Breckenridge Texan

Sheriff’s Weekly Summary

For the previous two weeks, the sheriff’s office answered 79 calls for service and served six civil papers. As of Sunday, Jan. 7, the jail was housing 33 inmates.

December 25

• A deputy transported a female inmate to a prison unit in Gatesville.

 December 27

• A suspicious person and vehicle were reported by a neighbor at an abandoned house in the 2000 block of East Elliott Street. The neighbor provided a description of the person, the license plate and pictures of the vehicle. The sheriff’s office responded and found the vehicle at a location nearby. A 61-year-old male was issued a criminal trespass warning for the vacant property.

December 31

• The sheriff’s office voluntarily transported a female to a mental health hospital in Abilene. The female voluntarily wanted to check herself in but did not have a ride.
• The sheriff’s office responded to five vehicles that left the roadway during the ice storm. There were no serious injuries.

January 2

• A deputy transported two Stephens County inmates to a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison near Abilene.
• The sheriff’s office assisted Breckenridge Police Department with a male who was involved in a domestic disturbance in the parking lot of the Law Enforcement Center. The male was arrested and booked into the jail for assault on a public servant, resisting arrest, and assault family violence. The sheriff’s office then conducted a serial number check on firearms in the male subject’s vehicle, and one of them was determined to be stolen from Tanglewood Island in December 2007. This firearm will be returned to its owner.

SHERIFF’S NOTE: Write down all the serial number, make, model and other unique descriptors for your firearms, electronics and other valuable items. Store your list in multiple locations and formats, and then give that information to law enforcement in the event the items are stolen. That is the best way that law enforcement can detect and retrieve your stolen property.

January 4

• While patrolling on North Butte Avenue, a deputy observed a male that he knew to be wanted. The deputy arrested this 47-year-old male for a felony warrant related to forgery of a financial instrument.
• Two deputies and the jail administrator attended an eight-hour course on mental health first aid at TSTC. The course was put on by The Betty Hardwick Center, a local provider for mental health services. The center also serves juveniles, and many of their services are free to the patient. For more information, call 254-522-3490 or go to the office at 1612 W. Walker St. in Breckenridge.

 January 5

• A deputy transported a female to Tarrant County where she was placed on a TDCJ transport bus for future placement into TDCJ.

 January 7

• A 51-year-old male was issued a criminal trespass warning for a location in the 8100 block of CR 313.

Calls for service include but are not limited to: 911 calls, proactive contacts, non-emergency calls, registering sex offenders, serving civil papers, transporting prisoners and juveniles in and out of the county, mental hospital transports, court security, etc.