Full Notification

On November 2, 2024, at 9:27 p.m. Deputy Wyatt Hunt conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Main and Locust Street in Fort Branch on a Green Dodge Charger after observing the driver fail to signal a turn from McCreary Street onto Vine Street.  Upon approaching the vehicle Deputy Hunt detected the odor of alcohol coming from the driver 41 year old Eric Cook of Vincennes.  At that point Deputy Hunt conducted a roadside DUI investigation and transported Mr. Cook to the Gibson County jail where he was charged with Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated. 
 
Assisting Deputy Hunt in his investigation was Deputy Bart Wagner and Fort Branch Officer Louis Jerrell.
 
 
All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until, and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.