Local police departments conduct warrant sweep
By TAYLOR BROWN
tbrown@yourmvi.com
Several area police departments partnered with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office Friday to conduct a warrant sweep spanning several Mon Valley communities.
Armed with active warrants for 175 people, deputy sheriffs from Greene, Washington and Westmoreland counties and police officers from California University, Charleroi Regional, Donora, Monessen, Monongahela, R.E.S.A. and Bentleyville, began knocking on doors at 5:45 a.m. in Bentleyville and the Monongahela, California, Charleroi, Donora, Belle Vernon and Union Township areas.
The Washington County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force, Washington County Adult Probation, Trinity School Police K-9, state probation and parole officers and state constables assisted in the sweep.
The Washington County Common Pleas Court system has a backlog of more than 5,000 warrants seeking people wanted for a variety of crimes.
By noon Friday, more than 30 arrests had been made.
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