On November 27, 2025, at 12:20 a.m. Deputy Michael Bates conducted a traffic stop on a White 2009 Chevy Cobalt near the intersection of County Road 100 North and County Road 275 West after observing the driver commit a moving violation. Upon approaching the vehicle Deputy Bates identified the driver as 59-year-old Cinda Flachbart of Patoka. During a roadside investigation Deputy Bates ran Ms. Flachbart through the National Crime Information Center system and discovered that Ms. Flachbart had an active warrant for her arrest. While taking her into custody Methamphetamines were found in her possession. At the conclusion of the roadside investigation Ms. Flachbart was transported to the Gibson County Detention Center where she was held on the active warrant and a new charge of Possession of Methamphetamines.
Deputy Bates was assisted in his investigation by Deputy Levi Sims and Princeton Officer Jackie Woods.
All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
