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Police/Courts

  • 18-year-old charged with child molesting

    An 18-year-old Mount Vernon man is charged with molesting a child and is being held on a $10,000 cash bond.

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  • Two from Mount Vernon face federal charges

    Two Mount Vernon residents are facing federal charges for involvement with drugs and firearms.

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  • Man found guilty of drug crimes

    A Mount Vernon man has been found guilty on three drug-related charges stemming from a March investigation.

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  • Meth lab busted on Elm

    By SARA MANIFOLD
    community@mvdemocrat.com

    A complaint about a chemical odor led police to an active meth lab in city limits.
    Two uniformed Mount Vernon Police officers and Posey County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to South Elm Street in Mount Vernon to investigate the chemical odor.
    Officers determined the odor was coming from a home located at 246 South Elm Street. The property owner, according to a press release from the Posey County Narcotics Unit, told police that another individual was living at the home.

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  • Men hurt in wreck

    Two Illinois drivers were transported to the hospital after their pickup trucks collided one mile east of the Wabash Memorial Bridge.
    According to Posey County Sheriff Greg Oeth, police and emergency crews responded to the two-vehicle wreck Wednesday at 8:35 p.m.
    The eastbound 2009 GMC pickup truck, driven by Steven Wright, 44, of Ridgeway, Ill., allegedly drove left of the center line and struck a 2005 Chevrolet pickup truck, driven by Kevin D. Neal, 53, of Equality, Ill.

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  • Traffic stop leads to meth find

    Three Mount Vernon residents were arrested after a routine traffic stop turned into a drug bust.
    On Sunday, Oct. 9 at 10:35 p.m., police pulled over a maroon Dodge Intrepid at Fourth and Locust streets in Mount Vernon for driving left of center.
    The driver, Troy D. Montgomery was in the vehicle with Susan M. Potts and Scott A. Beste.
    According to a police report from the Indiana State Police, the vehicle was not registered or insured and the driver, Montgomery, had a suspended license.

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  • Investigation nets 2 charged with drug crimes

    A drug investigation that began in Evansville led police to Posey County, netting the arrest of two Wadesville residents who face charges for manufacturing meth near a school.

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  • Man stabbed during domestic dispute

    A Mount Vernon man allegedly involved in a domestic dispute was transported to a hospital in Evansville after being stabbed.

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  • Posey man to serve federal time

    U.S attorney Joe Hogsett was back in Mount Vernon last week to announce the sentencing of a Poseyville man for firearms violations.
    Manuel DeJesus Aguilar, 40, of Poseyville, was sentenced to a year in prison after
    he pleaded guilty to entering the country without authorization after deportation
    and unlawfully possessing a firearm as an alien.
    The case results from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms

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  • Two Posey County men federally indicted

    community@mvdemocrat.com

    Two Posey County residents have been indicted by a grand jury and now face federal charges of possessing firearms by convicted felons.
    Roger Greathouse Jr. and Donald Pilkington both have prior felony convictions.
    Greathouse has a prior felony convictions for dealing a controlled substance, forgery and dealing methamphetamine.

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