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Sheriff’s office reports busiest June in recent months; deputy recognized for three DWI arrests in one shift
Summary
Sheriff's Office reported 499 calls in June, an increase of about 50 from May; deputies made multiple DWI arrests during one shift and the Office of Traffic Safety recognized the deputy for enforcement. Staff described ongoing crime-prevention outreach and offered to add council to an email update list.
A representative of the Sheriff’s Office briefed the East Bethel City Council on June public-safety activity July 28, reporting 499 calls for service — about 50 more than the previous month — and describing arrests, traffic enforcement and community-outreach work.
The sheriff’s representative said deputies handled seven reported thefts, nine assaults and six damage-to-property calls in June, conducted 169 traffic stops that produced 30 citations, and made 58 arrests for miscellaneous offenses. The office described June as its busiest month in recent memory.
The speaker described a single evening shift during which Deputy Martinez made three separate DWI arrests between roughly 12:28 a.m. and 4:22 a.m. on Highway 65; blood-alcohol concentrations reported were 0.12, 0.14 and 0.125 respectively. “That's what law enforcement refers to as a hat trick,” the representative said, and added the deputy was later recognized by the Office of Traffic Safety for his enforcement that shift.
The deputy reports also included multiple arrests on outstanding warrants and a directed-enforcement stop that produced a motorcycle seizure for expired registration; one stop resulted in arrests for lack of insurance and failure to transfer title. The sheriff’s representative said the office maintains crime-prevention outreach, including an email update prepared by Laura Landis and community events such as Night to Unite, and invited council members to be added to the distribution list.
Why it matters: the uptick in calls and focused enforcement were presented as evidence of proactive enforcement during a busy summer period; council members thanked deputies for their work and asked to participate in outreach efforts.
No formal council action was taken on the report; staff offered to add council members’ city email addresses to the sheriff’s outreach distribution list on request.
