Beginning early morning on Oct 16th, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office worked simultaneously with agencies from across the county in an effort to arrest persons with outstanding warrants for family violence and domestic related issues. The 11th Annual National Family Violence Apprehension Detail is coordinated by the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office in Oregeon and includes agencies from most states in the United States. The participating agencies work to serve outstanding arrest warrants with charges ranging from harassment to murder that originated from a family violence incident.
This collaborative effort hopes to raise awareness about the problem of family and domestic violence in our communities and demonstrate that this social problem is important to law enforcement and our citizens. It also demonstrates to offenders that they will be held accountable for their violent actions and/or their non-compliance with court orders.
The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by the U. S. Marshal Service and the Indiana State Police, detailed 13 deputies and attempted to serve warrants on numerous persons. The warrants were for charges including Failure to Pay Child Support, Interference with Reporting a Crime, Possession of Cocaine, Domestic Violence Battery, Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and Resisting Law Enforcement.
In Vanderburgh County, the sweep resulted in the service of 21 arrest warrants on 11 subjects. All persons arrested in this detail reside in Vanderburgh County.
Hunter, Cory       22     Dealing Cocaine, Resisting Law Enforcement
Staten, Darius      41     Contempt of Court-Habitual Offender
Schaefer, Gregory   23     FTA:Domestic Battery
Majors, Elaundrea   42    Federal Warrant-Possession of Cocaine
Meriwether, Torrence  56  Non Support of a Dependent
Hooper, Joseph      33   FTA:Domestic Battery, Criminal Mischief
Hartman, Wayne    23    FTA:Battery, Minor Possession
Monarch, Donald   25    FTA:Domestic Battery
Orth, Jeffrey     38       FTA:Domestic Battery, Public Intox
Swalls, Barbara   42     Forgery/Fraud, Resisting Law Enforcement
Gardner, Shawn   42     Failure to Register as a Sex Offender
