2 Former Spencer County Officials Arrested

Evansville IN

13 September, 2021

1:23 PM

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By John Gibson, WNIN Sept. 13, 2021 Police have arrested two former Spencer County officials after a 20-month investigation. Indiana State Police say troopers and the Indiana State Board of Accounts were asked to investigate former Luce Township Trustee Sarah Frederick and Trustee's Clerk Angela Ward, starting in January 2020. In a release, the ISP said the allegations include Theft, Obstruction of Justice, and Official Misconduct. The Spencer County Circuit Court issued warrants for Frederick and Ward late last week. The ISP says officers arrested Frederick on Friday and Ward on Saturday. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.