A Message from Sheriff Dave Wedding…
I was recently quoted in a Courier and Press article, entitled “Vanderburgh Sheriff Wedding Wades into Hot-Button Gun Rights Dispute”. I appreciate that reporter Tom Langhorne has covered this topic and would encourage you to read the full article as well as my message here tonight concerning where I stand on the issue of […]
VCSO Regional Jail Officers Course Graduates 19 New Officers
The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office graduated nineteen (19) new confinement officers from the Indiana Law Enforcement Basic Jail Officers Course today. Officers from Vanderburgh, Pike, Warrick, Tippecanoe, Posey, Martin and Bartholomew counties completed the Basic Jail Officer’s Course. In 2006 the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board approved the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office as a regional […]
Six Jailed after Warrant Service Attempt Nets Unexpected Wanted Persons
DATE: Friday, February 01, 2019 SUBJECT: Six Jailed after Warrant Service Attempt Nets Unexpected Wanted Persons RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-010 CONTACT: Major Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding Sheriff’s deputies took six individuals into custody while serving an arrest warrant at a residence in the area of N. First Avenue and W. Franklin Street. On Friday, […]
Stranded Motorist Injured on I-69
DATE: Thursday, January 31, 2019 SUBJECT: Stranded Motorist Injured on I-69 RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR–009 CONTACT: Lt. Mark Rasure AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding At approximately 08:39 this morning deputies with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of I-69 near the 1.5 mile marker to a report of a stalled vehicle that had been […]
School Bus Involved in Minor Crash
DATE: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 SUBJECT: School Bus Crash Results in Minor Injuries RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-008 CONTACT: Lt. Mark Rasure AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding Around 06:40 this morning deputies from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to a motor vehicle collision involving an Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation School Bus and a pickup truck at the intersection […]
Alcohol Likely a Factor in Water Rescue
DATE: Saturday, January 26, 2019 SUBJECT: Alcohol Likely a Factor in Water Rescue RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-007 CONTACT: Lt. Mark Rasure AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding Shortly before 05:30 this morning Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Union Township river bottoms to check on a vehicle that was adrift in high water. The truck was […]
Evansville Couple Arrested for Burglarizing North Side Home
DATE: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 SUBJECT: Evansville Couple Arrested for Burglarizing North Side Home RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-006 CONTACT: Lt. Mark Rasure AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding Shortly before midday on January 15th, 2019 Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s deputies were called to Green River Estates subdivision by a neighbor who had observed two unfamiliar individuals walking around a […]
Alcohol a Factor in Late Night Crash
DATE: Friday, January 11, 2019 SUBJECT: Alcohol a Factor in Late Night Crash RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-005 CONTACT: Lt. Mark Rasure AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding Shortly before 10:00 PM on January 10th, 2019 Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the intersection of US 41 and Baseline Road for a three vehicle crash where one of the […]
Sheriff’s Office Recognition Ceremony Announcement
DATE: Wednesday, January 09, 2019 SUBJECT: Sheriff’s Office Recognition Ceremony Announcement RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-004 CONTACT: Major Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Monday, January 14, 2019 the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office will host a public ceremony to recognize the accomplishments of several sheriff’s deputies and one confinement officer. Additionally, five (5) new deputy sheriffs […]
Deputies Pursue Stolen Vehicle Until Driver Surrenders at State Line
DATE: Monday, January 7, 2019 SUBJECT: Deputies Pursue Stolen Vehicle Until Driver Surrenders at State Line RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-003 CONTACT: Lt. Mark Rasure AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office makes it common practice to patrol residential and commercial properties around the clock as part of Sheriff Wedding’s proactive stance on deterring criminal […]