The Dubois County Sheriff’s Department arrested Charles R. Roberts II, 29, of St. James Blvd., Evansville, for drunk driving after he crashed his truck on Old Petersburg Road Sunday evening. Deputies were called to Old Petersburg Road about half a mile north of State Road 56 at about 7:14 p.m. where a witness said Roberts…
WITZ Bottoms — John C. Roelle, 39, of Rumbach Avenue, Jasper, was arrested for several charges after deputies were contacted about his erratic driving. A motorist called 911 after observing a vehicle cross the center line Witz Road and then drive off the road striking a guardrail. The blue 1999 Chevrolet K1500 rode the rail for…
Jasper— Police arrested 18-year-old Hector Vazquez Jr. of Huntingburg, after he caused a single vehicle traffic accident that injured five people Saturday, including badly injuring a 13-year-old girl. According to Indiana State Police,Vazquez was southbound on Meridian Road at about 7:42 p.m. in a 1996 Honda Civic when he lost control coming around a curve…
Jasper – Officers located several grams of marijuana on a Jasper man after they stopped him for driving erratically on Newton Street Monday night. According to police, around 10 p.m. a sheriff’s deputy saw a 2000 Chevrolet Venture van do a small burnout at the Sixth Street intersection as it was driving south on Newton Street. As the van…
Birdseye – Two men were injured when an SUV flipped and was immersed in water south of Birdseye on State Route 145 Monday evening. According to deputies, 44-year-old Anthony W. Bonifer, Jasper, was driving a 2002 Ford Explorer north on SR 145 when the vehicle went off the right side of the road. It struck the guardrail, then…
Pike County — An Indiana State Trooper and Pike County Deputy responded to a stuck motorist early Saturday morning and found a few things were amiss. Trooper John Davis and Pike County Deputy Dallas Killian responded to C.R. 700 North and C.R. 775 at 12:05 a.m. to assist the driver of a pickup truck that was…
A suspect in a hit-and-run was arrested Tuesday after he was found stumbling along State Road 64 in Pike County. According to the Dubois County Sheriff’s Department, Glenn Austin Sr, 52, Velpen, was driving west on SR 64 when he fell asleep and drifted left of center. Austin’s 1994 Buick Regal struck an International dump…
Huntingburg Police arrested a Huntingburg man after he led them on a high-speed car chase through the town on Sunday. At around 3:50 a.m., an officer noticed a white passenger vehicle driving north on Main Street without headlights. The vehicle also squealed its tires as it turned on Sixth Street. The office drove behind the…
Jasper Police arrested a Huntingburg woman for several charges after she crashed on Thursday. Jasper police officers responded to a vehicle running off the road on the 300 block of Meridian St. at around 10:30 p.m. When the officers arrived they found 21-year-old Kami L. Hopster, of Huntingburg, unconscious in the vehicle. Officer woke her…
