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Fatal Crash

DATE: Sunday, June 07, 2015 SUBJECT: Fatal Crash Investigation RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-035 CONTACT: Sergeant Ben Justice AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at approximately 3:52 PM deputies were dispatched to University Parkway and State Route 66 in reference to a vehicle that had gone off the roadway. Deputies located a 2010 white […]

Fatal Crash

DATE: Sunday, June 07, 2015SUBJECT: Fatal Crash InvestigationRELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-035CONTACT: Sergeant Ben JusticeAUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at approximately 3:52 PM deputies were dispatched to University Parkway and State Route 66 in reference to a vehicle that had gone off the roadway. Deputies located a 2010 white Toyota sport utility vehicle approximately 200 feet north of…

Man Arrested after Molesting Girl At Sleepover

DATE: Thursday, June 04, 2015 SUBJECT: Child Molestation Arrest RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-034 CONTACT: Lieutenant Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding During the early morning hours of Thursday, June 04, 2015 the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence in Keystone Subdivision to investigate a report of child molestation. A 12-year-old girl had called 911 […]

Student Raises Money for Sheriff’s K-9’s

Chief Deputy John Strange recently accepted a $120 donation on behalf of the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office’s K-9 program from Bricelynn Shields of McCutchanville. Bricelynn made and sold potholders for a school project known as, “The Giving Project.” The money will be deposited into the budget line item for Sheriff’s Office canines and will be […]

VCSO and ISP preparing for Rural Roadway Aggressive Driver Enforcement

DATE: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 SUBJECT: Project RADE begins June 05, 2015 RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-033 CONTACT: Lieutenant Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding Of the thirty-three fatal crashes that have occurred in Vanderburgh County over the last two years, 70 percent took place outside the city limits of Evansville. A joint enforcement effort conducted by […]

May 2015 Honor Flight

Sheriff Dave Wedding and World War Two veteran Tony Neumann visited the National Mall and Memorial Parks this past Saturday courtesy of Southern Indiana Honor Flight. Sheriff Wedding served as Corporal Neumann’s “guardian” during the trip to the capitol. Sheriff Wedding stated, “Visiting with all the veterans at the National World War Two Memorial was […]

Indiana Sheriffs’ Association Awards Scholarships to Students from Vanderburgh County

Sheriff Dave Wedding presented scholarship awards to two students from Vanderburgh County this monring. The Indiana Sheriffs’ Association (ISA) awarded $500.00 scholarships to Mr. Kyle Otolski and Ms. Alyssa Devine. Mr. Otolski and Ms. Devine were among forty students from around the state to receive scholarship awards from the ISA this year. Mr. Otolski is […]

Employee at McDonald’s Arrested after Threatening to Shoot Co-Workers

DATE: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 SUBJECT: Employee at McDonald’s Arrested after Threatening to Shoot Co-Workers RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-032 CONTACT: Lieutenant Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding A disagreement this past Memorial Day between two employees at the McDonald’s located on US 41 at E. Mt. Pleasant Road culminated in an arrest for intimidation. Mr. Michael […]

Man Stops by Sheriff’s Office to Confess Plan to Manufacture Methamphetamine

DATE: Thursday, May 21, 2015 SUBJECT: Man Stops by Sheriff’s Office to Confess Plan to Manufacture Methamphetamine RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-031 CONTACT: Lieutenant Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at approximately 11:30 am, Mr. Kelly Travis Adkins visited the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office Command Post and asked to speak with a […]

Sobriety Checkpoint Planned for this Weekend

DATE: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 SUBJECT: May 22, 2015 Sobriety Checkpoint RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-030 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will conduct a sobriety checkpoint this Friday evening, May 22, 2015 from 11:30 pm until 3:00 am. Law enforcement officers from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office, Evansville […]