Full Notification

On June 21, 2025, at approximately 2:24 a.m. Deputy Wyatt Hunt conducted a traffic stop on a Black 2021 Toyota Camry for speeding on US 41 near County Road 975 South.  Upon stopping the vehicle near Coalmine Road Deputy Hunt identified the driver as 36-year-old Ashley Wilkey of Fort Branch.  While speaking with Ms. Wilkey Deputy Hunt detected multiple clues that she was under the influence of alcohol.  At that point Deputy Hunt began a roadside DUI investigation, and at the conclusion of his investigation he placed Ms. Wilkey into custody and transported her to the Gibson County Detention Center where she was charged with Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated. 
 
Deputies Wes Baumgart, Shawn Holmes, and Levi Sims assisted Deputy Hunt in his investigation. 
 
All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.