“Choose Your Ride” Vehicles Unveiled Today
The Evansville Police Department and the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office want you to choose your ride carefully if you have been drinking. Both agencies unveiled their new “Choose Your Ride” vehicles at a press conference today. With the front of each vehicle marked as a police cruiser and the rear of each vehicle marked as […]
Motorist Arrested after Brandishing a Handgun
DATE: Monday, June 15, 2015 SUBJECT: Motorist Arrested after Brandishing a Handgun RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-038 CONTACT: Lt. Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Monday, June 15, 2015 at approximately 1:49pm a motorist called 911 to report the driver of a white Pontiac Grand Prix had brandished a handgun. The motorist reported that the driver […]
Sex Offender Arrest
DATE: Thursday, June 11, 2015 SUBJECT: Sex Offender Arrest RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-037 CONTACT: Sergeant Nathan Sugarman AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Sheriff’s Office and US Marshal’s service arrested a wanted sex offender from Quachita County, Louisiana on June 08, 2015. Eric Keith Short was found to be living in Evansville since January of this year […]
Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office Career Academy
DATE: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 SUBJECT: Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office Career Academy RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-36 CONTACT: Cheif Deputy John Strange AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office’s annual Career Academy is underway this week. This is the 16th year for the Career Academy. The VCSO Career Academy was developed in 1999 by Sheriff […]
Fatal Crash
DATE: Sunday, June 07, 2015 SUBJECT: Fatal Crash Investigation RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-035 CONTACT: Sergeant Ben Justice AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at approximately 3:52 PM deputies were dispatched to University Parkway and State Route 66 in reference to a vehicle that had gone off the roadway. Deputies located a 2010 white […]
Fatal Crash
DATE: Sunday, June 07, 2015SUBJECT: Fatal Crash InvestigationRELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-035CONTACT: Sergeant Ben JusticeAUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at approximately 3:52 PM deputies were dispatched to University Parkway and State Route 66 in reference to a vehicle that had gone off the roadway. Deputies located a 2010 white Toyota sport utility vehicle approximately 200 feet north of…
Man Arrested after Molesting Girl At Sleepover
DATE: Thursday, June 04, 2015 SUBJECT: Child Molestation Arrest RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-034 CONTACT: Lieutenant Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding During the early morning hours of Thursday, June 04, 2015 the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence in Keystone Subdivision to investigate a report of child molestation. A 12-year-old girl had called 911 […]
Student Raises Money for Sheriff’s K-9’s
Chief Deputy John Strange recently accepted a $120 donation on behalf of the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office’s K-9 program from Bricelynn Shields of McCutchanville. Bricelynn made and sold potholders for a school project known as, “The Giving Project.” The money will be deposited into the budget line item for Sheriff’s Office canines and will be […]
VCSO and ISP preparing for Rural Roadway Aggressive Driver Enforcement
DATE: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 SUBJECT: Project RADE begins June 05, 2015 RELEASE NUMBER: 2015-NR-033 CONTACT: Lieutenant Noah Robinson AUTHORITY: Sheriff Dave Wedding Of the thirty-three fatal crashes that have occurred in Vanderburgh County over the last two years, 70 percent took place outside the city limits of Evansville. A joint enforcement effort conducted by […]
May 2015 Honor Flight
Sheriff Dave Wedding and World War Two veteran Tony Neumann visited the National Mall and Memorial Parks this past Saturday courtesy of Southern Indiana Honor Flight. Sheriff Wedding served as Corporal Neumann’s “guardian” during the trip to the capitol. Sheriff Wedding stated, “Visiting with all the veterans at the National World War Two Memorial was […]