Sheriff’s Office Vehicle involved in Crash
DATE: August 07, 2014 SUBJECT: Sheriff’s Office Vehicle involved in Crash RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-72 CONTACT: Sgt. Jeff South / Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Thursday, August 7th, 2014 at 9:15 pm the Sheriff’s Office responded to an accident with injury involving a Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office deputy. Prior to the collision, Deputy […]
Sobriety Checkpoint Notification
DATE: Thursday, August 07, 2014 SUBJECT: Sobriety Checkpoint – Friday, August 08, 2014 RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-071 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will conduct the first of two previously planned Sobriety Checkpoints on Friday, August 08, 2014 between the hours of 11:30pm and 3:30am. The location for […]
“Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” Enforcement Begins this Weekend
DATE: Thursday, August 07, 2014 SUBJECT: Upcoming “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” Enforcement RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-070 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will be out in force this month as part of the annual nationwide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” drunk driving enforcement campaign. Indiana’s […]
“Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” News Conference on August 07, 2014
DATE: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 SUBJECT: “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” News Conference on August 07, 2014 RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-069 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Thursday, August 07, 2014 at 1000 hours the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will hold a press conference to announce the annual nationwide “Drive Sober […]
Public Safety Advisory – “Bank Jugging”
Our fellow law enforcement officers at the Pasadena Police Department in Texas have provided us with the following information on a type of crime known as “bank jugging”. While the origin of the term is unclear, the method by which this crime occurs is described in detail below. WHAT IS BANK JUGGING? The term is […]
Arrests yield 14 pounds of Crystal Methamphetamine
DATE: Sunday, August 03, 2014 SUBJECT: Arrests yield 14 pounds of Crystal Methamphetamine RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-068 CONTACT: Sgt. David Eads AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Saturday, August 02, 2014 law enforcement officers with the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Drug Task Force, the US Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized approximately 14 pounds of […]
Back to School Safety
DATE: Friday, August 01, 2014 SUBJECT: Back to School Safety RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-067 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding In the coming weeks Vanderburgh County students will be returning to school for the 2014-2015 school year. This will result in a large number of buses on the roads, children getting on and off […]
Fatal Dune Buggy Crash
DATE: Tuesday July 29th, 2014 SUBJECT: Fatal Dune Buggy Crash RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-066 CONTACT: Sgt. Rob Clark AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Monday, July 28, 2014 at 9:51pm deputies were dispatched to 1203 E. Baseline Road in reference to a motor vehicle crash with injuries. When Deputies arrived, they learned that an assembled dune buggy […]
Sheriff’s Office Launches iPhone App
DATE: Thursday, July 24, 2014 SUBJECT: Sheriff’s Office Launches iPhone App RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-065 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding Want to connect with the Sheriff’s Office on your iPhone? We have a “VCSO” app for that. Today, Sheriff Dave Wedding announced the official launch of the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office iPhone application. […]
Sheriff’s Explorers attend National Conference
DATE: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 SUBJECT: Sheriff’s Explorers attend National Conference RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-064 CONTACT: Lt. James Martin AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding Explorers from Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office Explorer Post #82 recently returned from a national conference in Bloomington, Indiana. This past June 14th through June 19th our Explorers attended the 2014 National Law Enforcement […]