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Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
DAVENPORT – Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers shared crime statistics here in 2020 at council’s Feb. 24 meeting. The most common crimes were “Part II” crimes and “crimes against society.” Magers shared five classifications for major crimes. Some crimes fit into multiple classifications.
“Part I” crimes include arson, aggravated assault, burglary, homicide, theft, rape and robbery. There were 31 such crimes here in 2020, including 24 larceny thefts, four aggravated assaults, two burglaries and one rape. Larceny theft violations included nine property thefts, nine property thefts from motor vehicles, nine “other” property thefts and two vehicle thefts.
“Part II” crimes include disorderly conduct, drug offense, DUI, sex offenses, simple assault and weapons offenses. There were 36 such offenses here in 2020.
Crimes against persons include assault, homicide, kidnapping and sex offenses. Just six crimes in this category occurred here in 2020.
Crimes against property include arson, burglary, forgery, fraud, robbery, theft and vandalism. 28 such crimes happened here last year.
Crimes against society include disorderly conduct, drug offenses, DUI, pornography, prostitution and trespassing. This was the most common crime to occur, with 49 offenses in 2020.
Magers also shared deputy workload within Davenport in 2020. Deputy Kurt Cuzzetto was the busiest sheriff’s deputy with 462 records, followed by Chad Cunningham with 416, Gabe Gants with 359 and Carson Weber with 134.
Cuzzetto made the most arrests in Davenport (15), while Jon Evans recorded 10. Cunningham responded to the most incidents in Davenport with 264, followed by Evans, with 258. Cuzzetto responded to 174, while Gants responded to 169 and Weber responded to 134.
Magers’ presentation also included traffic stops by month. The busiest month for traffic stops was July, with 126 recorded. That was followed by January, when 92 traffic stops were conducted. Only four stops were made in April when, as Magers noted, the COVID-19-related shutdowns were at their strictest and the most social distancing/quarantining was occurring nationwide.
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Davenport Times. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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