Happy Valentine's Day Busted

Happy Valentine's Day... Busted!

Love is in the air today...

PHILADELPHIA Feb 14, 2008 ― The Philadelphia Sheriff's Office showed their love and support for victims of domestic violence during an early morning Valentine's Day roundup Thursday.

An nice, shiny Valentine's Day bracelet for domestic violence offenders!

Sheriff's deputies led an early morning sweep in the pre-dawn hours to capture wanted domestic abuse as well as child support offenders.

In 2007, there were 109 domestic abuse warrants issued in Philadelphia and in the surrounding counties. There were also 126 warrants issued for those who had neglected child-support responsibilities. They were presented with a special Valentine's Day gift by the deputies... a pair of shiny new bracelets, one for each wrist.

A unit of seven men participated in the sweep that began in Northeast Philadelphia and ended at South 11th Street. There were news reporters and their camera crews out in force along with the deputies as they rounded up the offenders, and many in our area woke up to this welcome news.

Kudos to the deputies from of the Philadelphia Sheriff's Office, the news reporters and the camera crews who made this such a worthwhile event to wake up to!

It just goes to show that sometimes there really is justice... and on Valentine's Day, too!

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Comments (6)

	heartsapocolypse: 02/14/2008 7:01 PM Fabulous!!! What a great service these police officers are doing. And poetic justice on Valentine's Day too! Thanks for sharing this!
	JargonTalk ©: 02/14/2008 7:14 PM heartsapocolypse said: Fabulous!!! What a great service these police officers are doing. And poetic justice on Valentine's Day too! Thanks for sharing this! Thanks. Have to say that Philly's new mayor, Michael Nutter, is proving to be a pretty decent leader, and far better than his predecessor, John Street, who could have done this when the warrants were first issued. Can tell your that Mayor Nutter's popularity went up a few points today with this news!
	miketroll: 02/14/2008 10:18 PM that way cool but i wonder how often they do these sweeps the rest of the year
	JargonTalk ©: 02/14/2008 10:26 PM miketroll said: that way cool but i wonder how often they do these sweeps the rest of the year It's a new thing, and from what they were saying today, it was pretty successful. This new mayor has said that he was going to enact programs like this, so it looks like he's putting his money where his mouth is, so to speak.
	kassady: 02/15/2008 1:33 PM yay! i wish they would arrest people that refused to pay child support here - i have never had a penny from my sons dad. everytime they find him, he moves or gives up his job so he cant pay
	TracksOfTheLittleDeer: 12/21/2008 11:47 AM Ha! Go you guys! Get those dead beat manic fools! hey, wonder if they got my ex in that sting? $12,000+ beofr he "goes to Amsterdam" would be wicked awesome! I'm all for getting those , men and WOmen!