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Truck Driver Killed in Semi Crash Rollover on US 41

DATE: Monday, July 16, 2018 SUBJECT: Truck Driver Killed in Semi Crash Rollover on US 41 RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-040 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Monday, July 16, 2018 approximately 2:00 AM the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and the Scott Township Fire Department responded to Highway 41 near the I-64 overpass for a […]

Serial Burglars Tricking Residents into Leaving Their Homes

DATE: Thursday, May 03, 2018 SUBJECT: Serial Burglars Tricking Residents into Leaving Their Homes RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-023 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson / Sgt. Kerri Blessinger AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding  The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office, Warrick County Sheriff’s Office and Evansville Police Department are investigating a series of residential burglaries in which residents were lured away from […]

Wanted Felon Abandons His Child on the Roadside During Pursuit

DATE: Tuesday, May 01, 2018 SUBJECT: Wanted Felon Abandons His Child on the Roadside During Pursuit RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-022 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding An Evansville man being sought on a parole violation warrant is in custody and facing new charges after abandoning his 5-year-old son on the side of the road […]

Good Samaritan Loans Deputy Bicycle to Pursue Fleeing Felon

DATE: Monday, April 30, 2018 SUBJECT: Good Samaritan Loans Deputy Bicycle to Pursue Fleeing Felon RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-021 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding A Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office deputy recently took a citizen up on an offer to borrow their bicycle in order to chase down a fleeing felon. On Monday, April […]

VCSO Regional Jail Officers Course Graduates 16 New Officers

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office graduated sixteen (16) new confinement officers from the Indiana Law Enforcement Basic Jail Officers Course last Friday. Officers from Vanderburgh, Boone, Blackford and Perry 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 training site for […]

Wanted Violent Felon Rams Sheriff’s Office Cruiser

DATE: Thursday, April 26, 2018 SUBJECT: Wanted Violent Felon Rams Sheriff’s Office Cruiser RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-020 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding A Gary, Indiana man being sought on a probation violation warrant is in custody and facing new charges after ramming a Sheriff’s Office cruiser in an attempt to escape arrest this […]

Alcohol Suspected Factor in Crash that Hospitalized Motorcyclist

DATE: Saturday, April 21, 2018 SUBJECT: Alcohol Suspected Factor in Crash that Hospitalized Motorcyclist RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-019 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding A motorcyclist was severely injured this evening after being struck by a motorist who had been drinking just prior to driving. On Saturday, April 21, 2018 at approximately 7:00pm, the […]

Alcohol a Factor in Early Morning Crash on St. Joe Ave

DATE: Sunday, April 15, 2018 SUBJECT: Alcohol a Factor in Early Morning Crash on St. Joe Ave RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-018 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Sunday, April 15, 2018 at approximately 3:09AM the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to North Saint Joseph Avenue near Glenview Drive in reference to a motor vehicle […]

Sheriff’s Office Investigating a Pair of Injurious Crashes

SUBJECT: Sheriff’s Office Investigating a Pair of Injurious Crashes RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-017 CONTACT: Sgt. Thad Zuber  AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding     Case # 18-61860       On April 5th, 2018 at15:54 hours Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Deputies and the McCutchanville Fire Department were dispatched to the intersection of Saint Joseph Avenue and Westchester Drive […]

Intoxicated Motorist Strikes a Sheriff’s Office Cruiser

SUBJECT: Intoxicated Motorist Strikes a Sheriff’s Office Cruiser RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-016 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding   An intoxicated motorist was arrested Friday evening after crashing his vehicle into the back of a Sheriff’s Office cruiser. On Friday, March 23, 2018 at approximately 9:56 PM a Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office deputy notified […]