
vanderburgh sheriff recent bookings
USI "relieved" to put attacks abaft them. Sheriff credits "good legislation" in allowance detectives nab their man.
["465.6"]By Liz Nichols - bio | email
For eight years, board accept been attractive for a man who had been assaulting women while a west ancillary association sat "on edge."
"[He] approached females, had attacked them, in some cases sexually assaulted them," says Sgt. Doug Daza of the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office.
Now, detectives say they've got their man. 32 year-old David Wayne Collier faces a cardinal of charges, and board say there could be added added to the list. It's how they bent him though, that could alone accept been accessible with contempo technology.
"This DNA hit we got, has acutely accustomed us to accomplish an arrest," says Sgt. Daza.
["465.6"]DNA was acquired from Collier afterwards he was arrested on an un-related biologic charge. That d-n-a was placed into a civic database alleged CODIS and got a hit. A new law requires anyone answerable with a abomination to abide DNA. That's what Sgt. Daza said led to the arrest.
"Having that database to analyze to back we do collect DNA affirmation on accepted cases, cases that are activity to be in the approaching as able-bodied as added cases, is absolutely activity to be an asset to law enforcement," Sgt. Daza explained.
It's additionally abatement for acceptance and agents at USI, who achievement they can assuredly put their fears to rest.
"I anticipate what the arrests has done is it's brought some cease to those incidents, hopefully the victims, and the community," says Director of Aegis Steve Woodall.
"At atomic you apperceive he's not abnormality about and stuff," says Junior Natalie Peterson.
["465.6"]"I've never heard of a botheration like this back I've been actuality and it's nice to apperceive that they did get the guy that did account problems," says adolescent Junior Patrick Reed.
With big renovations and new barrio activity up, added aegis is activity up with it like extra emergency buttons in blow rooms, a campus advanced emergency argument messaging systems, added cameras, and coming soon: a campus advanced accessible abode system; hoping to accord acceptance and agents accord of apperception in the accident of an emergency.
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By Jill Lyman - email
VANDERBURGH CO, IN (WFIE) - The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office has arrested a doubtable in a alternation of at atomic 5 animal assaults that happened in western Vanderburgh County, including on the campus of the University of Southern Indiana.
["465.6"]The Sheriff's Office says these crimes occurred in 2000 and 2002.
David Collier, 32, was arrested in 2007 on meth charges. His DNA was again collected, because accompaniment law requires it in all abomination arrests. The Sheriff's Office says Collier's DNA matches the DNA calm at the animal assaults.
Deputies say at atomic one victim also identified Collier in a photo line-up. The Sheriff's Office also says Collier accepted to the crimes during an interview.
Collier is actuality captivated at the Vanderburgh County Confinement Center after bond. His accuse accommodate 10 felony counts.
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