Show li I Davis Criminal Cases CasesI I j Continues To Increase i I In a comparative report is issued issued issued is- is sued by Davis County Sheriff Kenneth Hammon the number of criminal cases handled by the department has in increased increase c rea sed d steadily since 1964 with a case jump between the years 1964 and 1966 The case load handled in 1964 was 1214 in 1965 it increased to 1595 and androse androse androse rose to 1694 cases handled in 1966 in addition to check cases for the year THE TOTAL number of cases processed by the department in 1966 represented a decrease of 33 l J 1 from 1965 In that year there were cases The check cases during 1966 represented a total amount of and resulted in the ar arrest arrest arrest ar- ar rest of males and 73 fe fe- fe males NINE FORTY-NINE OF the checks were forged A forged check oc occurs occurs oc- oc curs when the writer endeavors to simulate the signature of an actual person Other types of checks are when the writer uses a fictitious fictitious fictitious name attempts to conceal his own writing style writes an insufficient funds check or writes a check on a closed ac account account account ac- ac count or a non existent bank ac ac- ac count LARCENY AND theft offenses and complaints represented the heaviest load of cases aside from checks Of cases 96 were cleared by either arrest being unfounded or court hear hear- ing Still pending for the year are cases Vandalism was next highest on the report with offenses or complaints reported and 39 cleared Seventy-four Seventy are still pending THERE WERE 87 complaints of burglary with 36 cleared and 51 pending There were 58 miscellaneous complaints filed on family of offenses offenses offenses of- of with 43 cleared and 15 pending at the close of 1966 A TOTAL OF 36 sex offenses were reported with 22 cleared and eight pending Auto thefts within Davis County numbered 29 with 23 of the cases cleared Twenty-five Twenty cases of J ed assault were reported with 18 cleared and seven pending Cases are cleared either because be because because be- be cause they have been determined determined determined deter deter- mined unfounded or the offender offend offend- er is arrested or a court hearing hearing hearing hear hear- ing has been held which has either either eith eith- er found the accused guilty or innocent OTHER TYPES of cases handled handled handled han han- were forcible rape robbery robbery robbery rob rob- bery miscellaneous types of assault arson embezzlement prostitution narcotics weapons weapons weapons ons liquor laws traffic es etc 1 THE ACTUAL number of persons per per- i sons booked into the coun county h 1 jail which serves all comma communities within Da Davis vis and the Highway High High- 1 way Patrol Department was J 1114 Of this number 43 4 were j juveniles li Ii liThen The Then number umber of offenses and complaints which the county sheriffs sheriff's department handled is is in addition to those cases pro pro-I processed processed pro pro- I by indi individual vidual cities which have police departments of their own It is also in addition addition addi- addi tion to the case load handled bythe by bythe I the Utah Highway Patrol De Dept Dep |