Officers respond to attempted robbery report

Captain David Pippin of the Ripley County Sheriff's Department, responded to a call that there were suspicious male subjects at the Interstate 74 Eastbound Rest Park possibly attempting to rob a truck driver there.

The report came in at approximately 7:00 p.m. Sunday evening, April 9.

Captain Pippin was on State Road 101, just north of Sunman when the call was dispatched. He quickly responded and found the vehicle in question, a Cadillac, at the 157 mile marker. Although the windows were tinted he could tell there were at least three individuals inside and requested back up.

Batesville's officer Lt. Jeff Thielking arrived to assist, with officer from Dearborn County and the Indiana State Police also responding.

Further investigation revealed the men were not actually trying to rob the truck driver as initially thought. The three had been actively involved in a dice game near one of the trucks and the driver, who had been robbed before, mistook their actions as an attempt to lure him over to commit robbery.

The officers did however find that one of the occupants of the Cadillac, Raymond M. Keezer, was wanted on a warrant out of Florida. Another occupant is currently on probation in Ohio for Grand Theft Auto. Keezer was transported to the Ripley County Jail and arrested for Public Intoxication. The other two occupants were released.