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The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Friday, August 28, 2015 at East Morgan Avenue and Theater Drive. The checkpoint ran from 11:30pm to just after 2:30am. A total of 68 vehicles were diverted from East Morgan Avenue into the checkpoint. One motorist was arrested for Driving while License Suspended with […]

The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will conduct a sobriety checkpoint this Friday evening, August 28, 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 Friday’s checkpoint was chosen […]

DATE: Friday, August 21, 2015 SUBJECT: “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” Enforcement RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-058 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will be participating in the annual nationwide ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ drunk driving enforcement campaign. Indiana’s high-visibility enforcement effort, also known as Operation […]

DATE: Thursday, August 20, 2015 SUBJECT: Sheriff’s Office Rescues Two People in One Day RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-057 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Sheriff’s Office rescued a victim who was suffering from cardiac arrest and later rescued a child who was pinned beneath a truck. On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 1:45pm […]

DATE: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 SUBJECT: Wanted Felon Pursued from Civic Center RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-055 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Tuesday, August 18, 2015, members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force received information that Mr. Brandon Michael White would be in the area of the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Civic Center. Mr. […]

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has received multiple reports of attempted telephone fraud involving a caller claiming to be a Sheriff’s Deputy. The caller claimed that someone in the household missed jury duty and that an arrest warrant had been issued. The caller knew the correct name of the resident, but did not appear to […]

DATE: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 SUBJECT: 15-year-old Killed by Train RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-053 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff David Wedding On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 7:12am the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Kratzville Road and Mill Road upon report of a pedestrian having been struck by a locomotive. A […]

DATE: Saturday, August 08, 2015 SUBJECT: Northeast Vanderburgh County Serial Burglary Suspect in Custody RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-052 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 string of residential burglaries occurring within the northeast section of Vanderburgh County. Mr. Alex […]

In the coming days Vanderburgh County students will be returning to school for the 2015-2016 school year. This will result in a large number of buses on the roads, children getting on and off the buses, new bus stop locations, new bus routes, congestion in and around the schools, new student drivers and many other […]

DATE: Friday, July 31, 2015 SUBJECT: Sex and Violent Offender Operation Nets Arrests RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-051 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff David Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office, Indiana Department of Correction, Evansville Police Department and the United States Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force took part in a sex and violent offender verification detail on […]