District Court Weekly DHR (10-12-09)

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT REPORT

(Period of October 2 - 8, 2009)

 

Department: Helena-West Helena District Court

Date:    October 12, 2009

Prepared by:    Linda Danley

 

SPECIFIC WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:

October 2 - 8, 2009 - Processed civil and small claims actions as received; input traffic violations and criminal actions into court database in preparation for arraignment; prepared scheduled traffic violations and criminal actions for bench trial; processed warrants of arrest issued by the court; and reported dispositions to Arkansas Driver Control.

Fri., October 2, 2009 (9:00 A.M.) - Plea/Arraignment & Review Docket

    Total number of cases scheduled – 446

Wed., October 7, 2009 (9:00 A.M.) – Civil & Small Claims Hearings/Trials

    Total number of cases scheduled – 8 civil cases and 1 small claims

Thurs., October 8, 2009 (9:00 A.M.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

    Total number of cases scheduled – 130

Thurs., October 8, 2009 (1:30 P.M.) – Bench Trials on Criminal Actions

    Total number of cases scheduled – 48

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Breakdown of Traffic and Criminal Actions

Resolved during the period of October 2 - 8, 2009

Jurisdiction: City of Helena-West Helena

Finding	Criminal	Juvenile	Traffic	Total
DM	7		10	17
G	32	1	67	100
NG	2		2	4
NP	12	1	18	31
PRB			1	1
TOTAL	53	2	98	153

 

Jurisdiction: City of West Helena – Old

Finding	Criminal	Total
WR	1	1
TOTAL	1	1

 

Jurisdiction: Game & Fish

Finding	Criminal	Total
G	3	3
TOTAL	3	3

 

Jurisdiction: Highway Police "Z" Tickets

Finding	Traffic	Total
G	2	2
TOTAL	2	2

 

Jurisdiction: Phillips County

Finding	Criminal	Juvenile	Traffic	Total
DM	8		2	10
G	10	3	90	103
NP	14	2	26	42
PRB	1			1
TOTAL	33	5	118	156

 

ALL JURISDICTIONS

Finding	Criminal	Juvenile	Traffic	Total
DM	15		12	27
G	45	4	159	208
NG	2		2	4
NP	26	3	44	73
PRB	1		1	2
WR	1			1
TOTAL	90	7	218	315

 

KEY:

DM – Dismissed        NP – Nolle Prosequi

G – Guilty            PRB – Probation

NG – Not Guilty        WR – Warrant Recalled

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Jail Roster

(October 2 - 8, 2009)

Defendant	Case #	Arrest Date	Release/ Sent. Date	Disposition
Cooper, Jesse L. III	CR-09-2214 CR-09-2215	09/26/09	10/02/09	Plea of guilty to CR-09-2214. Ordered to pay fines/cost totaling $220.00. Plea of not guilty to CR-09-2215. Set for trial on 11/05/09.
Purvis, James	CR-09-1632 CR-09-1633 CR-09-1634 CR-09-1635 CR-09-1636 CR-09-1637 CR-09-1638 CR-09-1639 CR-09-1640 CR-09-1641 CR-09-1642 CR-09-1643   CR-09-3081 CR-09-3082	Served while in jail on other charges	10/08/09	Plea of not guilty. Set for 09/11/09. Public defender appointed.   On 09/11/09, plea of not guilty to all charges. Set for trial on 10/08/09.   On 10/8/09, negotiated plea of guilty to all charges. Ordered to pay fines/cost totaling $385.00. Sentenced to 45 days in jail with credit for 45 days served to run concurrent with jail sentence of 1 year on charges related to the county.

    

FUTURE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:

• Fri., October 9, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

• Thurs., October 15, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

• Thurs., October 15, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

• Fri., October 16, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

• Wed., October 21, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) – Civil & Small Claims Hearings/Trials

• Thurs., October 22, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

• Thurs., October 22, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

• Fri., October 23, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

• Thurs., October 29, 2009 – Court Officers Meeting - NO COURT

• Fri., October 29, 2009 - Court Officers Meeting - NO COURT

 

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES:

•Enter dispositions into court database of cases brought before the court on October 9, 2009 (Plea/Arraignment) until completed.

• Process warrants of arrest as directed by the court.

• Process civil and small claims actions as they are received.

• Input new citations and criminal actions as they are received from the Records Department into database in preparation for court.

• Prepare pending actions for trial.

• Prepare abstract of the court's disposition of all cases for Arkansas Driver Control.

 

STAFF CONCERNS/ISSUES:

• Complete installation and set up of court server.

• Training for dispatch personnel on use of Virtual Justice (court software).

• Anti-virus protection for computers.

Street Dept Report 10/12/09

STREET DEPARTMENT REPORT – 10/12/09   Department: Street Department   Date: October 2-8, 2009   Prepared by Oscar Hoskins and Earnest Womack   Specific Weekly Activities:   Mechanic: 10/2 Replaced air valve on Sanitation 25 Removed motor from air compressor in break area and took to MC Electric Tightened packing lever on Sanitation 29 Tightened hydraulic line on knuckle boom 105 Replaced hydraulic line on knuckle boom 106 10/5 Replaced headlight n white dually Replaced mud flaps on red and white dump truck Removed hydraulic cylinder on Sanitation 21 and took to Marianna Diesel Worked on brake light switch Street F250 mosquito rig Changed oil in blue CID unit Replaced mud flaps on blue and white dump truck Tightened hose knuckle boom 105 10/6 Wired tool trailer brake lights Assisted with hauling wood to fire station camp ground Worked on red and white dump truck doors and dump cylinder Worked on lights on brown van Replaced cylinders on Sanitation 21 10/7 Worked on Sanitation 26 arm Checked white code Enforcement Impala-hesitating Cleaning shop for lift installation for 10/8 10/8 Serviced Sanitation 21 fuel, hydraulics, and oil Serviced mosquito rig (water in fuel tank and line) Charged battery on dozer Went to Higgins Auto Parts in Marianna for air line repair on Sanitation 21 Moved dozer to Arkansas St Checked fuel pump on Code Enforcement Impala         Potholes: 200 & 300 blocks Hernando St-6 300 block East Park-5 500 block Walker-2 Don St-2   Animal control: Picked up numerous dead animals from street Picked up 3 animal from vet   Other activities: Continuous removal of debris throughout city designated trash routes Litter pick up at primary routes of City: Rightor St Walnut St.30 Cherry St. Porter St. Perry St. Elm St. Franklin St. Oakland Ave. Quarles Lane Plaza St Phillips St   10/2 Cut and mowed: Lots 21, 22, 23 1 lot corner of Baldwin & Coanza Lot #8 Lot on corner of Sam & Garland 2 lots on Jefferson & Holly Shoulders-Adam St., Wire Rd., No. Franklin, Springdale, Midland Height Panama & Washington Corner of 4th & Anderson Cut tree limbs on Springdale Rd Cut trees back on Walnut & McDonough Womack took 2 pumps to Century Hydraulics Repaired sewer line leak Washington St (knuckle boom) AR One calls at 127 Valley Dr and Miller Loop Event spray for CHS football game 10/5 Preparation underway for Blues Festival Replaced street sign at 6th & Cleburne Womack fixed pins for Sanitation 21 cylinder Cut tree limbs at: Washington at Panama Rd Baringo and Baldwin 400 block Baringo Panama & Baringo West Cleburne at So Baringo Center and Anderson Panama at Garland 10/6 Preparation underway for Blues Festival Hauled wood from Fire Station #1 to Camp ground AR One call-contacted foreman and supervisor of phone line in middle of ditch on Miller Loop Cut and mowed: Corner of Cherry & York By old Tobacco Store Ditch on Porter St Oakland & Radio Dr 10/7 Preparation underway for Blues Festival Womack fabricated shield for line on Sanitation 26 Cleared drain at 517 Garland Cut and mowed: 3 ditches corner of Madison & Walnut Ditches corner of Madison & Pecan and Madison & Cherry Ditches corner of College & Walker Medians in front of Firestone on Oakland Ave 10/8 Cut and mowed: Lot #5 Cleburne & First-1 lot 400 block West St-1 lot South St Ditches 400 block No Washington Cut limbs 12th and Adkins Delivered cans for Blues Festival Cleaned up debris from streets after Blues Festival   Follow Up Activities: 127 Valley Dr Hackberry overgrowth Cleaned curbing in North Helena Repair culvert at intersection of Valley Dr & Oakland Repair loop at Oakland and Valley Dr, Hwy 242 and Hwy 49, Hwy 49 & Hwy 49B   Staff Concerns/Issues: None   STREET DEPARTMENT GASOLINE LOG         October 2-8, 2009           DATE UNIT # GALLONS RECEIVER 10/2/2009 Mosquito rig 18.6 R Smith 10/5/2009 19 26 C Allen 10/6/2009 103 22.3 R Smith 10/6/2009 19 31.3 R Williams 10/6/2009 13 21 L Driver 10/7/2009 30 23.1 E Butler 10/7/2009 103 18 R Smith 10/8/2009 Box Shop 22.7 M Holbrook 10/8/2009 101 29 J Huff 10/8/2009 804 17 M Ross 10/8/2009 Mosquito rig 16.1 C Allen                                                                   TOTAL GALLONS 245.1