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DATE: Wednessday, October 30, 2019 SUBJECT: Sheriff’s Office Offers Halloween Safety Advice RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-053 CONTACT: Major Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding This Halloween the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office will be closely monitoring the residential areas of Vanderburgh County. Sheriff’s deputies will be watching for unsafe, mischievous and suspicious activity. Sheriff Dave Wedding explained, “With […]

DATE: Thursday, October 24, 2019 SUBJECT: Escaped Federal Inmate Captured In Evansville RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-052 CONTACT: Lt. Doug Daza AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding US Marshals and Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office deputies assigned to the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force with the assistance of the Kentucky State Police and the Evansville Police Department located and apprehended an […]

DATE: Wednesday, October 09, 2019 SUBJECT: Law Enforcement Explorer Open House RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-051 CONTACT: Major Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office will host a Law Enforcement Explorer open house and Recruitment Night on Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 at 6PM. The event will take place at the Southern Indiana Career and Technical […]

DATE: Friday, October 04, 2019 SUBJECT: West Side Nut Club Fall Festival begins Monday RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-050 CONTACT: Major Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding   The 98th annual West Side Nut Club Fall Festival begins Monday, October 07, 2019. The week long event has been an Evansville tradition since 1921. The festival occupies over four […]

DATE: Thursday, September 27, 2019 SUBJECT: Funeral Counselor Arrested on New Charges as Additional Victims Identified RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-049 CONTACT: Lt. Doug Daza / Major Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding   The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Caroline Marie Rich on additional charges stemming from a fraud and theft investigation into her activities as a family […]

DATE: Wednesday, September 26, 2019 SUBJECT: Funeral Counselor Arrested on New Charges RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-048 CONTACT: Major Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding   The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Caroline Marie Rich on additional charges stemming from a fraud and theft investigation into her activities as a family services counselor at Alexander Funeral Homes. A […]

DATE: Monday, September 23, 2019 SUBJECT: Child Seat Inspection Clinic Open this Thursday RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-047 CONTACT: Major Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding  In partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office will operate a free Child Seat Inspection Clinic this Thursday. The […]

DATE: Sunday, September 22, 2019 SUBJECT: Don’t Fall for Harvest Season Hazards RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-046 CONTACT: Major Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind motorists to exercise caution on our county roadways as fall harvest season gets underway. “Our local farmers will be moving farm implements and […]

DATE: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 SUBJECT: Woman Arrested for Defrauding Grieving Family RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-044 CONTACT: Lt. Doug Daza / Major Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an Evansville woman for defrauding a grieving family of over $18,000.00 meant to cover burial and memorial expenses for a deceased child. Caroline […]

DATE: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 SUBJECT: Driver Hospitalized after Crash on Big Cynthiana Road Overturns Box Truck RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-045 CONTACT: Major Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding A crash this morning on Big Cynthiana Road in northern Vanderburgh County caused a box truck to overturn and resulted in one driver being transported to the […]