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DATE: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 SUBJECT: Sheriff’s Office Investigating Shooting in Key West Estates RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-090 CONTACT: Lt. Doug Daza AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred in a west side residence early this morning. Sheriff’s deputies were called to a house in Key West Estates […]

The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 in support of a nationwide ‘Safe Family Travel’ drunk driving enforcement campaign. The checkpoint will take place on Wednesday between 10:00 pm and 4:00 am. Law enforcement officers from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and the Evansville Police Department […]

DATE: Saturday, November 19, 2016 SUBJECT: Drunk Driver Flees Crash after Seriously Injuring Juvenile RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-089 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Saturday, November 19th at 1:10am the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to 8901 Old State Road in reference to a motor vehicle crash with injuries. Responding McCutchanville Fire Department […]

DATE: Thursday, November 17, 2016 SUBJECT: K-9 Deputy Arrests Fleeing Felon with the Assistance of Bystander RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-088 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at approximately 2:20pm a K-9 deputy assigned to the Joint Drug Task Force observed a Toyota Camry traveling on Maxwell Avenue near Kentucky Avenue. […]

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office would like to make residents aware of a crime trend that our Criminal Investigations Section has been tracking since the beginning of November. Seven (7) vehicle entries have been recently reported to the Sheriff’s Office, all of which occurred overnight in the Keystone, Windemere Farms, Camden Farms and Wynnfield subdivisions. […]

DATE: Friday, November 11, 2016 SUBJECT: Alcohol a Factor in Early Morning Crash RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-087 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Friday, November 11, 2016 at approximately 3:16am the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to North Posey County Line Road in reference to a motor vehicle crash with injuries. The initial […]

DATE: Thursday, November 10, 2016 SUBJECT: Upcoming “Safe Family Travel” Enforcement RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-086 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will be increasing patrols this November and December as part of the annual statewide “Safe Family Travel” seatbelt and drunk driving enforcement campaign. This high-visibility enforcement effort, […]

DATE: Thursday, November 03, 2016 SUBJECT: School Bus Struck while Unloading Students RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-085 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Thursday, November 03, 2016 at approximately 3:00pm the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a crash involving a school bus on Old State Road south of Knollview Drive. A […]

This Halloween the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office will be closely monitoring the residential areas of Vanderburgh County outside of the Evansville City limits. Sheriff’s deputies will be watching for unsafe, mischievous and suspicious activity.  The Sheriff’s Office bicycle patrol will be riding in some of our subdivisions looking for safety issues. Sheriff Dave Wedding stated, […]

DATE: Friday, October 28, 2016 SUBJECT: Recognition Ceremony RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-084 CONTACT: Major Rick Pace AUTHORITY: Sheriff David Wedding On Monday, October 31, 2016 the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office will host a ceremony to recognize the accomplishments of several deputies and confinement officers as well as swear-in two, new deputy sheriffs. The ceremony will be […]