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Vergennes Police Log: Police cite man with almost 2 pounds of pot

VERGENNES — Vergennes police on Feb. 10 cited a South Burlington man for possession of 1.89 pounds of marijuana following a 1:40 a.m. traffic stop on Main Street.

Police said that department Drug Recognition Expert Brent Newton also tested Justin B. Thayer, 24, on the scene for driving under the influence of drugs, and that Thayer could face DUI-drug charges depending on the results of a blood test administered later that night at Porter Hospital.

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Middlebury Police Log: Man charged with heroin possession

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police cited Jeffrey A. Drown, 30, of Middlebury for possession of heroin, following an incident outside of the Shaw’s Supermarket on Washington Street on Feb 7. A police officer alleged seeing Drown using a hypodermic needle in his vehicle. After getting consent, authorities searched the vehicle.

In other action last week, Middlebury police:

•  Investigated a report of vandalism to multiple mailboxes on Halladay Road on Feb.6.

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Vermont State Police Log: Cornwall man hurt in car accident

VERMONT — A one-car accident in Poultney last Thursday sent an 81-year-old Cornwall man to the hospital.

Vermont State Police said that on Feb. 9 at around 3:30 p.m. troopers responded to a crash on Route 31 in Poultney. Trooper Purdy reported that a vehicle driven by Paul Viko left the roadway hitting multiple mailboxes, a residence and a telephone pole.

Police suspect that Viko had a cardiac event or medical circumstance that contributed to the cause of the crash.

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Vermont State Police Log

 

ADDISON COUNTY — On Friday, Feb. 3, at around 9:30 p.m. Vermont State Police received a 911 call from a man who claimed to be a resident of Hancock. The man gave his name, said he was going to kill his mother and hung up.

Troopers responded to the last known address of the alleged caller in Hancock and through investigation determined that the person who called 911 was not the person the caller claimed to be.

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Middlebury Police Log: Police investigate Middlebury sexual assault case

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police launched an investigation into the reported sexual assault of a local woman on Feb. 5. Police received the report from the Porter Hospital emergency room, where the victim had gone for treatment.

In other action last week, Middlebury police:

•  Responded to a domestic violence report at a Benedict Lane residence on Jan. 30. Police arrested Matthew A. Cooke, 20, of Middlebury on a mittimus warrant from Vermont Department of Corrections and took him to court.

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Vergennes Police Log: Two charged in city gas station burglary, heroin possession case

 

VERGENNES — Vergennes police filed felony burglary and grand larceny charges after the Feb. 1 theft of more than $2,400 from the GoGo Gas Station, and also added a heroin possession charge for one of the two people allegedly involved in the burglary.

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Mother is robbed while changing her baby's diaper

NEW HAVEN — Vermont State Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men who reportedly assaulted and robbed a mother who was stopped by the side of the road changing her child’s diaper.

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Vermont State Police Log: Accident causes fuel spill, road closure

VERMONT — On Monday, Jan. 23, at 20 minutes past noon Vermont State Police Trooper Steven Gelder responded to Route 30 in Sudbury for a single-vehicle crash.

Gelder found a tractor-trailer with flatbed driven southbound by Mario Gervais, 47, of Quebec had exited off the travel portion of the wet road and collided with a guardrail. The vehicle traveled down an embankment before coming to a position of uncontrolled rest off the travel portion of Route 30.

The vehicle ruptured its diesel fuel tank, and fuel spilled onto the roadway.

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Middlebury Police Log: Police investigate empty boat in creek

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police recovered an empty boat from the Otter Creek off Bakery Lane on Jan. 23.

Police received a call about a boat stuck on some ice in the creek, about 100 yards upstream from Mister Up’s Restaurant. Middlebury Fire Department Technical Rescue went out and retrieved the boat and also checked near the Otter Creek Falls for any evidence that people might have been on board and fallen into the water.

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Vergennes Police Log: Police trace Toys 'R Us thefts to Addison County residents

VERGENNES — Vergennes police on Jan. 27 cited two Addison County residents they described as transients for retail theft in a high-profile Chittenden County case that dates back to late 2011.

Cited were Heather Kandzior, 30, formerly of Middlebury, and Francis Valiquette, 38, a Salisbury native, for stealing from the Williston Toys ’R Us, an act that was caught on video and broadcast late last year on local television.

Vergennes police said they were investigating on behalf of Williston police and issued the citations on behalf of that department.

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