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NV traffic stop leads to DUI and Gun Charges
NORTH VERNON, Ind. – On Thursday, July 18, at 8:15 PM, Officer Nathan Vogel of the North Vernon Police Department (NVPD) conducted a traffic stop on a white Chrysler 300 for speeding in the 800 block of S State St. Officer Vogel identified the driver as Andy L. Edgar, 54, of North Vernon. While speaking with Edgar, Officer Vogel detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage inside the Chrysler and asked Edgar to step out of the vehicle.
Jennings County crash is fatal to Hayden man
NORTH VERNON, Ind. – A two-vehicle crash on West U.S. 50 at County Road 700W on Thursday has claimed the life of a Hayden man. The initial investigation by the Jennings County Sheriff’s Office indicates that at just after 2 p.m., a van being driven by Jerry L. Bridges, 82, pulled off of C.R. 700W and onto Highway 50 where it was struck by a concrete truck driven by Travis Carroll of Lovett, Indiana.
Good Samaritan was killed while assisting other motorists on US 31
EDINBURGH – The Bartholomew County Coroner’s Office has identified the Good Samaritan who died in a Thursday accident on North US 31 near County Road 800 North as 39-year-old Pawel Wierzbicki of Pennsylvania. The cause of death is listed as massive trauma to the lower extremities. He was...
Man sentenced to supervised probation for his role in road-rage fatality
SEYMOUR – A man was sentenced in his role in an August 2023 crash south of Seymour that led to the death of a Greenfield woman Thursday afternoon in Jackson Circuit Court. Austin Robert Cooper, who was 22 and a resident of Austin when the crash occurred and left Ashlea Albertson dead, will not serve prison time but will spend five years on supervised probation.
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