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DATE: Sunday, October 29, 2017 SUBJECT: Sheriff’s Office Offers Halloween Safety Advice RELEASE NUMBER: 2017-NR-071 CONTACT: Lieutenant Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding This Halloween the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office will be closely monitoring the residential areas of Vanderburgh County. Sheriff’s deputies will be watching for unsafe, mischievous and suspicious activity. Sheriff Dave Wedding stated, “With […]

DATE: Sunday October 22, 2017 SUBJECT: Crash at Lloyd and Red Bank Results in Multiple Injuries RELEASE NUMBER: 2017-NR-070 CONTACT: Lieutenant Noah Robinson / Sergeant Kerri Blessinger AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding   On Sunday, October 22, 2017 at approximately 7:40 PM the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department responded to a crash at the […]

The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Friday, October 20, 2017 near the intersection of S. Green River Road and Tippecanoe Drive. The Sheriff’s Office, Evansville Police Department and IDNR Division Of Law Enforcement participated. A total of 136 vehicles were diverted from S. Green River Road into the checkpoint. The […]

The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will conduct a sobriety checkpoint this Friday, October 20, 2017 from 11:00 pm until 2:00 am. Law enforcement officers from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and the Evansville Police Department will join together to conduct this checkpoint. The location for Friday’s checkpoint was chosen based on local traffic collision […]

DATE: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 SUBJECT: Don’t Fall for Harvest Season Hazards RELEASE NUMBER: 2017-NR-069 CONTACT: Lieutenant Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding  The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind motorists to exercise caution on our county roadways as fall harvest season gets underway. “Our local farmers will be moving farm implements and other […]

DATE: Wednesday, October 11, 2017  SUBJECT: Rule the Road 2017 RELEASE NUMBER: 2017-NR-068 CONTACT: Lieutenant Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) will be conducting a teen driver safety event called “Rule the Road” on Friday, October 13, 2017 from 9:30am to 2:00pm. The event […]

The 96th West Side Nut Club Fall Festival concludes Saturday night after a week of music, food, contests, rides, pageants and parades. An Evansville tradition since 1921, the festival occupies over four city blocks is considered to be one of the largest street festivals in the United States. The Sheriff’s Office has been talking to festival goers […]

DATE: Saturday, September 30, 2017 SUBJECT: Intoxicated Driver in Jail after a Pair of Early Morning Road Rage Incidents RELEASE NUMBER: 2017-NR-067 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding An Evansville man is in jail on charges of drunk driving after a pair of road rage incidents resulted in one driver being assaulted and […]

DATE: Thursday, September 28, 2017 SUBJECT: Sheriff’s Office to hold Recognition Ceremony RELEASE NUMBER: 2017-NR-066 CONTACT: Major Richard Pace AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding  On Monday, October 02, 2017 the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office will host a public ceremony to recognize the accomplishments of several sheriff’s deputies and confinement officers. Additionally, two new deputy sheriffs will be […]

DATE: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 SUBJECT: Law Enforcement Explorer Open House RELEASE NUMBER: 2017-NR-065 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office will host a Law Enforcement Explorer open house and Recruitment Night on Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 at 6 p.m. The event will take place at the Southern Indiana Career […]