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OPD Statistics for June

Thu, 07/21/2022 - 12:00am

The Olney Police Department received 169 calls for service in June, and made 18 arrests, Chief Dan Birbeck told the City Council at its June 11 meeting. The Olney police gave 136 traffic warnings and handed out 46 total citations, Chief Birbeck said. The department also made 18 arrests last month, he said. K9 Officer Bond was deployed 12 times in June, detecting heroin eight times and marijuana four times, he said. Bond also was used in three tracking incidents to locate two fleeing suspects and to clear and search a building.

Looking Back

Looking Back

Thu, 07/21/2022 - 12:00am

This photo of JoAn Key, Suzie Perry and Carole Curtis on Charlie Perry’s horse captures a moment of simple fun in the post-World War II years. Mrs. Key, then 11 or 12 years old, lived on the Arnold Farm, down the road from the Perrys, the Chandlers and the Lukerts. “Charlie and a friend of his would ride to our house on their horses. He had brought the horse down to our farm and he took Suzie and me and Carol for a ride,” Mrs. Key said. “He let us ride, and then took our bicycles. There was a hill near our land on Arnold Road, and everybody liked to walk their bicycles up the hill, and they would ride down fast. The funny thing was, they would often ride the bicycles around and we would ride the horse occasionally - not me, because I wasn’t too fond of horses.”

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