At 6:00 a.m. Friday morning, August 21, Indiana State Police launched a district wide saturation patrol targeting impaired and dangerous drivers.  Troopers at Evansville are responsible for patrolling Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Pike, Gibson and Knox Counties.  Saturation patrols ended at 4:00 this morning.  Troopers issued 196 traffic tickets, 126 traffic warnings and arrested 10 impaired drivers.  Indiana State Police, Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Deputies and Evansville Police also conducted a sobriety checkpoint this morning from 1:00 to 3:00 at Governor and John Street.  During the checkpoint, troopers arrested Joseph L. Johnson, 25, of Evansville, for driving while intoxicated.  Officers checked 38 other vehicles and issued three traffic tickets.

 

Drunk Driving Arrests in Vanderburgh County:         Drunk Driving Arrests in Knox County:

Lawrence Baronowsky, 59, Henderson, KY                      Timothy Wampler, 25, Vincennes, IN

Thomas Spear, 50, Evansville, IN                                      Brittany Campbell, 24, Vincennes, IN

Joseph Johnson, 25, Evansville, IN                                    Thomas Carson, 61, Bicknell, IN

Cubie L. Hunt, 30, Madisonville, KY

Bianca Rankin, 21, Evansville, IN

Bonita L. Griest, 20, Evansville, IN

James Short, 37, Carmi, IL

 

Drunk Driving Arrests in Warrick County:

Robert Walker, 34, of Owensboro, KY

 

 

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.

 

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