Noble County Sheriff’s Office 2025 Annual Report
The Noble County Sheriff’s Office operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with a dedicated staff of approximately 70 full time employees, 4 part-time employees and 5 reserve deputies. With monitored oversight and strong fiscal responsibility, the department finished the year without needing any additional appropriations. The information below represents a snap shot of the department’s activities throughout 2025.
Patrol Summary:
The Sheriff’s Office has 23 full-time officers which includes the Sheriff and 22 full time deputies. The assignment for those officers is as follows:
- Sheriff
- Chief Deputy
- 2 Road Patrol Sergeants
- 4 Detectives (1 Lieutenant, 2 Detective Sergeants and 1 Narcotic Detective Sergeant assigned to the DEA task force in Fort Wayne).
- 1 Crime Scene Investigator Sergeant/Sex Offender Registry Officer
- 14 Deputies assigned to patrol duties and other assignments.
Deputies assisted School Resource Officers with school walk through safety checks at Rome City Elementary, Wolf Lake Primary, and Albion Elementary providing an officer presence.
The breakdown in activity for 2025 is as follows:
Total Cases Drawn: 539
Drug Arrests: 90
Criminal Misdemeanor Arrests: 373
Criminal Felony Arrests: 144
Sex offenses investigated: 27
Sex offender registry offenses investigated: 34
Total Crashes Investigated: 693
Property Damage Crashes Investigated: 579
Personal Injury Crashes Investigated: 110
Fatal Crashes Investigated: 4
Total Injuries Reported: 34
Total Fatalities Reported: 4
Traffic Citations Issued: 719
Traffic Warnings Issued: 3,437
Special Project Traffic Summons Issued: 299
Special Project Traffic Warnings Issued: 889
Persons Arrested for OWI: 90
Off Duty Assists: 47
Warrants Served: 148
Court Process Served: 2,681
Miles Driven by patrol units: 419,294
Sheriff Sales: advertised: 59, actual sales: 25, and 34 sales cancelled
Noble County Sheriff Reserves:
- There are 5 reserve deputies working for the Sheriff’s Department in 2025.
- The reserve deputies volunteered numerous man hours in 2025 for the Sheriff’s Department and provided 211 hours toward security service at special events in Noble County.
- The reserve officers work primarily on weekends along with the merit deputies assisting with regular patrol duties, transports, traffic direction, crash investigation, and other functions. The Noble County Reserve program provides an invaluable service to Noble County Citizens.
Jail Division:
- Work Release: Work Release allows offenders to return to the work force under the supervision of a Work Release Coordinator to acclimate offenders back into society and to provide for their families. In 2025 a total of 35 offenders participated in the program. $109,654.00 in program fees were deposited into the general fund. This is an increase of $5,634.00 from 2024. The Work Release Maintenance Fund collected $2,314.00 this is a decrease of $2,976.00 from 2024. In 2025, the program started with 12 males and no female offenders and finished with 12 males and 2 female offenders. 11 offenders had major violations while on the program with 7 being removed from the program. 3 other offenders had minor violations and were allowed to continue in the program. Violations include Non-compliance with work release rules, positive drug screen, dishonesty, bringing contraband into the work release facility, failure to maintain full-time employment, and having new criminal charges filed. The coordinator also continued with random drug screening, installing and monitoring inmate GPS anklets, continued random pass location verification checks, conducted general maintenance and shakedowns in the work release area, worked with the community corrections board, assisted community corrections with offender field contacts and home searches, and conducted 62 background record checks.
- Inmates: There was a total of 1,946 persons booked into the Noble County Jail facility in 2025 which is a decrease of 202 persons from 2024. There were a total of 1,415 males and 531 females booked into the facility in 2025.
- ADP: The average daily inmate population (ADP) for 2025 was 186. This is a decrease from 2024, which the ADP was 217. The female ADP in 2025 was 36 inmates and the male ADP was 150 inmates.
- The average length of stay for a person incarcerated in the Noble County Jail was 33 days, 9 hours. This is an increase from 2024, which was 30 days, 9 hours.
- The top three bookings for incarcerations were for possession of Drugs/Narcotics Violations, Driving Under the Influence, and Battery complaints. There were 439 individuals booked for drug or narcotic violations, 357 individuals booked for DUI and 138 booked for Battery complaints. Other bookings include 63 for Drug paraphernalia, 27 for disorderly conduct, 20 Trespass complaints, 19 Theft complaints, and 17 for weapon violations.
- There were no juveniles in custody of the Noble County Jail being waived to adult court.
- The Noble County Jail has two full time transport officers and in 2025 they conducted 1,694 transports, which was an increase of 78 additional transports. The total number of miles driven for 2025 was 66,207.
- There were 1,122 video courts conducted in 2025 which was an increase of 42 from 2024.
- There was a total of $476,890.15 collected and deposited into the general fund for housing Department of Corrections inmates in 2025. This amount this also includes back payment from September of 2024. The revenue collected, does not include revenue collected from housing out of county inmates or housing of Federal Inmates.
- In 2019 the Noble County Jail began housing Federal inmates for the US Marshals Office. In 2025 a total of $342,829.97 was collected for housing Federal Inmates this is a decrease of $102,582.88 from 2024.
- Reimbursements for inmate medical co-pay totaled $7,933.55.
- The Social Security Administration Inmate Incentive Payment Program resulted in $12,600.00 being returned to the County General Fund.
- There were zero (0) in-custody deaths and zero (0) escapes in 2025.
The Noble County Jail offers several on site programs and services for the incarcerated offenders which include:
- Alcoholics Anonymous for Men and Women – Meetings are held weekly and the service is at no cost to the department or offender.
- Jail Chaplains – The Sheriff’s Office has chaplains on staff for male and female offenders which provide for the needs of the offender. Both chaplains are on call 24/7 and provide regular visits to the facility in addition to worship services twice a month.
- Visiting Clergy/Community Ministerial – Several churches provide printed religious materials and visiting clergy from different denominations are allowed into the facility.
- HSE – High School Equivalency is a budgeted line item for the department. The program offers class instruction and preparation for the HSE test.
- Before 5 Parenting classes – This program works with female offenders with children to gain better parenting and coping skills.
- Kick the Addiction – A counselor comes to the facility to speak with inmates to discuss addiction, either drugs or alcohol and attempts to find programs for the offenders upon release.
- Q360 – Is a program administered through a grant by Quality Correctional Care. The program provides information and training to male offenders to become more productive citizens when released from incarceration.
- Spousal Support and Dad to Children Relationships – this program aims to encourage and train the male offenders to build better relationships with their family unit.
- Financial Planning – This program is for male offenders and teaches them how to better prepare for their financial needs upon release.
- Learning to Navigate Life – Is a program for male offenders on how to navigate challenges and obstacles they happen in everyday life.
Additional Jail Information:
- Continuous maintenance repairs were made on a monthly basis to make sure the
facility remains functional.
- Replaced multiple outdated cameras and added additional security cameras for coverage.
- Contracted SAS (Security Automation Systems) to upgrade current security system to include cameras and door systems. Work to be completed in 2026.
- Jail uniforms and undergarments were purchased throughout the year for the inmates.
- Replaced a malfunctioning exterior security door.
- Updated the water softener system.
- Continued with maintenance and upgrades to Hot Water boiler system.
- Cell blocks, A, C, and D were emptied, cleaned, damages repaired, repainted and placed back in service.
- Re-padded the two suicide holding cells in R block due to damage.
- Had the parking lot for the facility sealed and re-stripped.
Communications Division (E-911):
- Calls for service into the Communications E-911 Center for 2025 was 61,524 an increase of 6,462 calls for service from 2024.
- 16,806 calls for service were directly for the Noble County Sheriff’s Department.
- The Communications Center is currently staffed by 14 full time dispatchers which include the E-911 Director and the Assistant E-911 Director and 2 part-time dispatchers.
Courthouse Security:
- The Courthouse Annex had a total of 18,736 visitors screened through the metal detector in 2025. This is a major decrease due to the courts moving back into the Courthouse.
- The Courthouse had 40,411 visitors screened through security in 2025.
- 80 individuals were taken into custody.
- 50 warrants were served on individuals coming into or leaving the courthouse.
- Covered the courts for 21 bench and jury trials.
- 1 civil process documents were served.
- Security personnel also responded to 4 emergency calls and had multiple assists with other departments.
Respectfully Submitted,
Max C. Weber
Max C. Weber,
Noble County Sheriff