Indiana Man Apprehended Tuesday Afternoon Published on December 30 2020 1:38 pm Last Updated on December 30 2020 2:16 pm Written by Matt Robinson
On Tuesday morning at approximately 10:58 the Effingham County Sheriff s Office was contacted regarding a suspicious vehicle parked in a rural driveway a mile east of Effingham, with a driver honking the horn. The vehicle was reported to be occupied by a single black male who appeared to be intoxicated. He was asking for gas from the homeowner who told him they had none. The vehicle left the residence and patrol deputies began to search for the reported intoxicated driver.
At 12:09 in the afternoon the Sheriff s Office received a call from a women who arrived home at a residence not far from the initial call and met a black male leaving her residence driving her maroon Chevy Silverado pickup. She turned around to follow the truck and called the Sheriff s Office. The suspect drove south and east approximately two miles and aba