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Injury Crash at Highway 57 and Baseline Road

    2022-NR-0321   On 03/21/2022 at approximately 1835 hours, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident with injury at the intersection of SR 57 and E Baseline Rd. Dispatch advised the accident was between a fully loaded, semi tractor-trailer and a 2010 Toyota Prius. Scott Township medics arrived on…

Traffic Safety Interview with WFIE

A big thanks to Jay Zimmer, with 104FM WIKY, for helping the sheriff’s office get out our traffic safety message…READ MORE

Vehicle Crash on Highway 57 at Greenriver Road

At approximately 1638 hours, Deputies were dispatched to a crash with injuries on Highway 57 at Greenriver Road.  Upon arriving, it was found that a red Ford Taurus and a semi tractor-trailer were involved.  Investigation revealed that the Ford Taurus  entered the path of travel of the semi tractor trailer, which was north bound on…

Sheriff’s Office Recognition Ceremony

On Friday, January 21st, 2022 Vanderburgh County Sheriff David Wedding welcomed guests at the historic Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse for the agency’s first public ceremony in nearly two years. In the presence of family, friends, colleagues, and distinguished guests the Sheriff ceremony honored newly hired deputy sheriffs and staff promotions, awarded jail officers and deputy…

REMINDER: Website and App Update

Just a reminder: Effective Monday, August 16th, 2021 the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office’s website migrated to a new domain. The formerly used www.vcso.test.ltcloudservices.net as well as the Sheriff’s Office mobile app for Android and IOS is no longer operational and users are being directed to utilize www.vcso.test.ltcloudservices.net . All of the features from the former…

SCAM ALERT: Person Impersonating Deputy Sheriff Calling Evansville Area

Phone scammers are at it again. The Sheriff’s Office has received several reports that potential victims are receiving phone calls from an individual claiming to be a Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s deputy informing them that they have a warrant for their arrest for missing a court appearance. The potential victims are told that their outstanding warrant…

New Year’s Day Traffic Stop Leads To Narcotics Arrest

New Year’s Day Traffic Stop Leads To Narcotics Arrest DATE:    JANUARY 2, 2022 SUBJECT:    New Year’s Day Traffic Stop Leads to Narcotics Arrest RELEASE NUMBER:    2022-NR-0102 CONTACT:    Major Jason Ashworth AUTHORITY:    Sheriff David Wedding On January 1st, 2022 at approximately 6:25pm, Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Deputies were patrolling the area of Covert Ave/Frederick Ave. when a…

Sheriff Wedding to Present over $35K Raised for Local Charities

DATE: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 SUBJECT: Sheriff Wedding to Present over $35K Raised for Local Charities RELEASE NUMBER: 2021-NR-1221 CONTACT: Sheriff Dave Wedding AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding At 10:00 AM on December 22, 2021 Sheriff Wedding is scheduled to present to local charities over $35K raised during the holiday party that he jointly hosted at Oak Meadow…