On June 20, 2026, at 10:41 p.m. Gibson County Deputy Wyatt Hunt conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of First Avenue and Gibson Street in Haubstadt. Upon approaching the vehicle, a Black Hyundai Santa Fe, Deputy Hunt identified the driver as 61-year-old Julia Kissel of Haubstadt. Upon speaking with Ms. Kissel, he observed multiple clues that she may be impaired. At that point he began a roadside DUI investigation that resulted in Ms. Kissel being taken into custody and transported to the Gibson County Detention Center where she was charged with Operating While Intoxicated.
Deputies Levi Sims and Shawn Holmes assisted in this investigation.
All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
