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DAYTON—The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office had a busy week last week.

“We’ve been putting in a lot of overtime,” said Civil Deputy Tim Quigg speaking at last week’s Citizen’s Academy.

Quigg said there were ten arrests made last week, primarily due to Deputy Foxe’s diligence.

He said all the arrests stemmed from ongoing investigations. Three burglary cases, two motor vehicle theft cases, one criminal trespass, two outstanding warrants, four theft cases, two malicious mischief cases and one drug possession case were cleared, paving the way to clear two more outstanding burgla...