An Evansville man was arrested for drinking and driving while transporting his two-year-old child. 

Arrested and Charged was Christopher Fowler, 26, Evansville, IN

• Driving While Intoxicated with a Passenger less than 18 years of age, Class 6 Felony

• Neglect of a Dependent, Class 6 Felony

• Driving While Intoxicated, Class A Misdemeanor

Yesterday afternoon at approximately 1:20, Fowler was stopped for driving erratic near North Governor and East Columbia.

Further investigation revealed Fowler was intoxicated and had a blood alcohol content of .14%.

Fowler’s two-year-old daughter was also in the vehicle.

He was taken to the Vanderburgh County Jail where he is currently being held without bond.

The two-year-old was released to her mother.

Arresting Officer: Trooper Ross Rafferty, Indiana State Police

Assisting Agency: Evansville Police

Indiana State Police is joining approximately 230 law enforcement agencies across Indiana in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over mobilization.

From mid-August through Labor Day, troopers will be working overtime to locate and arrest impaired drivers. Motorists should expect to see increased sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols.

Overtime patrols are supported with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration funds distributed by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI).

The annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign includes the Labor Day weekend, with thousands of Hoosier families taking to their vehicles for end of the summer barbecues, football games and pool parties.

With all of today’s options for getting home safely, there is no excuse for getting behind the wheel impaired.

If you see an impaired driver please call 911 and be prepared to give a vehicle description, license plate number if possible and route of travel. Here are just a few signs that a driver may be impaired:

• Weaving, swerving, drifting or straddling the center line
• Driving at a very slow speed
• Braking erratically
• Making wide turns
• Stopping without cause
• Responding slowing to traffic lights
• Driving after dark with no headlights
• Driving on the wrong side of the roadway

A Marengo man is in jail after police received a tip from Facebook that led to his arrest for robbing a Marengo bank.

Arrested and Charged was Jason Elliott, 44, 8380 Jill Circle NW, Ramsey, IN

1. Robbery, Level 5 Felony
2. Theft, Level 6 Felony

At approximately 1:35 this morning, Indiana State Police Detectives arrested Elliott in connection with the bank robbery that occurred at First Savings Bank in Marengo on Friday afternoon, August 9^th.

Indiana State Police Detectives received a tip from an unidentified individual who saw the Facebook post about the bank robbery in Marengo.

The information received helped identify Elliott.

Detectives were able to track down Elliott late last night at his residence located at 8380 Jill Circle NW, Ramsey.

Detectives were able to recover some of the money that was allegedly stolen from First Savings Bank in Marengo.

Further investigation also revealed Elliott allegedly committed the bank robbery at the Stock Yards Bank in Austin on July 19^th.

Elliott was arrested and taken to the Crawford County Jail where he is currently being held on bond.

This is an on-going investigation.

Investigating Officers: First Sergeant Juli Schnell, Detective Chuck Pirtle, Detective Matt Bufick and Sergeant Mark Green, Indiana State Police

Assisting Agencies: Crawford County Sheriff’s Department, Milltown Police and English Police

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an off-road vehicle (ORV) accident in which one adult male was arrested.

The accident occurred early this morning at approximately 3:00 a.m., near the 7000 block of Bean Blossom Road in Morgantown.

Tracy Luckey, age 24 of Nineveh, was operating an ORV on private property in a wooded area.  For reasons not yet known, the ORV flipped over pinning Luckey underneath and leaving him unconscious. 

Luckey refused medical treatment at the scene, but was taken into custody by Conservation Officer Rob Klakamp and remanded to the Brown County Jail for operating while intoxicated (OWI).

The cause of the accident is still being investigated, but alcohol appears to have been involved. The victim was not wearing a helmet or proper safety equipment.  Indiana Conservation Officers stress the safe operation of ORVs and the use of proper protective equipment such as helmets.

All charges are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

For more information on ORV safety, see offroad-ed.com/indiana

Indiana Conservation Officers were assisted by Brown County Sheriff’s Department and Columbus Regional Medics.

A 16-year-old Female and four others were killed in an early morning crash in Scott County. 

All five were ejected from the vehicle and prounounced dead at the scene.

The four deceased adult occupants have been identified as Jeremiah James Akers, 18, Deputy, Indiana; Christopher Paul Dry, 18, Indianapolis, Indiana; Wandella Marie Brown, 22, Austin, Indiana; and Elizabeth Michelle Wagner, 20, Lexington, Indiana. 

It is believed Wandella Brown was the driver at the time of the crash.   

Adam Wayne Parker, 20, of Austin Indiana was flown to UofL Hospital in Stable condition and is the owner of the vehicle.  Shelby Lynn Griffin, 21, of Texas was also flown to UofL Hospital in stable condition. 

The female teen who died hasn’t yet been identified by police. 

At approximately 2:00 a.m. this morning (Friday, August 9th) the Scott County Sheriff’s Department responded to a single-vehicle crash on North Main Street near Rose Walk Road, just north of Scottsburg. 

When officers arrived on the scene, they found Black 2002 Ford Explorer in a field to the east side of the roadway.  

The vehicle had extensive damage, and multiple occupants had been ejected. 

The sheriff’s department requested the assistance of Indiana State Police crash investigators who quickly responded and assumed the investigation. 

Two of the seven occupants were trapped inside the vehicle requiring extrication before being rushed to Scott County Memorial Hospital. 

Both were later flown to University of Louisville (UofL) Hospital and are in stable condition. 

A preliminary investigation reveals that the Ford Explorer was southbound on Main St. approaching Rose Walk Road.

For an unknown reason, the vehicle left the east side of the roadway at an excessive rate of speed. 

The car overturned several times before coming to rest in an upright position and facing north in a field off the east side of Main Street. 

None of the seven occupants were wearing a seatbelt, and all five of the ejected occupants were pronounced dead on the scene, including a 16-year-old female. 

This crash is still under investigation.  Family members of the deceased have been notified. 

Indiana State Police crash reconstructionists were assisted by units from the Scott County Sheriff’s Department, the Scottsburg Fire Department, Scott County EMS, the Austin Police Department, and the Scott County Coroner. 

Washington County EMS and the Campbellsburg Fire Department arrived at a one-vehicle accident in Campbellsburg early this morning to find a White Van overturned in a yard that had been driven by a 12-year-old boy from Bedford. 

The Washington County Sheriff’s Department received the call at 5:51a and was advised the van was overturned in a yard at the corner of SR60 and Hickory Street in Campbellsburg. 

Deputy Allen Taylor and Officer Lucas Gray investigated the scene and found the boy was from Bedford. 

EMS spoke to the boy and to his parents, who arrived later. 

The parents advised EMS they would transport him to a hospital in Bedford and did not need ambulance support. 

Deputies spoke to the boy’s parents and learned that he had never attempted to take a vehicle before and they were unaware that he took the van until they received the phone call about the crash. 

Police believe the van was headed eastbound. 

For unknown reasons, according to the police report, the van went left of center into the opposite lane of travel. 

The boy overcorrected and ran into a ditch, then overturned multiple times and came to a stop in a nearby yard. 

The only damage, other than the vehicle, was to a mailbox and damage to the grass in the yard.