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DATE: Monday, September 24, 2018 SUBJECT: Students Injured after School Bus Accident on St. Wendel Rd RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-056 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office investigated a school bus accident this morning that resulted in three students sustaining injuries. On Monday, September 24, 2018 at 7:15 AM the […]

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has received a report that a telephone scammer pretending to be a sheriff’s deputy attempted defraud an Evansville woman today. The caller identified himself as one of our deputies and told the victim that she had an active arrest warrant for failing to respond to a court notice. Fortunately, the […]

DATE: Friday, September 21, 2018 SUBJECT: Merit Board Executive Session Notice RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-055 CONTACT: Chief Deputy John Strange III AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding Notice is hereby given of an Executive Session of the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Merit Board beginning at 4:30PM on Tuesday, September 25 and Wednesday, September 26, 2018, in the Sheriff’s Headquarters […]

DATE: Thursday, September 20, 2018 SUBJECT: Fingerprints Link Suspect to Sexually Graphic Notes Left on Cars RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-054 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Newburgh man who left sexually explicit messages on the vehicles of female students at the University of Southern Indiana. On Tuesday, September […]

DATE: Sunday, September 09, 2018 SUBJECT: Deputy Narrowly Escapes Serious Injury after being Run Over by Fleeing Shoplifter RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-053 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding A Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office deputy was injured after being struck by a vehicle driven by a fleeing shoplifter. On Saturday, September 08, 2018 at 9:06 PM a sheriff’s […]

DATE: Thursday, September 06, 2018 SUBJECT: Sheriff’s Office to hold Recognition Ceremony RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-052 CONTACT: Major Richard Pace AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Monday, September 10, 2018 the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office will host a public ceremony to recognize the accomplishments of several sheriff’s deputies and confinement officers. Additionally, a new deputy sheriff will […]

DATE: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 SUBJECT: Boonville Man Arrested after Pointing a Handgun at Homeowner and Pulling the Trigger RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-051 CONTACT: Lt. Matt Schnell / Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding A Boonville man was arrested this past Monday afternoon after allegedly pointing an unloaded handgun at a northern Vanderburgh County resident and […]

The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Friday, August 31, 2018 near the intersection of Washington Avenue and S. St. James Boulevard. The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and the Evansville Police Department participated. A total of 38 vehicles were diverted from Washington Avenue into the checkpoint. The checkpoint ran from 11:00pm […]

The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will conduct a sobriety checkpoint this Friday, August 31, 2018 from 11:00 pm until 2:00 am. Law enforcement officers from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and the Evansville Police Department will join together to conduct this checkpoint. The location for Friday’s checkpoint was chosen based on local traffic collision […]

DATE: Saturday, August 25, 2018 SUBJECT: Scooter Rider Killed in Crash on US 41 near Boonville-New Harmony Rd RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-050 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Chief Deputy John H. Strange III An Evansville man was killed yesterday evening on N. US 41 after his motor scooter collided with an oncoming vehicle. On Friday, August 24, […]