Full Notification

On December 13, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. Gibson County Central Dispatch received a report of a single vehicle accident in the 6500 block of South 1050 West.  Deputies were advised by Communications Officer James Griswold that a truck had left the roadway and ran into some trees.  Upon arriving officers found the driver 26 year old Alberto Alvarado Paz in an extreme state of intoxication.  At that point Deputy Bryan Small began a roadside investigation into the incident.  Once the investigation was completed Mr. Paz was transported to the Gibson County Jail where he was charged with Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated/ Endangerment and Operator Never Licensed.
 
Assisting Deputy Small in his investigation was Sgt. Roger Ballard, Deputy Jennifer Loesch, Special Deputy Jim Tucker, Special Deputy Chuck Frederick, Conservation Officer Matt Clark, and Jail Officer Pamela Barbosa. 
 
 
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