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The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office will increase patrols during the Thanksgiving travel period as part of the Safe Family Travel campaign, starting November 16. The campaign focuses on curbing impaired and aggressive driving, enforcing seat belt use, and includes sobriety checkpoints funded by NHTSA grants through the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI). With Thanksgiving Eve…

In an effort to enhance public safety on Halloween, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office conducted a verification detail focused on sex and violent offenders across the county. READ MORE

On Tuesday, October 22nd at 6:41 PM, deputies were dispatched to the area of N. Saint Joseph Ave. and Allens Ln. in reference to a male subject reportedly waving two hatchets around and talking to himself. Witnesses advised that prior the the arrival of deputies, the subject was screaming at people in the area and had walked out in front of traffic at one point and stuck a vehicle.

An investigation by the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office into allegations of home improvement fraud has resulted in the arrest of Jacob and Brooklyn Key, owners of Keys Contracting.

On September 23rd, at 4:44 pm, deputies were dispatched to the 9800 Block of Old Mt. Vernon Rd., for a single vehicle accident. Upon arrival deputies observed a white vehicle on its top. The white vehicle appears to have been traveling West on Old Mt. Vernon Rd., the vehicle then went off the right side of the roadway, collided with a tree and overturned.

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office urges caution on county roadways during the fall harvest season. Local farmers will be moving farm machinery, and white-tailed deer will be more active as corn is harvested. In 2023, there were 98 deer-related crashes, with 33 in October and November.

The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Thursday, August 29, 2024 near the intersection of E. Morgan Ave. and Theater Dr….READ MORE