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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2016
Sheriff’s office reopens 20 additional beds at Lane County Jail
The Lane County Sheriff’s
Office reopened an additional 20
local jail beds, bringing Lane
County’s total number of local
jail beds to 317 and opening up
the East Annex area to full
capacity.
The addition is possible due
to a five-year public safety levy
approved by Lane County voters
in May 2013.
“We have been preparing to
open these additional local beds
since last fall,” said Lane County
Sheriff Byron Trapp. “We have
made some great hires and reas-
signed space in the last few
months that are allowing us to
really maximize the effects of
the jail levy. Our community is
seeing a real difference in safety
and accountability.”
The jail levy requires a mini-
mum of 255 jail beds for local
offenders. Prior to the levy, there
were 125 local jail beds open.
On July 1, 2013, Lane County
Jail opened 131 local beds with
funding provided by the success-
ful levy for a total of 256 local
beds.
On Sept. 8, an additional 41
local jail beds were reopened.
Total jail capacity is currently
at 382.
The number of capacity based
releases (inmates released from
the jail to prevent over-crowd-
ing) has fallen from 5,129 in the
fiscal year before the levy to
2,126 in fiscal year 2014–15.
The increase in local jail beds
has also eliminated the pre-trial
capacity-based
release
of
Measure 11 offenders.
Annual, independent financial
audits of the use of jail levy
funds have found that money has
been used as promised to restore
local jail beds and critical youth
treatment facilities.
COURTS
employment of the victim.
John Steven Wyatt pleaded
no contest to theft by receiving.
He must pay $375 in fines.
Arthur Leon Flanagan plead-
ed no contest to theft. He was
sentenced to 10 days in
Florence City Jail. He must pay
$650 in fines and not contact or
be in or about the premises or
place of employment of the vic-
tim.
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Florence Municipal Court
Feb. 9
Camille Renee Childers
pleaded guilty to attempted pos-
session of methamphetamine.
She must report to AMP. She
must pay $475 in fines.
Brendon Alex Martinez
pleaded no contest to criminal
mischief. He must pay $450 in
fines and not contact or be in or
about the residence or place of
GRADUATE NOTES
April (Dimmick) Miller,
originally from Florence and
now a student at the University
of Oregon School of Music in
Eugene, entered her first vocal
competition and won first place
in the Upper College Women
Division at the National Assoc-
iation of Teachers of Singing
Cascade Chapter’s annual
Classical Festival in Portland.
Miller was formerly an
active member and scholarship
recipient of the Florence
Community Chorus during her
high school years.
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