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DATE: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 SUBJECT: Northside Man Charged with Rape and Criminal Confinement RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-011 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff David Wedding On Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 1:25pm the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office arrested Mr. Michael Vernon Loveless on charges including rape and criminal confinement. Mr. Loveless lived with the victim, […]

DATE: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 SUBJECT: VCSO Detective to Receive Recognition for Performance RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-010 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff David Wedding On Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 10:00 AM the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office will host a ceremony for Detective Sergeant Nathan Sugarman. The Sheriff’s Office inmate communications provider, Telmate, has selected […]

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office graduated fourteen (14) new confinement officers from the Indiana Law Enforcement Basic Jail Officers Course this past Friday, February 12th, 2016. Officers from Warrick, Spencer, Dubois, Gibson and Vanderburgh counties completed the Basic Jail Officer’s Course. In 2006, the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board approved the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office […]

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a series of car break-ins that have occurred in several residential areas in Vanderburgh County. Since the beginning of February, seven (7) vehicle break-ins or vandalism have been reported to the Sheriff’s Office. Occurring mainly in the residential area south of Covert Avenue, the thefts occurred overnight. Residential […]

DATE: Thursday, February 11, 2016 SUBJECT: Hit and Run Pursuit Suspects in Custody RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-009 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff David Wedding The hit and run suspect who fled from a sheriff’s deputy yesterday is now in custody. Mr. Nathan Wayne Barenfanger was arrested by the Warrick County Sheriff’s Office and will soon […]

DATE: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 SUBJECT: North Side Serial Burglary Suspect in Custody RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-008 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff David Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a serial burglar believed to be responsible for a series of commercial burglaries reported within the northern area of Vanderburgh County as well as […]

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office announces passing of K-9 Ajax (pronounced “eye-axe”). Ajax was was placed in service in 2004 and was retired in 2013. A Sable German Shepherd imported from the Czech Republic, Ajax racked up some impressive numbers during his career. Ajax apprehended dozens of felons and located thousands of grams of narcotics during the […]

The Indiana Sheriffs’ Association will again be awarding college scholarships to qualified high school seniors or college students who are pursuing a degree in criminal justice studies. There will be approximately forty (40) $500.00 scholarships awarded to qualifying students throughout the state. The Indiana Sheriffs’ Association Scholarship Fund was established for the purpose of receiving, […]

DATE: Thursday, February 04, 2016 SUBJECT: Celebrate Responsibly this Super Bowl RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-007 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and the Evansville Police Department, in partnership with the Governor’s Council on Impaired & Dangerous Driving and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI), would like to remind all […]

DATE: Sunday, January 31, 2016 SUBJECT: Early Morning Crash Results in Arrest of Intoxicated Motorist RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-006 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Sunday, January 31, 2016 at approximately 3:53am, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of N. St. Joseph Avenue and Glenview Avenue upon report of a vehicle […]