Full Notification

On April 20, 2025, at 7:54 p.m., Deputy Wyatt Hunt conducted a traffic stop on a Gray 2022 motorized scooter after witnessing an equipment violation on CR 150 South and McCarty Road near Princeton.  Upon approaching the vehicle, Deputy Hunt identified the driver as 53-year-old Tracy Gayer of Princeton.  While speaking with Mr. Gayer, Deputy Hunt detected the odor of alcohol coming from the driver.  At that point, Deputy Hunt began a roadside DUI investigation that resulted in Mr. Gayer being taken into custody and transported to the Gibson County Jail.  Upon arriving at the jail, Mr. Gayer was charged with Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated and Possession of Marijuana.  A passenger on the vehicle was released at the scene.
 
Assisting Deputy Hunt in his investigation were Deputies Loren Barchett and Bart Wagner.  Also assisting in the investigation were Indiana State Trooper Tanner Hurley and Princeton Officers Matt Perry and David Jones. 
 
All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.