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Tuesday December 6, 2011
(USPS 439-500)
Volume 131 Edition 50
Armed robber at Mount Vernon Pharmacy remains at-large By Dave Pearce As of late Monday evening, a man who robbed the Mount Vernon Pharmacy was still on the loose, according to Posey County Sheriff Greg Oeth. The armed robber held up the pharmacy at 100 Lawrence Drive at around 2:30 on Friday afternoon. Pharmacy employees told Mount Vernon police that a white male, possibly in his early 20s, entered the store about 2:30 p.m., displayed a darkcolored handgun and took an undetermined amount of narcotics. Mount Vernon Police Chief Grant Beloat said no shots were fired, and no employees were harmed. The robber fled on foot after taking the medications, heading south. K-9 units from both the Mount Vernon Police Department and Posey County Sheriff’s Department attempted to track the robber but were unsuccessful. The trail ended about a block from the Pharmacy where officers believe the robber got into a vehicle. The robber was described as 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall with a thin build. He was last seen wearing bluejeans and a gray long sleeve shirt. He had a gray shirt-like material wrapped over his face with holes cut Officers process the scene of a Friday afternoon robbery at the Mount Vernon Pharmacy, located at out for the eyes and mouth, Beloat said. 100 Lawrence Drive.Photo by Jim Robinson
Joseph Trapp
Susan Lewis
Search warrant in Wadesville results in pair of arrests Ivan Alsop tosses candy to some young friends along the parade route at Christmas in New Harmony on Saturday. Phil Werry drives the fire truck. Photo by Connie Pearce
Mount Vernon man faces more drug charges
In November of last year, the Posey County Narcotics Unit responded to a call of a possible clandestine meth lab in a show display apartment in the Green Valley Apartment Complex located on the north side of Mount Vernon. Upon arrival at the scene, Narcotics Unit personnel located a clandestine meth lab in the bathroom of the apartment. No suspects were present at the time. Over a period of the following year, items of evidence were submitted to the Laboratory Division of the Indiana State Police regarding drug, latent print, and DNA analysis. On November 2 of this year, the Posey County Narcotics Unit,
Jon Brody Schmitt
along with other investigative assistance from the Posey County Sheriff’s Department, obtained an arrest warrant for Jon Brody Schmitt, age 22, of Mount Vernon. During the evening hours of November 2, Schmitt was located and arrested on the warrant by officers of the Mount Vernon Police Department and Posey County Sheriff’s Department. Jon Brody Schmitt was arrested without incident and lodged in the Posey County Jail on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine within 1000 feet of a family housing complex, a Class A felony, and possession of methamphetamine. Schimtt was currently still on parole at the time of his arrest.
Santa Claus arrives in style during the Mount Vernon Christmas Parade on Saturday. Jolly Old St. Nick came in on the top of the firetruck ladder. Photo by Jim Robinson
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Mount Vernon man also faces drug charges in arrest this week By Dave Pearce The Posey County Narcotics Unit has done it again. In the early part of November, personnel of the Evansville Police Department Meth Suppression Unit initiated an undercover investigation of illegal meth-related drug activity that led them to Posey County. At that point, officers of the meth suppression unit contacted personnel at the Posey County Narcotics unit at which time a joint undercover investigation was begun regarding the manufacture and dealing of methamphetamine in the Wadesville area. “Over a period of approximately three weeks, undercover drug deals were conducted at a Wadesville residence in which meth lab precursors were bartered for cash and manufactured methamphetamine. As a result of those undercover operations, a search warrant was obtained for the Wadesville residence of Joseph P. Trapp and Susan Gayle Lewis. During the late hours of Monday, Nov, 28, 2011, personnel of the Posey County Narcotics Unit, Evansville Police Department, Posey County Sheriff’s Department, Indiana State Police, and the ATF executed a search warrant at the Wadesville residence During the search, narcotics officers located methamphetamine, documents, and other related evidence. Taken into custody at the scene were Joseph Trapp, 42, and Susan G. Lewis, 39. Lewis attempted to flee from officers through the residence but was apprehended. During the course of the arrest, Posey County Animal Control Officer Chuck Mobley was bitten on the hand by a pitbull inside the residence. Mobley was transported to Deaconess Hospital inEvansville for treatment. After the scene had been processed, personnel of the Posey County Narcotics Unit obtained an
additional search warrant for another residence belonging to Trapp. This property was adjacent to the property where the initial arrests were made. During the execution of the second search warrant, officers found an active meth lab scene after which the Indiana State Police Meth Lab Team was summoned to the scene to transport and dispose of the hazardous meth-related items that had been found. The Wadesville Fire Department was also summoned to the scene for safety reasons and to provide logistical support to the narcotics unit. Both Trapp and Lewis remain lodged in the Posey County Jail facing charges of Dealing Methamphetamine, Manufacturing Methamphetamine, Possession of Precursors with the Intent to Manufacture, Possession of Methamphetamine and Maintaining a Common Nuisance. In an unrelated situation, a 25-year-old Mount Vernon man was apprehended last week as the result of an investigation that occurred on March 25. According to information provided by the Posey County Narcotics Unit, James Gahl was apprehended by the Mount Vernon Police Department. Back in March, the Posey County Narcotics Unit processed a clandestine meth lab in the 400 clock of West Fourth Street in Mount Vernon. The meth lab investigation began as the result of a foot pursuit by uniformed Mount Vernon Police officers. During the ensuing investigation, items of evidence were submitted to the Indiana State Police Lab for analysis. This week Gahl was taken into custody without incident and charged with Manufacturing Methamphetamine, a Class B Felony, as well as possession of precursors, a Class D Felony. Gahl remains lodged in the Posey County Jail.
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