In the early morning hours of May 17, 2013, Officer Justin Chambers was in the area of Bell Road and Bell Oaks Drive when he stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. During this traffic stop, Warrick County Sheriff's Deputy, Jonathan Scully, ran his K9 partner around the vehicle and the K9 alerted to narcotics inside the vehicle. 

During the search of the vehicle, Methamphetamine was found along with drug paraphernalia. Marijuana and paraphernalia were also found in a purse belonging to one of the passengers. 

The driver of the vehicle was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine and Paraphernalia.

One of the passengers was charged with Possession of Marijuana and Paraphernalia and Possession of a Legend Drug and another passenger was arrested for a warrant out of Vanderburgh County.


SOURCE: Newburgh Police Department - Facebook

WARRICK COUNTY, Ind. -- The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is advising motorists there will be temporary lane restrictions on State Road 68 and State Road 161 in Warrick and Spencer counties.

Beginning on or after Wednesday, May 1, INDOT maintenance crews will begin a pavement preservation process by chip sealing along S.R. 68 from State Road 161 south (Tennyson) to Old U.S. 231 in Dale.   Once this stretch is complete, crews will then move the operation to S.R. 161 from S.R. 66 to S.R. 62.  It is anticipated work will begin at approximately 8:00 a.m. local time and be complete by 5:00 p.m. each day with all work being completed Friday, May 24, weather permitting. 

The chip-seal process consists of distributing a liquid asphalt emulsion on the roadway and covering the liquid asphalt with crushed stone to provide a new wearing surface. Chip-sealing extends the life of a roadway by protecting it from moisture, ultra-violet degradation and any other exposures that could damage a roadway.  Of the pavement preservation methods employed by the state, chip sealing is perhaps the most cost effective.  Studies show that every $1 invested in chip seal operations saves $10 in road repairs. 

The fog seal is being applied on top of the chip-seal work. The fog seal is a light application of asphalt material that can lock in loose stone and help with dust problems. It also makes the road black, which makes pavement markings more visible.

Drivers should exercise extreme caution during the construction of these projects. Loose stone will be present on the roadway during the initial cure of the asphalt and can damage windshields and paint on vehicles following each other too closely. It is recommended when travelling on a recently chip-sealed road to slow down and allow additional space between vehicles.

INDOT reminds motorists to drive slowly through the moving work zones—1) as a matter of safety, and 2) to avoid problems with “road tar” and loose aggregate.  For the latest news and information about INDOT, please visit www.in.gov/indot or www.trafficwise.org

FROM THE INDIANA STATE POLICE:  Effective immediately, Lincoln Avenue will be closed to thru traffic between Bell Road and Frame Road. A physical barrier located just west of Brandywine will prevent thru traffic. Motorists needing access to residences west of Brandywine will have to enter Lincoln Avenue from Frame Road. Motorists needing access to Brandywine and all points east will need to enter Lincoln Avenue from Bell Road. Motorists that must enter this area are encouraged to reduce their speed and keep a watchful eye for construction workers. Lincoln Avenue between Bell Road and Frame Road is expected to be closed for approximately three weeks.

DALE, Ind. -- The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is advising motorists there will be temporary lane restrictions on Interstate 64 (I-64) in Warrick, Spencer and Dubois counties.     

Beginning Wednesday, April 10, INDOT crews will be performing maintenance work on I-64 from State Road 61 (Exit 39) to State Road 162 (Exit 63).  Work will continue through Friday, April 12.  It is anticipated all work will begin at approximately 7:00 a.m. local time and be complete by 4:00 p.m. each day, weather permitting.  All lanes of I-64 in both directions will be affected during this time. 

INDOT reminds motorists to follow the posted work zone speed limit, use caution and consider worker safety when traveling through a work zone.  For the latest news and information about INDOT, please visit www.in.gov/indot or www.trafficwise.in.gov 


SOURCE: Indiana Department of Transportation

This entire week, Indiana State Police, Warrick County Sheriff’s Department, Boonville Police, Chandler Police and Newburgh Police conducted a special enforcement blitz targeting drivers who failed to stop for school buses while loading or unloading students. 

During a one-day statewide poll last year, school bus drivers throughout Indiana observed 1,089 stop arm violations. “Stop arm violations occur almost every day in Warrick County,” said Warrick County School Corporation Transportation Director Guy Gentry. In November 2007, a Warrick County girl was seriously injured when she was struck by a car on SR 261 as she was getting off the bus. 

Between 6:15 - 8:00 a.m. and 2:50 and 4:00 p.m. this week, officers followed school buses or were parked at pre-arranged locations observing for stop arm violations. During the five-day event, those officers stopped 21 drivers who illegally passed a school bus while either loading or unloading students. 

Troopers want to remind drivers they are required by law to stop and not pass a school bus when the red lights are flashing and the flashing stop arm is extended. Drivers are not required by law to stop for a school bus when they are approaching from the opposite direction and there is a concrete barrier or grassy median dividing the lanes. For example: A school bus is eastbound on SR 66 and stops at Country Place Drive to unload children. All eastbound traffic must stop for the school bus. Because there is a concrete barrier dividing eastbound and westbound traffic, drivers traveling westbound are NOT required to stop for the school bus. Drivers traveling on a multiple lane highway with no concrete barrier or grassy media are required to stop in all directions when a school bus stops to load or unload children. SR 662 between Newburgh and Evansville and SR 62 between Chandler and Boonville are two examples where drivers must stop in all directions when a school bus stops to load or unload students. 

Indiana State Police will continue to collaborate with the Warrick County School Corporation and other Warrick County law enforcement agencies to ensure all students are safe while loading or unloading from their school buses. 


SOURCE: Indiana State Police
April 5, 2013

Warrick County – Monday morning, April 1, at approximately 8:47 a.m., Indiana State Police responded to a single vehicle crash that closed S.R. 62 between Dale and Gentryville for four hours. 

Preliminary investigation revealed Larry Colter, 55, of Tennyson, was driving a 1986 Ford tanker truck southbound on SR 62 approximately two miles south of Dale when the vehicle’s right tires left the roadway on the west side. Colter attempted to get the vehicle back onto the roadway, but he overcorrected causing the vehicle to roll onto its side. The tanker continued to slide left of center and came to a final rest off the roadway on the east side. The crash caused the tanker to leak approximately 2,000 gallons of liquid fertilizer. Colter, who was wearing his seat belt, received a minor head injury and was taken to Jasper Memorial Hospital where he was treated and released. Colter is employed by Superior Ag Resources in Huntingburg. SR 62 was closed for four hours while crews used a vacuum to remove the liquid fertilizer from the ditch. Colter was cited for speed too fast to avoid a collision. His vehicle was totaled. The investigation is continuing. 

Investigating Officer: Master Trooper Bob Helfrich, Indiana State Police 


SOURCE: Indiana State Police

NEWBURGH, Ind. – It appears spring is finally arriving in southern Indiana and that means construction season is moving into high gear!  The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is announcing that State Road 261 (S.R. 261) will be closing in Newburgh / Warrick County.  

On or after Monday, April 8, crews will be closing S.R. 261 to allow the project to move into its next phase.  The roadway will be officially closed from the junction of S.R. 66 to the junction of S.R. 62 for through traffic.  The detour re-routes motorist using S.R. 66, Interstate 164 and S.R. 62.  Local traffic will have access on S.R. 261 to the point of closure. 

Construction activities will close S.R. 261 from Plank Road to Jenner Road.  Currently the road has two, twelve-foot lanes with two-foot paved shoulders.  This project will reconstruct the roadway so that there are two, fourteen-foot lanes with six-foot paved shoulders.  It will also include the construction of a right turn lane for northbound and left turn lane for southbound traffic into the Lake Ridge Subdivision. 

While the closure is in place access will be maintained for all property owners, however that access may not be in its current location.  The entrance will be temporary and made of stone.  Contractor’s crews will maintain these access points throughout the closure.  

The $12.1 million dollar project includes upgrading S.R. 261 from three to five lanes (2 lanes in each direction with a center turn lane) from State Road 66 to Fuquay Road.  From Fuquay, the roadway will be upgraded to three lanes (one lane in each direction with a center turn lane) to Old Plank Road.  The roadway continues north as two, fourteen-foot lanes to Jenner Road with dedicated turn lanes into the Lake Ridge Subdivision and improved shoulders.  The project also includes realignment of the Fuquay intersection with S.R. 261, sight distance improvements and a new stop light at the intersection of S.R. 261 and Peachwood Drive. 

The roadway is expected to re-open to through traffic in November and the projected overall completion date of the project is April 2014. 

INDOT reminds motorists to follow the posted work zone speed limit, use caution and consider worker safety when traveling through a work zone.  For the latest news and information about INDOT, please visit www.in.gov/indot or www.trafficwise.in.gov

Indiana State Police at Evansville conducted a saturation patrol last night and early this morning targeting dangerous and impaired drivers in Knox, Warrick and Gibson Counties. Between 8:00 last night and 4:00 this morning, troopers issued 48 traffic tickets, 130 warnings and arrested four impaired drivers. Troopers also arrested Timothy Short, 51, of London, KY, for Public Intoxication, a Class B Misdemeanor. He was arrested on Broadway Street in Princeton. He is currently being held on bond in the Gibson County Jail. 

Driving While Intoxicated Arrests 
Knox County: 
• Derrick Fiscus, 25, Vincennes, IN (Blood Alcohol Content .08%) Currently being held on Bond 
• Gareth Martin, 22, Vincennes, IN (Blood Alcohol Content .14%) Bonded Out 
• Sarah Jones, 27, Vincennes, IN (Blood Alcohol Content .15%) Bonded Out 

Warrick County: 
• Johnny Wise Jr, 57, Newburgh, IN (Refused) Currently being held on Bond 

Arresting Officers: Sergeant Jason Allen, Trooper John Davis, Trooper William Campbell, 
Trooper Matt Lockridge and Trooper Aaron Kaucher  

The Indiana State Police are committed to traffic safety and will continue to conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints to apprehend impaired drivers and to deter others from drinking and driving.

SOURCE/PHOTOS: Indiana State Police 

Warrick County – Thursday afternoon, January 17, at approximately 5:30 p.m., members of the Indiana State Police and Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested Edward Daine Goodman, 33, of Boonville, for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, a Class C Felony and Failure of a Sexually Violent Predator to Possess Valid Identification, a Class D Felony. 

Detectives from the Indiana State Police Cyber Crimes Section were conducting compliance checks in Warrick County to insure convicted sex offenders were registering as required by law. During their investigation they determined Goodman, a convicted sexually violent predator, had moved from his previous residence in Boonville to a different address. Goodman failed to inform the Warrick County Sheriff’s Department of his recent move to 309 West Locust Street, Apartment 4A in Boonville. Goodman was arrested while walking around downtown Boonville without incident and taken to the Warrick County Jail. He is currently being held on a $4,000 bond. 

ARRESTED AND CHARGES: 
• Edward D. Goodman, 309 West Locust Street, Apartment 4A, Boonville, IN 
1. Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, Class C Felony 
2. Failure of a Sexually Violent Predator to Possess Valid Identification, Class D Felony 

Arresting Officer: Detective Chris Cecil, Indiana State Police Cyber Crimes Section 
Assisting Officer: Sergeant Detective Marty Metzger, Indiana State Police Cyber Crimes Section 


SOURCE: Indiana State Police

DALE, Ind. -- The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is advising motorists there will be temporary lane restrictions on Interstate 64 (I-64) in Warrick and Spencer counties.    

Beginning Wednesday, January 9, INDOT crews will be performing maintenance work on I-64 from State Road 61 (Exit 39) to State Road 162 (Exit 63).  Work will continue through Friday, January 11.  It is anticipated all work will begin at approximately 7:00 a.m. local time and be complete by 4:00 p.m. each day, weather permitting.  All lanes of I-64 in each direction will be affected during this time. 

INDOT reminds motorists to follow the posted work zone speed limit, use caution and consider worker safety when traveling through a work zone.  For the latest news and information about INDOT, please visit www.in.gov/indot or www.trafficwise.in.gov