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December - 2005

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Releases for December 2005

December 30

Designate Before You Celebrate

Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies assigned to the Metro D.U.I. Squad, Patrol and Traffic Divisions will be on high alert on this holiday weekend to stop anyone they believe may be driving under the influence.

December 30

Deputies Capture Intoxicated Man

A man who ran from a Sheriff’s Deputy not only was arrested on several charges but got a severe case of cold feet after he dove into a lake in Lakeland.

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December 30

Man Arrested For Attempting To Kidnap
Northaven Child

Sheriff’s Detectives have charged a man for attempting to kidnap a child. It happened in the Northaven area in North Shelby County.

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December 29

Deputies Catch Arlington Tobacco Store Robber

Sheriff’s Detectives charged a man this afternoon with robbing a tobacco store in Arlington the day after Christmas.

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December 29

Lakeland Waffle House Robber

Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies are looking for a man who robbed the Waffle House on Canada Road near Interstate 40 early this morning.

December 27

Midtown Area Beer Sting

Sheriff’s Deputies and other officers with the Metro D.U.I. Squad visited businesses in Midtown and in the area near the University of Memphis last week.

December 19

Undercover Beer Sting Results

Sheriff’s Deputies and other officers with the Metro D.U.I. Squad visited businesses in South and South-East Shelby this past weekend.

December 16

Enforcement Effort Dec. 16, 2005

Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Deputies once again “saturated” neighborhoods in South-East Shelby County in response to home burglaries, vehicle break-ins and other crimes that continue to plague the area.

December 15

Sheriff Rejects Privatization Plan

Shelby County Sheriff Mark H. Luttrell Jr. believes the staff and operations at the Shelby County jail should be maintained by the Sheriff’s Office and not be turned over to a privately owned corrections company.

December 12

Correction Deputies To Graduate Tomorrow

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office will be graduating 23 Corrections Deputies at a ceremony tomorrow night.

December 8

Man Crushed In Construction Accident in Arlington

A truck driver who had just delivered a load of iron sewer culverts to a construction site was killed this morning when one of the huge pipes rolled onto him.

December 5

Deputies Saturate South-East Shelby County

Deputies with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office conducted a major crime suppression initiative this past Friday night (December 2, 2005) in South-East Shelby County and Hickory Hill.

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