Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy BJ Burton
Motion day proceedings; Grand Jury indicts man for unlawful imprisonment
The Hancock County grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Lewisport resident Marcus Blake McNeese. The grand jury accused McNeese of unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, assault in the fourth-degree dating violence and three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree. The grand jury accused…
Read MoreScroggins jailed for 12 years
Evansville, Ind. Resident Perry Michael Scroggins received a total of 12 years behind bars in three separate cases before the Hancock County court system. Hancock County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Coleman handed down the sentence during motion day proceedings on September 27, 2022, at the Hancock County Judicial Center. In the first case, Scroggins received…
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Branch hanging from semi damages car No one suffered injury in an accident on state Route 144, eight miles east of Hawesville on October 26. The accident happened at 6 a.m. and Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy BJ Burton filed the accident report. Corey A. Wagner of Winamac, Ind. was driving a 2008 Freightliner east on…
Read MoreDuncan family critically injured in wreck on Hwy. 60
A severe traffic accident Thursday afternoon, October 14, sent three members of the Duncan family to the hospital. All three needed to be flown by air ambulance to the University of Louisville Hospital for the treatment of their injuries. Joann Duncan, husband Charles Duncan and granddaughter Brooklyn Conkright all suffered extremely serious injuries in the…
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Vehicle flees scene No one suffered injury in a sideswipe accident 12 miles south east of Hawesville on state Route 1700. The accident happened on September 10 at 9 a.m. Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy BJ Burton filed the accident report. Burton’s report says an unknown vehicle driving south on state Route 1700 encountered a northbound…
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Car hits light pole A driver escaped injury when her car hit a light pole in Lewisport. The accident happened on August 28 at roughly 5:45 p.m. Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy BJ Burton filed the accident report. Faye M. Wettstain, of Lewisport, pulled from a drive at the corner of High Street and Seventh Alley…
Read MoreHancock Accidents; boys injured
Cyndi Murphy with Hancock County EMS carried Kaeden Finley to an ambulance after examining him for injuries after an accident on U.S. 60 Tuesday morning. Two Breckinridge County suffered injury in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 60 in Hawesville Tuesday morning at approximately 11:30 a.m. Hawesville Police Chief Mark Powers filed the accident report. According…
Read MoreCar hits semi in Hancock
Car hits semi A Paoli, Ind. man suffered serious injury when his car crossed the centerline and struck a semi. The accident happened on June 18 at approximately 4:45 a.m. on U.S. 60, two miles east of Hawesville. Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy BJ Burton filed the accident report. According to Burton’s report, Rodney L. Ledgerwood…
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