Municipal Court Report December 2009

      Court Judge Phil W. Campbell has released the activity report for the Municipal month of December 2009.

     There was a total of 339 cases for the month as follows:  250 traffic cases, 58 criminal cases, 31 civil cases.  The Court performed 2 weddings.

    A total of $49,176.59 in fines and costs was distributed to government agencies by the Municipal Court as follows: 

        $19,741.11 to the State of Ohio

        $20,121 to the City of Van Wert

        $7,954.23 to the County of Van Wert

        $53 to Crime Stoppers

        $447.25 to the Van Wert Sheriff's Office

        $150 to the City of Delphos

        $690 to ODNR

        $20 to Mercer County Sheriff's Office

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   The above disbursements include:

        $776 to Legal Aid

        $2701.08 to Victims of Crime

        $690 to Computerization

    Monies collected for judgment creditors by garnishment for the month totaled $14,071.

    Sheriff's fees in the amount of $477.25 were collected and returned to the sheriff's department.

    The nature of the offense and the arresting authority are factors which affect the distribution of the fines.

    The charging authorities were: 

        Traffic cases:  Driving under the influence (15); State patrol 7, SHF 1, SVW 7. 

        General Traffic (235); OSP 179, Van Wert Police 46, Sheriff 8, Village 2..

        Criminal Charges (58); Van Wert Police 31; State Police 3, Delphos 4, Sheriff 6, ODNR 9, Village 3, Health Dept. 2.

    Probation office:  208 hours of community service were completed by convicted offenders for the month.  Defendants on Electronic Monitored House Arrest have contributed, based upon their income, $840 against the cost.  There were 173 days at $76 per day of electronically monitored house arrest which saved the county a total of $13,148.