On March 9, 2026, at 7:05 p.m. Deputy Shawn Holmes conducted a traffic stop on a Gray Chrysler 200 for speeding on US 41 near County Road 600 South. Upon stopping the vehicle Deputy Holmes identified the driver as 41-year-old Chelsea Tieken of Evansville. During a routine check of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles Deputy Holmes discovered that Ms. Tieken’s Operator License was suspended on a prior driving while suspended conviction. Deputy Holmes requested a tow truck be dispatched to the scene and began a vehicle inventory per department policies and procedures. During that inventory illegal drugs were found inside the vehicle. At that point Deputy Holmes went to Ms. Tieken’s location and read her the Miranda Warning. During that interaction more drug paraphernalia was seized. Once the investigation was completed Ms. Tieken was taken into custody and transported to the Gibson County Detention Center where she was charged with Driving While Suspended/Prior, Possession of Paraphernalia, and Possession of Methamphetamines.
Deputy Bart Wagner assisted Deputy Holmes 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.
