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 […]
Taser Used to Prevent Rambo Knife Attack After Pursuit
DATE: Friday, January 4, 2019 SUBJECT: Taser Used to Prevent “Rambo” Knife Attack After Pursuit RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-002 CONTACT: Lt. Mark Rasure AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an Evansville man after he led deputies on a brief pursuit in the McCutchanville area yesterday evening. Shortly before 9 PM […]
Merit Board Meeting Schedule for 2019
DATE: Thursday, January 03, 2019 SUBJECT: Merit Board Meeting Schedule for 2019 RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-NR-001 CONTACT: Sheriff Dave Wedding AUTHORITY: VCS Merit Board In accordance with IC 5-14-1.5-5, the Public Notice of Meetings section of Indiana’s Open Door Law, notice is hereby given that, effective January 3, 2019, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Merit Board has announced […]
Early Morning Crime Spree Results in Arrest
DATE: Monday December 31, 2018 SUBJECT: Early Morning Crime Spree Results in Arrest RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-072 CONTACT: Lt. Mark Rasure AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an Evansville man after an early morning crime spree that spanned Evansville’s west side. The Sheriff’s Office and the Evansville Police Department investigated […]
Forensic Evidence Opens Cold Case Burglary
DATE: Saturday, December 22, 2018 SUBJECT: Forensic Evidence Links Newburgh Man as Cold Case Burglary Suspect RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-071 CONTACT: Lt. Mark Rasure AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding In September of this year Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested Aaron Otto of Newburgh after fingerprint analysis linked him to leaving numerous sexually obscene notes on […]
Five Minutes, Two Pursuits on Evansville’s West Side
DATE: Saturday, December 22, 2018 SUBJECT: Five Minutes, Two Pursuits on Evansville’s West Side RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-070 CONTACT: Major Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office was involved in two separate vehicle pursuits last night, both occurring within five minutes of each other. On Friday, December 21, 2018 at approximately […]
Man Arrested after Threatening Couple with a Handgun at Eastland Mall
DATE: Saturday, December 15, 2018 SUBJECT: Man Arrested after Threatening Couple with a Handgun at Eastland Mall RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-069 CONTACT: Major Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding An Evansville man is in custody tonight after threatening a couple with a handgun inside Eastland Mall. On Friday, December 14, 2018 at approximately 7:30 PM a uniformed Vanderburgh […]
VCSO Begins 2019 Deputy Sheriff Applicant Process
DATE: Friday, December 14, 2019 SUBJECT: 2019-2021 Deputy Sheriff Applicant Process RELEASE NUMBER: 2018-NR-068 CONTACT: Major Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding Preliminary applications for the 2019-2021 Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff Candidate Pool are now available. Anyone meeting our hiring requirements who is interested in a career as deputy sheriff with the Vanderburgh […]