Man Charged with Carjacking and Robbery after Assaulting his Ex-Girlfriend
DATE: 06/10/2014 SUBJECT: Robbery / Carjacking Arrest RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-044 CONTACT: Sgt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 1:52 am the Sheriff’s Office responded to an address in the 2500 block of Wild Dunes Drive upon report of domestic violence in progress. A female victim reported to deputies that […]
Man Arrested after Running Over his Neighbor with a 4-Wheeler
DATE: 05/31/2014 SUBJECT: Neighbor Dispute Aggravated Battery Arrest RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-042 CONTACT: Sgt. Brian Traylor AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 7:36 pm Sheriff’s deputies and German Township Fire Department medics responded to 4150 Kleitz Road after receiving a report that a man had been struck by a four-wheeler. Upon arrival […]
Service Dog Support and Advocacy Group visits the Sheriff’s Office
The Sheriff’s Office was fortunate this week to have members of the local Service Dog Support and Advocacy Group provide a series of presentations to our deputies regarding “Responding to Calls that Involve Service Animals”. Deputies were provided information on best practices for responding to a situation where a service animal handler has been incapacitated. […]
Memorial Day Weekend Activity
DATE: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 SUBJECT: Memorial Day Weekend Activity RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-041 CONTACT: Sheriff Dave Wedding AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office investigated ten (10) motor vehicle crashes over the holiday weekend. In three (3) separate crashes, motorcyclists were ejected after leaving the roadway and colliding with an object. One rider […]
Motorcyclist Killed in Crash on US 41
DATE: Sunday, May 25, 2014 SUBJECT: Motorcycle Crash Fatality U.S. 41 RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-040 CONTACT: Sgt. Nathan Sugarman AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Sunday, May 25, 2014 at 1:06 pm Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Deputies and the Evansville Fire Department were dispatched to an Accident with Injures on the approach ramp of Veteran’s Memorial Parkway to […]
Memorial Day message from Sheriff Dave Wedding
I would like to thank all of our men and women who have served or are currently in military service to our Country, and I would like for all us to remember the significance of Memorial Day. Originating after the American Civil War, known then as Decoration Day, Memorial Day is a day in which […]
Motorcycle Crash Resulting in Injury
On Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 3:56 pm deputies responded to the area of East Boonville-New Harmony Road near Gilles Lane upon receiving a report of a crash involving a motorcycle. A witness on scene told deputies the motorcycle had been traveling east bound on East Boonville-New Harmony Road when the driver encountered a curve […]
Chief Deputy Sheriff Appointment
DATE: May 23, 2014 SUBJECT: Chief Deputy Sheriff Appointment RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-038 CONTACT: Sheriff Dave Wedding AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding Vanderburgh County’s next Sheriff, Dave Wedding, announced today that he will appoint Major John Strange to serve as his chief deputy sheriff. Major Strange, 52, is a life-long resident of Vanderburgh County, and he […]
Swearing in of Dave Wedding
DATE: May 22, 2014 SUBJECT: Swearing in of Dave Wedding RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-037 CONTACT: Dave Wedding AUTHORITY: Sheriff Eric Williams On Friday, May 23, 2014 at 11:30 AM Chief Deputy Dave Wedding will take the Oath of Office for the Office of Vanderburgh County Sheriff. Chief Wedding will become the Sheriff of Vanderburgh County at […]
Stolen Firearms Recovered
DATE: Thursday, May 22, 2014 SUBJECT: Stolen Firearms Recovered RELEASE NUMBER: 2014-NR-036 CONTACT: Sgt. Nathan Sugarman AUTHORITY: Sheriff Eric Williams The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has recovered two stolen handguns in the last 24 hours. The guns were discovered in separate unrelated incidents. The first gun was recovered just after 4:00 pm yesterday while […]