Rich County Sheriff's Report For September

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah.  There was a reduction in incidents from 198 in August to 116 in September.  Of the 116 incidents, 25 were citizen assists; 11 were medical emergencies; 10 were traffic accidents with damage; 8 were traffic hazards; 6 were civil processes; and there were 5 each of agency assists, alarms, and lost property.  The remaining incidents were smaller in number.

There were 56 incidents in Garden City as follows: 10 citizen assists, 7 medical emergencies, 5 traffic hazards, 4 alarms, and 4 lost property calls.  In addition there were 3 attempts to locate, 3 traffic accidents with damage, 3 thefts, and 3 VIN serial number inspections.  There were two each of the following: animal problems, and found properties.  There was one each of the following: an agency assist, a domestic disturbance, a controlled substance problem, a DUI alcohol/drug problem, a fraud case, a juvenile problem, a sex offense, an attempted suicide, a suspicions person/circumstance, and a welfare check.

There were 32 incidents in Randolph as follows: 11 citizen assists, 4 civil processes, 4 traffic accidents with damage, and 2 fires.  There was one each of the following: an agency assist, a child abuse/neglect situation, a criminal history incident, a disorderly conduct call, a juvenile problem, a lost property call, a medical emergency, a theft, a traffic hazard, a wanted person call, and a welfare check.

There were 13 incidents in Laketown.  There were two citizen assists, two suspicious persons/circumstances, and two trespasses.  There was an alarm, a civil process, a medical emergency, a traffic accident with injuries, a traffic hazard, a traffic violation, and a welfare check.

There were 12 incidents in Woodruff.  There were three traffic accidents with damage, there were two citizen assists, two medical emergencies, an agency assist, a civil process, a case of property damage that wasn’t vandalism, a suspicious person/circumstance, and a traffic hazard.

There was also an incident at an undefined location in the County as well as two agency assists out of the County.

The traffic citation report reveals that there were a total of 20 citation and 24 violations.  Garden City had 11 of the citations and 14 of the violations.  Laketown had 7 citations and 8 violations.  Randolph and Woodruff each had one citation and one violation.  There were 12 speeding violations, two no proof of insurance violations, and 2 disorderly conduct violations.  There was one each of trespassing wildlife activity, operating a vehicle without insurance, expired registration, driving under the influence, driving on the wrong side of the roadway, a motor vehicle on the beach, criminal mischief, and intoxication.  The total traffic warning report shows that there were 9 warnings in Garden City with 9 violations, 5 warnings in Laketown with 6 violations, and 1 warning in Woodruff and one violation.  This results in a total of 15 warnings, and 16 violations.  Another way to look at the total traffic warning report can be done by violation description as follows: no proof of insurance, 1; ATVs on the beach, 3; speeding, 8; motor vehicle parked at waters edge, 1; and motor vehicles on the beach, 3.