Drug roundup leads to several arrests in Posey Co.
Drug roundup leads to several arrests in Posey Co. By Brady Williams and Jill Lyman | May 14, 2021 at 10:53 AM CDT - Updated May 14 at 8:15 PM
POSEY CO., Ind. (WFIE) - Authorities in Posey County had arrest warrants in hand Friday morning as they rounded up several suspects on drug charges.
Reporter Brady Williams rode along with some of the deputies as they made those arrests.
The Posey County Drug Task Force had help from the Posey County Prosecutor’s Office, Posey County Sheriff’s Office, Mount Vernon Police Department, Indiana State Police, Evansville Police Department, Evansville-Vanderburgh County Joint Drug Task Force, Federal Bureau of Investigation – Safe Streets Task Force, Vincennes Police Department, New Harmony Police Department and Indiana Conservation Officer.
Mt. Vernon man sentenced to 16 years for Posey Co. burglaries
Man sentenced to 16 years in Posey Co. burglaries By Jill Lyman | April 7, 2021 at 4:16 PM CDT - Updated April 7 at 4:34 PM
POSEY CO., Ind. (WFIE) - A Mt. Vernon man was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple burglaries and thefts in Posey County.
Wednesday, 36-year-old Daniel Farris was in court for sentencing. He had previously plead guilty to two separate charges of burglary, as well as multiple charges of felony theft and residential entry.
As part of his guilty plea, Farris admitted to breaking and entering multiple residences in Posey County in February of 2020.
Wadesville man sentence to prison for failure to follow sex offender laws Casey Allen Ellis (Source: Posey Co. Prosecutor s Office) By Jill Lyman | April 7, 2021 at 3:52 PM CDT - Updated April 7 at 3:52 PM
POSEY CO., Ind. (WFIE) - The Posey County Prosecutor says 30-year-old Casey Allen Ellis, of Wadesville, will serve prison time for failing to abide by the laws required of sex offenders.
Ellis was in court Wednesday morning where he was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to Failure to Register as a Sex or Violent Offender, a Level 5 Felony.
The prosecutor says Ellis fled to Kentucky for two months and did not register as a sex offender as required by law.