SENECA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE MONTHLY SNAPSHOT FOR MARCH 2020
LAW ENFORCEMENT: Total Calls For Service: 1158 Total Arrests: 50 D.H.S. Fraud Cases: 9; Yearly Total Cost Recouped: $40,529
NARCO: Total new drug cases: 5 Total arrests: 3
CORRECTIONS: Average Number of Inmates: 49 Monthly Total Made for Boarding In: $33,010.03; Yearly Total: $111,111.06
CIVIL: Office Closed.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH:
March 2nd, 2020: A SCSO Sergeant tragically committed suicide.
March 4th, 2020: An inmate at the jail was charged with a felony when he attacked and choked a Corrections Officer.
March 6th, 2020: A driver was charged with vehicular manslaughter after deputies responded to a fatal car accident in the Town of Waterloo. One person was killed.
March 15th , 2020: A home in the Town of Junius was lost during a house fire.
March 16th, 2020: NARCO charged 2 suspects with felonies for allegedly possessing crack cocaine. The new k-9 “Coski” assisted with the detection of drugs.
March 18th, 2020: All SCSO non-essential offices were closed due to COVID19.
March 21st, 2020: A boat accident on Seneca Lake, Town of Ovid, was investigated after a boat capsized and sank in rough water.
March 31st, 2020: An inmate in the jail was found dead by Corrections Officers. The investigation is continuing.
Sheriff W. Timothy Luce
Undersheriff John Cleere