On December 20, 2025, at 1:09 a.m. Gibson County Central Dispatch received a 911 report of a rollover accident on State Road 65 just south of County Road 400 North near Patoka. Upon arriving emergency service personnel found a Black 2000 Toyota Tundra had overturned on the highway. Upon speaking with the driver, 21-year-old Garrett Heldt of Hazleton law enforcement detected obvious clues that he was intoxicated. At that point Deputy Michael Bates began a roadside DUI investigation that resulted in Mr. Heldt being taken into custody and transported to the Gibson County Detention Center. Upon arriving at the detention center Mr. Heldt was charged with Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated.
Deputy Levi Sims and Princeton Officer Logan Lashbrook 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.
