Phila. Sheriff's Office Rounds Up Dozens Accused of Skipping Child Support Payments
By Kim Glovas
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Twenty-two people are in custody today after an early morning sweep by the Philadelphia sheriff's department for parents who haven't paid child support.
But the sweep netted more than that.
Sheriff Jewell Williams says the sweep started about 2am and wrapped up five hours later. But instead of using just Philadelphia records, he says, the sweep included the surrounding counties using state police records.
"We found that there were other outstanding warrants -- for burglary, robbery, theft, receiving stolen property, aggravated assault, simple assault," he tells KYW Newsradio, "and we just included those other counties, and we found that we had people who were wanted for more than just not paying child support."
Williams says some will have to serve time behind bars because they violated the child support agreement. And he says with apparent satisfaction that those who committed additional crimes will also be off the streets.
