ALFRED — York County Sheriff’s Office responded to 8,102 calls for service during the second quarter of the year.

Calls ranged from conducting a search for a missing boy to arresting a suspect for allegedly choking a woman and threatening her with a crowbar.

At York County Jail, an alternate sentencing program conducted in May aimed at first time offenders earned more than $5,000 and saved nearly $7,000 it would have otherwise cost to house the 41 offenders inside the jail, said Sheriff William King. 

The program, conducted May 6 and 7, saw the 41 offenders convicted of drunk driving pay a fee and spend a weekend at an off-site location doing community service, King said. As well, he said the program saved York High School upward of $5,000 in labor costs.

King outlined activities the department has been engaged in from April 1 through June 30 in a report to York County Commissioners.

He noted deputies conducted 1,469 traffic stops and issued more than 180 traffic citations. In the towns where contracted deputies work, 1,380 building checks were conducted during the period.

He pointed out that Arundel has become the second rural community to hire a second contract deputy — Waterboro was the first —  a move he said would enhance the quality of life for all community members.

In all, nine deputies are now funded under contracts — including the two each in Arundel and Waterboro, and one each in Limington, Parsonsfield, along with Regional School Unit 57 and the Maine Drug Enforcement Administration. As well, the towns of Acton and Shapleigh share a contract deputy.

King reported the agency responded to 116 property crime complaints during the three-month period.

At the York County Jail, King said seven inmates earned high school equivalency certificates this year.

He said many others began taking classes towards a certificate and were released from jail before completing the program. 

The Office of the Maine Attorney General is continuing their investigation of  the circumstances of a deputy-involved shooting in May that claimed the life of an Arundel man on Memorial Day. 

— Senior Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 324-4444 (local call in Sanford) or 282-1535, ext. 327 or twells@journaltribune.com.