Full Notification

 
On March 22, 2024, at 11:39 p.m. Deputy Bart Wagner conducted a traffic stop on a traffic stop on a Red 2023 Tao Moped on North Gibson Street near Emerson Street in Princeton after observing the driver of the vehicle failing to maintain their lane of travel.  While speaking with the driver 53 year old Rodney Benson of Princeton Deputy Wagner detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage.  At that point Deputy Wagner began a roadside DUI investigation.  During the roadside investigation Mr. Benson physically began to resist Deputy Wagner and Princeton Officer Nick Rainey.  At that point Mr. Benson was taken into custody and transported to the Gibson County Jail.  Upon arriving at the jail Mr. Benson was charged with Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated With a Prior Conviction, Battery on a Public Safety Official, and Disorderly Conduct.
 
Assisting Deputy Wagner and Officer Rainey in their investigation was Princeton Sergeant Ben Kiesel and Gibson County Sergeant John Fischer.
 
All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until, and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.