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DATE: Monday, May 30, 2016 SUBJECT: Memorial Day Weekend Activity RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-040 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding Selected Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office activity for the 2016 Memorial Day weekend is shown below. On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 5:00pm Mr. Randell Rogers was taken into custody after a sheriff’s deputy found over […]

DATE: Friday, May 27, 2016 SUBJECT: Home Improvement Fraud RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-039 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding Summer is getting underway and so are many home improvement projects. If you can’t handle a project yourself, you’ll likely contact a home improvement contractor to do the work for you. The vast majority of home improvement […]

DATE: Friday, May 27, 2016 SUBJECT: Recognition Ceremony RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-038 CONTACT: Major Rick Pace AUTHORITY: Sheriff David Wedding On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office will host a ceremony to recognize the accomplishments of several deputies as well as swear-in one new deputy sheriff. The ceremony will be held in Ballroom “B” […]

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has received multiple reports of telephone fraud involving a caller claiming to be a Deputy US Marshal. The caller claimed that someone in the household missed jury duty and that a bench warrant had been issued.  The caller stated the victim could clear up the arrest warrant by paying a […]

DATE: Thursday, May 26, 2016 SUBJECT: Satellite Television Salesmen Suspected of Stealing Prescription Medication RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-037 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office is investigating reports of prescription drug theft believed to have been committed by satellite television service salesmen. The Sheriff’s Office responded to two separate residences in […]

DATE: Sunday, May 22, 2016 SUBJECT: Seat Belt Enforcement to be Stepped up on Monday RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-036 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding Click It or Ticket (CIOT) seat belt enforcement continues throughout May, but a special saturation patrol is planned for Monday evening. The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and the Evansville Police Department […]

DATE: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 SUBJECT: Suspicious Man Reported in West Side Subdivision RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-035 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Tuesday, May 17, 2016 the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to a suspicious person report at a residence on Cherry Hill Drive in the Willow Acres Subdivision located on the […]

DATE: Sunday, May 15, 2016 SUBJECT: Intoxicated Motorist Causes Overnight Power Outage RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-034 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding  On Saturday, May 14, 2016 at approximately 10:54pm the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 13000 block of Petersburg Road upon report a vehicle crash involving a utility pole. On scene investigation […]

The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Friday, May 13, 2016 near the intersection of NW 2nd Street and S. 3rd Avenue.  A total of 57 vehicles were diverted from NW 2nd Street into the checkpoint. The checkpoint ran from 11:30pm to 2:30am. A total of four (4) drivers were arrested, […]

DATE: Saturday, May 14, 2016 SUBJECT: Burglary Suspects Lead Deputies on Pursuit RELEASE NUMBER: 2016-NR-033 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Friday, May 13, 2016 at 9:38pm deputies with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office were in the area of Upper Mt. Vernon Road and N. Tekoppel Avenue following up on a residential […]