Trooper Stump News Today

VIGO COUNTY - Thursday, February 1, 2024, at approximately 8:00 p.m., Trooper Gerald Stump stopped a silver passenger vehicle on Lafayette Avenue near Garfield Avenue for expired license plates. As soon as the vehicle stopped, the driver immediately jumped out and ran on foot.  Trooper Stump pur ...

By Web Desk Dec 19, 2020 7:39 PM VIGO Co., Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) -- Indiana State Police is recognizing one of their troopers for saving the life of a West Terre Haute man Saturday morning. It happened just before 3 a.m. They said Trooper Gerald Stump was on a normal patrol on Cherry Street over the Wabash River bridge when he saw a man collapsed over the concrete barrier of the bridge, facing the river, and with his feet off of the ground.  They said Stump approached the man, trying to ge...

Updated: 12:17 PM EST December 19, 2020 TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — An Indiana State trooper is credited with saving a mans life early Saturday morning on a Wabash River bridge. Trooper Gerald Stump was on patrol just before 3 a.m. Saturday when he saw a man collapsed on the edge of the Cherry Street bridge just west of downtown Terre Haute.  Stump found the man over the concrete barrier of the bridge, facing the river, with both feet off the ground. Trooper Stump stopped and careful...