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Criminal Activity Down In Mont. County

Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:37:41 CST

(Hillsboro)--Montgomery County Circuit Clerk Holly Lemons announced that totals for criminal activity in Montgomery County. According to the Clerk's Office, criminal activity continued to decline in 2014. According to figures, 181 felony cases were filed, down 6 percent from the previous year; 422 criminal misdemeaner cases were filed in 2014, down 15 percent from the previous year.

In other figures, DUI's were down 14 percent from 2013; and conservation violations were down 25 percent from the previous year.