June 29, 2007

Evergreen Area Police report

Weekend warrant sweep arrests 25 for lack of child support

On Saturday, June 23, and Sunday, June 24, the Office of the Sheriff conducted a warrant sweep, using Child Social Services civil warrants. These are warrants issued for subjects who have not paid child support.

Saturday’s work focused on a total of 87 warrants, using eight teams of two deputies. A total of 15 warrant arrests were made. On Sunday, the Sheriff’s Office worked a total of 84 warrants using six teams of two deputies. A total of 10 warrant arrests were made.

Overall, a grand total of 171 warrant service attempts were made for both days, which resulted in 25 arrests for failure to pay child support.

Source: Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office