Tift County Sheriff’s Office deputies make 94 arrests in February

Published 7:00 pm Wednesday, March 14, 2018

TIFTON —Tift County sheriff Gene Scarbrough reported the following activity for February 2018. 

He said that deputies conducted 1,463 business and property checks, 399 mobile home park and subdivision checks, conducted 21 school checks and answered 2,537 calls for service.

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Deputies arrested 94 people, some on multiple charges, according to Scarbrough.

He said 30 property crime charges were filed, 29 charges of parole / probation violation, 26 drug violation charges, seven fraud charges, six failure to appear charges, three child support violations, two weapon charges and 10 other non-traffic charges. 

He said deputies served 129 warrants, 80 civil papers and 326 subpoenas.

Scarbrough said traffic stops lead to the filing of 25 charges of driving while license revoked or suspended, three driving under the influence, three drug charges and the arrest of three wanted people.

Scarbrough said deputies completed 421 incident reports, 38 accident reports, issued 762 traffic citations, 135 traffic warnings and verified the addresses of 65 registered sex offenders living in Tift County.

Scarbrough said that deputies handled 58 transports, totaling 141 hours and 4,270 miles.