Full Notification

On October 29. 2025, at 6:53 p.m. Gibson County Central Dispatch received a 911 report of an accident involving a Black Chevy Silverado and two parked vehicles in Patoka.  Upon arriving, Deputies spoke with the driver 46-year-old Joshua Hartley of Evansville.  While speaking with Mr. Hartley Deputies detected clues that Mr. Hartley was under the influence of illegal drugs.  At that point they began a roadside OWI investigation.  At the conclusion of the investigation Deputy Wyatt Hunt placed Mr. Hartley into custody and transported him to the Gibson County Detention Center where he was charged with Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated with a Prior Conviction, Possession of Methamphetamines, and Possession of Marijuana.
 
Deputies Shawn Holmes and Sgt. Loren Barchett assisted Deputy Hunt in his investigation.  Princeton Officer David Jones also assisted in this investigation. 
 
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