March 2025 Marshall County Jail and Sheriff's Department reports

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM

By Kathy Bottorff

Marshall County Sheriff Matt Hassel presented the March Sheriff’s Department and Jail Report on Tuesday. The report outlines the top ten reasons individuals were booked into the Marshall County Jail last month.

Failure to appear and operating while intoxicated were ranked one and two, respectively, with twenty-three arrests each. Operators who were never licensed were third on the list with seventeen arrests, and driving while suspended was fourth with fourteen bookings. Rounding out the top five was possession of marijuana with 13^th arrests. Number six on the list of March booking reasons was domestic battery, with nine; maintaining a common nuisance was seventh; and resisting law enforcement was eighth, with eight arrests. Ninth and tenth were possession of methamphetamine with six arrests, and possession of paraphernalia had five bookings.

In March, there were a total of 151 bookings. Argos Police had two, Culver Police and Community Corrections each made three arrests, Bourbon Police had four arrests, and Indiana State Police Troopers made eight arrests. Bremen Police arrested eleven individuals, while officers with the Plymouth Police Department arrested forty-three last month. Additionally, County Deputies made seventy-seven arrests.

On Jail Count Day, April 15^th, 134 individuals, 108 males, and 26 females, were lodged in the Marshall County Jail. Three inmates were serving time with misdemeanor charges, and twenty-one were serving time with felony charges. Ninety inmates are pre-trial inmates, fifteen are awaiting arraignment, four are being held for another agency, and one was lodged on a court order.

The average daily population in the Marshall County Jail for March was 128. Six months earlier, the daily average population was 131; one year ago, in March 2024, the average population was 142.

In March, officers with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department investigated 47 property damage accidents and 18 personal injury accidents. County officers initiated 74 case reports, issued 140 warnings or citations, and conducted 46 security checks.

The Central Dispatch Center answered 3,987 calls in March. Of those, 1,086 were 911 calls, and 97.3% were answered in 10 seconds or less. The Sheriff’s Department also answered 1,290 calls for service.