Full Notification

On August 27, 2025, at 8:46 p.m. Deputy Michael Bates conducted a traffic stop on a Beige 2007 Saturn Aurora after observing a moving violation on Broadway in Princeton.  Upon stopping the vehicle just west of town Deputy Bates identified the driver as 42-year-old Branden Wirth of Princeton.  While speaking with Mr. Wirth Deputy Bates detected multiple clues that the driver may be under the influence of an unknown intoxicant.  At that point Deputy Bates began a roadside DUI investigation.   At the conclusion of the investigation Deputy Bates placed Mr. Wirth into custody and transported him to the Gibson County Detention Center.  Upon arriving at the detention center Mr. Wirth was charged with Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangerment w/ Refusal and Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated With a Passenger Under the Age of Eighteen. 
 
Deputies Wes Baumgart, Eric Powell, and Levi Sims assisted Deputy Bates 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.