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DATE: Sunday, September 27, 2015 SUBJECT: Sheriff’s Office Investigating Early Morning Residential Arson RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-061 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Sunday, September 27, 2015 at approximately 5:14am the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office, McCutchanville Fire Department and German Township Fire Department responded to a report of a residential structure fire at […]

The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Friday, September 25, 2015 at NW 2nd Street and S. 3rd Avenue. The checkpoint ran from 11:30pm to 2:30am. A total of 77 vehicles were diverted from NW 2nd Street into the checkpoint. At approxiamatly 1:30am a vehicle operated by Mr. Derrik Hardin entered […]

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind motorists to exercise caution on our county roadways as fall harvest season gets underway.  “Our local farmers will be moving farm implements and other agricultural machinery along county roadways in order to access farm fields,” said Sheriff Dave Wedding. “Motorists should be prepared for machinery to […]

The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will conduct a sobriety checkpoint this Friday evening, September 25, 2015 from 11:30 pm until 3:00 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 […]

DATE: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 SUBJECT: Fatal Crash on Old Henderson Road RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-060 CONTACT: Lt. David Townsend AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 1:04pm the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single vehicle crash in the 15,000 block of Old Henderson Road. A red passenger car had been […]

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office arrested two DUI motorists in two separate incidents over the weekend. Both of the motorists were intoxicated while transporting children. On Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 7:10pm a sheriff’s deputy detailed to a federally funded traffic safety grant stopped a white sport utility vehicle on E. Riverside Dr. near Evans […]

DATE: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 SUBJECT: Child Seat Inspection Station Operating Today RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-059 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding In partnership with the Automotive Safety Program, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office will operate a free Child Seat Inspection Station today […]

On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 10:00am representatives from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office, AT&T and the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation met at Benjamin Bosse High School to speak to students about the dangers of distracted driving. AT&T Indiana President Bill Soards and Director of External Affairs Pepper Mulherin demonstrated the new “It Can Wait” virtual […]

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and the Evansville Police Department conducted DUI enforcement throughout the Labor Day weekend. The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership along with the Indiana State Police also conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Saturday, September 05, 2015 at North Fulton Avenue and West Florida Street. The checkpoint ran from 11:30pm to just […]

The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will conduct a sobriety checkpoint this Saturday evening, September 05, 2015 from 11:30 pm until 3:00 am. Law enforcement officers from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office, the Evansville Police Department and the Indiana State Police will join together to conduct this checkpoint. The location for Saturday’s checkpoint was chosen […]