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MURPHY

Police stats for October

Below are the number of calls received or initiated by the Murphy Police Department from Sept. 30 though Oct. 29.

  • Alarms: 20.
  • Accidents: 32.
  • Arrests: 9.
  • Business checks: 613.
  • Citations: 3.
  • Community policing: 3.
  • Driving while impaired: 5.
  • Extra patrols: 83.
  • Follow-up investigations: 35.
  • Homeless shelter check-ins: 21.
  • Investigations: 42.
  • Special assignments: 1.
  • Suspicious person: 38.
  • Various calls for service: 269.
  • Vehicle stops: 28.
  • Psychiatric/suicide: 3.

HAYESVILLE

Plea man’s last chance

With his plea this week in Clay County Superior Court, a Hayesville man will face substantial prison time if he offends yet again.

Jake Scott Davies, 44, admitted to six felonies: larceny; breaking and entering; flee, elude, arrest; possession of stolen goods; and possession of methamphetamine. He also admitted to a probation violation and pleaded guilty to three, lesser misdemeanor offenses: assault on government official, possession of stolen goods and breaking and entering.

Superior Court Judge Athena Brooks sentenced Davies to serve a minimum of 19 months in the N.C. Division of Adult Corrections, followed by probation for five years. 

From staff reports.