When scouring through legal definitions, one of the first terms described in the criminal code is an active arrest warrant. In Monroe County, TN, arrest warrants are judicial orders issued against an individual when he is suspected of being involved in a felony.
Unlike bench warrants issued against people who fail to show up in court or abscond after bail has been granted, an active arrest order is a court decree that is solely issued when the police make a formal request for it.
To do so, they approach the local criminal tribunal and file an affidavit that shows the magistrate why they suspect a particular individual and why it was assumed that the act in question was a crime, to begin with. Witnesses may also be called in to strengthen the argument in favor of the cops.
Regardless of the evidence presented, the judge has to be convinced of the probable cause before he/she signs an order making it a Monroe County active warrant. Once this is done, the detention decree never goes out of effect; it is merely stored in the system in various forms.
For instance, warrants that are freshly issued are held under the name active warrants, while those that cannot be executed are stored as outstanding warrants, and those that lead to detention are kept in the form of arrest records.
So, if you initiate a warrant search in an individual’s name, you will be offered information on his complete criminal profile. To get this data, you can go to:
- Police headquarters of Monroe County: 319 Hickory St, Madisonville, Tennessee 37354
- The magistrate’s court: 310 Tellico St S, Madisonville, TN 37354
- The office of the clerk of court: 103 College Street, Suite 4, Madisonville, Tennessee 37354
Can you access the Monroe County warrant list and arrest records over the phone? (Current in 2021)
- Want to obtain arrest records- Contact the agency at (423) 442-3911.
- Need to know about recent arrests- Contact the Sheriff’s Office at (423) 442-4357.
- Need to obtain criminal case records- Contact the Clerk of Court’s office at (423) 442-2396
- Want more information about victim aid- Contact the District Attorney’s Office at (423) 442-7404
Crime statistics of Monroe County
The annual crime average of Monroe County went from 1037 complaints to 1107 complaints between 2018 and 2019. Of the total cases filed, property crimes accounted for 873 while violent crimes brought in 234 complaints.
Within these crime categories, larceny-theft (465 cases) and burglary (284 cases) accounted for the maximum number of property crime-related complaints. In the violent crimes category, aggravated assault (217 cases) had the highest occurrence rate.
From 2001 to 2008, over 10,000 criminal complaints were filed in Monroe County, TN. This works out to almost 1300 cases each year. This cumulative figure comprises nearly 1200 instances of property crime while violent criminal acts come in far behind with no more than 150 cases. Through the period mentioned above, the crime average for the area rose by almost 50%.