On January 29, 2024, at 11:02 p.m. Gibson County Deputy Wyatt Hunt conducted a traffic stop on a Blue Ford Fiesta 2014 after observing the vehicle failing to maintain its lane of travel multiple times while on State Road 64. Upon stopping the vehicle on State Road 64 near County Road 180 East Deputy Hunt immediately detected the odor of burnt Marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. At that point Deputy Hunt had the driver 36 year old Jeffrey Johnson of Petersburg step out of the vehicle so he could conduct an OWI investigation. At the conclusion of his investigation Deputy Hunt placed Mr. Johnson into custody and transported him to the Gibson County Jail where he was charged with Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated.
Assisting Deputy Hunt in his investigation was Deputies Michael Owens and Bart Wagner. Also assisting in the investigation was Princeton Officers Bryan Archibald, Ben Kiesel, and Zach Strickland.
All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until, and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
