Police Beat for October 9

Annapolis Area

Warrant sweep

Ten people were arrested in a citywide warrant sweep Oct. 1, city police said.

The sweep, part of the city's Capital City Safe Streets initiative, was conducted with help from the county Sheriff's Office and K-9 officers from the state Department of Corrections, said Officer Hal Dalton, city police spokesman.

The goal was to serve some of the city's roughly 900 unserved warrants. That figure is "not bad" compared to the number of outstanding warrants at other agencies, Officer Dalton said.

The sweep began at 4:30 p.m. and ended at 11...