken for any vacancy until the position is filled.
We continue to operate our inmate (trustee) work program and inmates were deployed to repair roads with hot mix in Pct. 3 and Pct. 4 recently with Deputy Charles Paul supervising the work detail.

The greatest results in life are usually attained by common sense and perseverance.
-Owen Feltham

As always, God bless and be safe.
Sheriff Elmer Tanner