Deputies to be honored for work

Published: February 25, 2008 | 6924th good news item since 2003

A number of Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Department deputies will be recognized in April for acts ranging from saving residents from a fire to solving ongoing cases to organizing charity events.

In all, 15 deputies – all of whom were awarded deputy of the month during 2007 – will be honored at the next Vanderburgh County Deputies’ Organization meeting.

The deputies of the month from 2007 who are being honored are as follows:

• January – Aaron Hunter, Rob Clark and Chad Howard – Evacuated two residents from a residential fire.

• February – Tom Wedding – Tracked, monitored and arrested numerous sex offenders while maintaining the sex offender registry/Web site.

• March – Toby Wolfe and Matt Weiss – Solved an auto theft case and later assisted an Evansville Police Officer arrest the suspect, who was fighting the police officer and trying to take his gun.

• April – Rob Clark – Pursued a suspect on foot and later recovered 1.25 pounds of cocaine from him.

• May – Nathan Sugarman and Jeff South – Evacuated residents from a residential fire.

• June – Joe Beckwith – Arrested a three-time burglary suspect and out-of-state parolee after identifying the suspect as he pumped gas at a filling station.

• July – Raymond Reason – Conducted a traffic stop that yielded 20 pounds of marijuana

• August – Mike Robinson – Climbed in an overturned glass-filled vehicle to assist the driver and passenger and prevent life threatening injuries at a traffic accident.

• September – Kelly Williams – Recognized for his off-duty work in organizing the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.

• October – Stuart Mosby – Thoroughly investigated a stolen vehicle/hit and run/false informing case.

• November – Rob Lutz – Assisted during a residential blaze to prevent the spread of the fire and the complete destruction of the home.

• December – James Martin – Recognized for organizing the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office Shop With a Cop event.

An exact date for the April meeting has not yet been set.

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