On November 27, 2020, at 9:56 p.m. Gibson County Central Dispatch received a report of an intoxicated driver on Giro Road near Crawford Hill in rural Gibson County. The caller advised that the driver was driving a Black 1998 Jeep Cherokee and gave Communications Officers an accurate location to find the vehicle. Deputy Bryce Jutzi went to Giro Road and found the vehicle where the caller stated it was at. Upon approaching the vehicle, he found the driver 31-year-old Alexander Anthis of Fort Branch in a state of intoxication. At that point Deputy Jutzi began a roadside investigation that resulted in Mr. Anthis being taken into custody and transported to the Gibson County Jail. Upon arriving at the jail Mr. Anthis was charged with Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated. He remains in custody on a $650 bond.
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