On September 18, 2024, at 9 a.m. Gibson County Community Corrections personnel reached out to Sheriff Bruce Vanoven to inform him that a client had attempted to use a device to interfere with a probation mandated urine test. Sheriff Vanoven went to the Community Corrections facility and began an investigation into the incident. In doing so he collected statements from Facility Officer Tracy Hurst who recovered device and placed the client into an interview room. Sheriff Vanoven then questioned 29 year old Dakota Whitehouse of Hazleton about the incident. At the conclusion of his investigation he placed Mr. Whitehouse into custody and transported him to the Gibson County Jail where he was charged with a B Misdemeanor of Interfering with a Drug or Alcohol Screening Test.
All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until, and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
