Date / Time 

Address 

Call Type 

9-9 00:49 

Rt 7/340 

Traffic Hazard 

9-9 08:55 

E Main/Jack Enders Blvd 

Dumping on roadway 

9-9 09:47 

Cobbler Dr 

Barking dog complaint 

9-9 10:13 

Blossom Dr 

Barking dog complaint 

9-9 22:00 

S Buckmarsh 

Public Service 

9-10 16:30 

Police Department 

Civil questions 

9-10 19:25 

W Main St 

Alarm 

9-10 21:53 

W Main St 

Road hazard 

9-10 21:57 

Hermitage BLvd 

Medical call 

9-10 22:15 

Hermitage Blvd 

Juvenile Offenses 

9-11 08:02 

Hermitage Blvd 

Welfare Check 

9-11 14:00 

Crow St 

Larceny 

9-11 18:03 

Hermitage Blvd 

Littering 

9-11 19:38 

N Buckmarsh 

Animal Control 

9-11 23:21 

Walnut St 

Warrant service 

9-12 07:23 

E Main St 

Alarm 

9-12 17:11 

Mosby Blvd 

911 hang up 

9-12 23:24 

W Main St 

Alarm 

9-13 05:32 

E Main 

Vandalism 

9-13 09:15 

S Buckmarsh 

Civil issue 

9-13 16:33 

N Buckmarsh 

Alarm 

9-13 23:54 

E Main St 

Alarm 

9-14 14:56 

First St 

Welfare Check 

9-14 19:08 

Ritter Pl 

Juvenile Offenses 

9-14 19:21 

Cobbler Dr 

Juvenile Offenses 

9-14 20:02 

Ritter Pl 

Disturbance 

9-15 02:19 

Page St 

Barking dog complaint 

9-15 13:04 

Moore Dr 

Public Service 

9-15 14:56 

W Main St 

Alarm 

9-15 15:12 

Montgomery Ct 

Dog running at large 

9-15 18:58 

S Buckmarsh 

DUI arrest 

 Date / Time 

Address 

Call Type 

9-2 08:40 

Chalmers Ct 

Parking complaint 

9-2 10:01 

First St 

Trespassing 

9-2 11:45 

N Buckmarsh 

Juvenile Issues 

9-2 17:15 

N Buckmarsh 

Alarm 

9-2 23:50 

Chalmers Ct 

Juvenile Issues 

9-3 10:38 

Chalmers Ct 

Open door 

9-3 18:24 

E Main 

Destruction of property 

9-3 19:21 

Cobbler Dr 

ATV Complaint 

9-3 20:55 

Cameron St 

Assist Rescue Squad 

9-3 22:00 

S Buckmarsh 

Public Service 

9-4 06:00 

S Buckmarsh 

Dog running at large 

9-4 13:10 

Cameron St 

Civil stand by 

9-4 13:24 

Jack Enders BLvd 

Dog running at large 

9-4 13:45 

Police Department 

Lost license plate 

9-4 17:29 

Academy St/N Church Sts 

Crash 

9-4 18:30 

S Church St 

Welfare Check 

9-4 18:51 

S Buckmarsh 

Welfare Check 

9-4 22:41 

E Fairfax 

Disturbance 

9-5 01:42 

N Buckmarsh 

Suspicious Activity 

9-5 11:43 

Josephine St 

Welfare Check 

9-5 13:20 

Mosby Blvd 

Code Violation 

9-5 20:21 

N Buckmarsh 

Traffic Hazard 

9-5 23:07 

N Buckmarsh 

Animal Control 

9-5 18:22 

N Buckmarsh 

Alarm 

9-6 13:22 

Academy St 

Barking dog complaint 

9-6 17:18 

Chalmers Ct 

Alarm/Open door 

9-6 20:08 

Westwood Rd 

Assist Sheriff’s Office 

9-6 23:50 

Mosby Blvd 

Open door 

9-7 00:00 

Town of Berryville 

No calls for service 

9-8 01:30 

S Church St 

Drunk in public arrest 

9-8 01:28 

McClellan St 

Missing Adult (found) 

 Date / Time 

Address 

Call Type 

8-26 12:54 

Josephine St 

Warrant service 

8-26 15:46 

Cameron St 

Domestic argument 

8-26 18:50 

Cameron St 

Civil Standby 

8-27 01:15 

N Church St 

Suspicious Activity 

8-27 01:23 

Bundy St 

Suspicious Activity 

8-27 07:48 

Hancock Ct 

Dog running at large 

8-27 12:50 

Police Department 

Warrant service 

8-27 13:23 

Early Dr 

Juvenile Offenses 

8-27 15:44 

S Church St 

Illegal dumping 

8-27 16:25 

N Buckmarsh 

Juvenile Offenses 

8-27 17:30 

E Fairfax 

Juvenile Offenses 

8-28 11:26 

Josephine St 

Assault 

8-28 12:26 

N Church 

WARRANT service 

8-28 13:00 

Cameron St 

Warrant service 

8-28 13:24 

Main/Buckmarsh 

Funeral Escort 

8-28 15:43 

S Church St 

Dog running at large 

8-28 22:05 

S Church St 

Suspicious activity 

8-29 09:45 

Fremont Ct 

Welfare Check 

8-29 11:55 

S Buckmarsh 

Traffic Control 

8-29 14:30 

Police Department 

Warrant Service 

8-29 17:10 

Blue Ridge St 

Public Service 

8-29 18:30 

Dunlap St 

Suspicious Activit 

8-29 20:56 

Chalmers Ct 

Assist Rescue Squad 

8-30 08:30 

Josephine St 

Civil Stand by 

8-30 14:10 

Early Ct 

Alarm 

8-30 16:00 

Police Department 

Warrant service 

8-30 16:55 

Josephine St 

Burn permit 

8-30 22:40 

Josephine St 

Credit card fraud 

8-30 22:41 

N Buckmarsh 

Alarm 

8-31 00:03 

Mosby Blvd 

Open door 

8-31 02:02 

Jack Enders Blvd 

Dog running at large 

 Date / Time 

Address 

Call Type 

8-19 08:27 

E Main St 

Tampering with vehicle 

8-19 12:14 

Cameron St 

Civil Issues 

8-19 12:31 

W Main St 

Alarm 

8-19 14:23 

Blossom Dr 

Larceny from vehicle 

8-19 14:50 

W Main 

Found Property 

8-19 19:30 

E Fairfax 

Alarm 

8-20 18:25 

W Main/Mosby 

Traffic Control 

8-20 20:17 

Page/Cameron 

Suspicious Activity 

8-20 20:54 

S Buckmarsh 

911 hang up 

8-20 21:16 

Hermitage Blvd 

Suspicious Activity 

8-21 09:46 

Jack Enders Blvd 

Alarm 

8-21 12:04 

E Fairfax 

Larceny 

8-21 16:50 

Farmers Lane 

Burn permit 

8-21 23:03 

Rt 7/340 

Assist Motorist 

8-21 23:15 

Chalmers Ct 

Open door 

8-22 03:25 

Josephine St 

Railroad crossing malfunction 

8-22 11:13 

Mosby Blvd 

traffic hazard 

8-22 14:35 

E Main 

Traffic Hazard 

8-22 17:13 

Josephine St 

Dog running at large 

8-22 19:20 

Blossom Dr/E Fairfax 

Found and returned items 

8-22 23:05 

W Main 

Suspicious Activity 

8-23 09:05 

Cobbler/E Fairfax 

Child in roadway 

8-23 10:05 

Mosby Blvd 

Traffic concerns 

8-23 10:52 

W Main 

Animal Control 

8-24 09:58 

Liberty/Page Sts 

Assist Motorist 

8-24 10:57 

Rockcroft Dr 

Assist Rescue Squad 

8-24 11:10 

E Main St 

Found Property 

8-24 12:10 

N Buckmarsh 

Dog running at large 

8-24 16:00 

W Main St 

Crash 

8-24 18:51 

Chalmers Ct 

Alarm 

8-24 23:56 

W Main St 

Open door 

 Date / Time 

Address 

Call Type 

8-12 01:39 

S Buckmarsh 

Suspicious Vehicle 

8-12 01:48 

N Church St 

Assist Sheriff’s Office 

8-12 03:54 

S Church St 

Assist Frederick County Sheriff 

8-12 13:10 

S Church St 

Warrant Service 

8-12 18:55 

S Buckmarsh 

911 hang ups 

8-12 19:17 

Springsbury Rd 

Livestock Out 

8-12 20:42 

Early Dr 

Suspicious Activity 

8-12 23:03 

E Main 

Suspcious Activity 

8-13 02:33 

Jackson Dr/Ewell Ct 

Vandalisms 

8-13 08:19 

N Buckmarsh 

Alarm 

8-13 14:44 

Rosemont Cir 

Credit Card Fraud 

8-13 20:45 

W Main 

Attempted warrant service 

8-14 07:48 

S Buckmarsh 

911 hang ups 

8-14 11:05 

Bundy St 

Welfare Check 

8-14 20:10 

S Buckmarsh 

Welfare Check 

8-15 09:37 

S Buckmarsh 

911 hang ups 

8-15 12:40 

MCclellan St 

Civil Stand by 

8-15 18:14 

Jackson Dr 

Assist Motorist 

8-16 00:46 

W Main 

Open door 

8-16 03:11 

Liberty St 

Open car door 

8-16 15:55 

W Main 

Attempted warrant service 

8-16 18:55 

Isaac Ct 

Juvenile Issues 

8-16 20:16 

Academy St 

Welfare Check 

8-16 23:28 

Bundy St 

Assist Rescue Squad 

8-17 09:50 

Police Department 

Child Safety Seat Inspection 

8-18 13:04 

Police Department 

Lost Property 

8-18 20:53 

Mosby Blvd 

Possible drunk in public 

According to Loudoun County Circuit Court records, Jason Michael Hough was charged with failure to stop at the scene of an accident that occurred on June 19, 2011 when Hough was employed as a Loudoun County deputy sheriff.

On March 3, 2012 Hough plead guilty to an amended misdemeanor charge of “reckless driving; endangerment to life/limb/property”. Hough’s guilty plea resulted in a sentence of twelve months unsupervised probation, a ten-day driver’s license suspension and $461 in fines and court costs.  

Court records indicate that alcohol was a factor in the incident.

Although Hough voluntarily resigned from his Loudoun County law enforcement position, Clarke County Sheriff Tony Roper says that Hough’s driving record was not a deterrent in the decision to hire him as a Clarke County deputy.

“I consider Clarke County lucky to have him as a deputy,” Roper said. “Deputy Hough is doing a wonderful job for us and I have no doubt that at some point in time he will save somebody’s life – he’s that kind of deputy.”

However, the decision to hire an experienced deputy despite a recent driving conviction involving alcohol does raise questions about the County’s ability to attract and retain experienced professionals given recent “flat-line” budget decisions.

Over the past year, Roper and his department have had to adjust to a number of challenges imposed by budget restrictions. Earlier this year, two experienced Clarke County deputies – one a watch supervisor – left the department to take higher paying positions in nearby jurisdictions. Similarly, Roper’s request to replace several aging police cruisers was indefinitely postponed during this year’s budget deliberations. From a more critical public safety perspective, the budget restrictions have resulted in several instances over the past few months when there has been no Clarke County deputy on duty in the County.

With neighboring Loudoun and Frederick County’s public employee pay scale significantly higher than that of Clarke County, Clarke County teachers and law enforcement personnel looking for higher wages have only a short drive in order to gain more money. Not only does the salary differential result in a continual drain of Clarke County employees, the employees also take along any training and experience that they gained at the expense of Clarke County taxpayers.

But given that a Clarke County deputy’s salary is less than that of a comparably experienced Loudoun County deputy, Hough’s addition to the Clarke County Sheriff’s Department provided a way to add an experienced officer and stay within the County’s budget constraints.

Even so, Roper says that personnel budget challenges played no role in his decision to hire Hough.

“I make the best choice for the most qualified person I can hire based on our hiring process,” Roper said. “If the job candidate accepts the salary that we have to offer that’s great – if not we move on to the next person. We had several qualified people for the position but fortunately we didn’t have to go beyond Jason Hough.”

Deputy Hough did not respond to questions related to this story.

 Date / Time 

Address 

Call Type 

8-5 01:45 

Station Rd 

water line break 

8-5 08:11 

Lincoln Ave 

Vandalism 

8-5 08:15-9:30 

Hermitage & Dunlap Dr 

Vandalisms 

8-5 12:11 

N Church St 

Civil Issues 

8-5 13:00 

E Main St 

Civil info 

8-5 16:35 

Rt 340/7 

Assist Sheriff’s office 

8-5 21:42 

S Buckmarsh 

Suspicious Activity 

8-6 15:15 

Chalmers Ct 

Abandoned vehicle 

8-6 16:55 

Police Department 

Harassing phone calls 

8-6 22:27 

McNeil Rd 

Crash 

8-6 23:43 

Page/Cameron 

Suspicious persons 

8-7 10:09 

N Church 

Barking Dog complaint 

8-7 12:15 

W Main 

Traffic Control 

8-7 14:00 

Mosby Blvd 

Possible gas leak 

8-7 17:22 

Mosby Blvd 

Suspicious Activity 

8-7 23:42 

Josephine/Church 

Vandalism 

8-8 04:38 

Chalmers Ct 

Suspicious Activity 

8-8 13:36 

Blossom Dr 

Public Service 

8-8 14:32 

Osborne St 

Drunk in public arrest 

8-8 16:20 

Police Department 

Public Service 

8-8 20:27 

Battletown Dr 

Livestock at large 

8-8 20:47 

Ritter Pl 

Civil Issue 

8-8 20:43 

Jack Enders Blvd 

Trespassing 

8-8 22:50 

Police Department 

Civil Issue 

8-9 10:12 

First St 

Reckless driving complaint 

8-9 11:29 

Edgar Ct 

911 hang up 

8-9 13:14 

N Church 

Public service 

8-9 13:20 

N Church St 

Warrant service 

8-9 14:00 

Chalmers Ct 

Larceny 

8-9 14:30 

Josephine St 

Larceny 

8-9 14:30 

Police Department 

Public Service 

 Date / Time 

Address 

Call Type 

7-29 16:24 

E Main St 

Suspicious Activity 

7-29 20:55 

N Church St 

Assist Sheriff’s Office 

7-30 07:50 

Academy St 

Dog running at large 

7-30 08:58 

S Buckmarsh 

Found Property 

7-30 10:20 

E Main St 

Vandalism 

7-30 16:03 

Jack Enders Blvd 

Juvenile Offenses 

7-30 15:00 

Police Department 

Child safety seat install 

7-30 16:45 

Police Department 

Child Safety seat install 

7-30 20:04 

Josephine St 

Disturbance 

7-31 08:33 

Taylor St 

Assist Rescue Squad 

7-31 11:10 

Police Department 

Civil Issues 

7-31 11:30 

Police Department 

Public Service 

7-31 14:45 

Cattleman’s Lane 

Larceny 

8-1 06:30 

Page St 

Assist Sheriff’s Office 

8-1 10:30 

Police Department 

Possible ID theft 

8-1 12:25 

Cameron St 

Disturbance 

8-1 13:25 

E Main St 

Disturbance 

8-1 13:46 

Ridge Rd 

Dog Bite 

8-1 18:25 

Ritter Pl 

Assist Fred Co Sheriff’s Office 

8-1 18:38 

S Buckmarsh 

DUI arrest 

8-1 22:17 

W Main St 

Alarm 

8-2 10:05 

Police Department 

Fraud 

8-2 10:30 

Swan Ave 

Code Violation 

8-2 15:05 

Academy St 

Attempted warrant service 

8-2 16:41 

E Main St 

Trespassing 

8-2 14:07 

W Main St 

Disturbance 

8-2 15:37 

Montgomery Ct 

Welfare check on animal 

8-2 23:28 

W Main St 

Open door and found property 

8-3 10:12 

Petal Rd 

Abandoned vehicle 

8-3 10:43 

E Main St 

Hit and Run 

8-3 12:36 

Madden Ct 

Alarm 

The Berryville Police Department, Clarke County Sheriff’s Office, and John H. Enders Fire & Rescue will all have representatives and equipment on display. This is the perfect opportunity to meet with those who serve in the public safety sector of local government. Come join the family friendly fun! There will be a moon bounce for the kids and there will also be music, hotdogs and drinks for everyone to enjoy.

For more information contact the Berryville Police Department
Phone: 540-955-3863