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Vermont State Police Log: Flagger on road project hit by apple trailer

Posted on September 13, 2012 |
By Addison Independent



ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police were called to an accident at the intersection of Smith Street and Witherell Road in Shoreham at approximately 3:51 p.m. last Saturday.

In their report, troopers said that 48-year-old Sheila King of Rutland was working as a traffic controller at a paving site there when she waved through a tractor towing a trailer with a load of apples. The operator of the tractor, Charles Kennett, 64, of Panton, had been making a left-hand turn onto Smith Street from Witherell Road.

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Vermont State Police Log: Break-ins, burglaries occupy VSP

Posted on August 30, 2012 |
By Addison Independent



ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police “followed the Subway” to a Bristol resident they have charged with burglary in connection with an Aug. 1 break-in at the Lincoln General Store.

Police on Monday, Aug. 27, cited Josh Mayo, 21, for burglary for allegedly breaking into the Lincoln store through a side window. Once inside, authorities allege he stole around $305 in cash and $330 in cigarettes.

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Vermont State Police Log: Driver cited for leaving an accident

Posted on August 23, 2012 |
By Addison Independent



ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police responded to a two-car crash on Middlebrook Road in Ferrisburgh last Saturday, Aug. 18, at approximately 8:55 p.m.  Upon arrival, troopers fond that one of the vehicles had left the scene of the crash.

Police later located the vehicle that had left the scene. Senior Trooper Joseph Pregent said it was down an embankment off of Long Point Road in Ferrisburgh. He identified the driver as Donna Marie Trucott, 48, Ferrisburgh.

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State police promise new search and rescue policy

Posted on April 5, 2012 |
By Cindy Ellen Hill



VERMONT — The culture of the Vermont State Police is the biggest obstacle to its effectiveness, the aunt of a teenager who died on a hiking trail in January told a Senate committee last week. Alternately defensive, accommodating and apologetic, state police and state officials also testified.

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Vermont State Police Log: Accident leads to several citations for area men

ADDISON COUNTY — On Tuesday, March 6, at around 5 p.m. Vermont State Police at the New Haven barracks received a phone call alerting them to an intoxicated driver in Addison. A short time later a second phone call alerted police to a vehicle off Route 23 in Weybridge, and troopers determined that it was the vehicle observed in Addison.

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Two locals injured in Route 30 crash

Posted on March 12, 2012 |
By Addy Indy Staff



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CORNWALL — Vermont State Police are investigating a one-car crash on Route 30 in Cornwall that resulted in injuries to two Middlebury residents during the early afternoon of March 8.

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Vermont State Police are updating search and rescue policy

Posted on February 27, 2012 |
By Addison Independent Staff



WATERBURY — Vermont State Police issued a statement today saying they are revising their search and rescue policy.

The move comes after VSP received public criticism for their slow response last month to the report of a hiker missing in the Green Mountains — 19-year-old Levi Duclos — who subsequently died on the trail.

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Lawmakers call for new search rules: Backlash continues after Duclos Death

Posted on February 23, 2012 |
By John Flowers



MONPTELIER — House and Senate lawmakers on Monday are drafting legislation that would clearly define search-and-rescue protocols for Vermont emergency responders in connection with lost or injured hikers, this in the wake of the tragic death of 19-year-old Levi Duclos on a Ripton trail last month.

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Editorial: A tragedy of misplaced priorities

Posted on February 23, 2012 |
By Angelo S. Lynn



That the Vermont State Police failed to adequately respond in a search for 19-year-old Levi Duclos, who was reported to state police as an overdue hiker in Ripton on Jan. 9, has been acknowledged by most, outraged first responders and rescue volunteers across the state, distressed friends and local residents, and shaken the public’s confidence in the state police force.

It is clear to almost everyone that this is a tragedy that might have been prevented had a better system been in place.

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Approach to lost hikers different in other states

Posted on February 20, 2012 |
By Cindy Ellen Hill



MIDDLEBURY — Vermont State Police have primary responsibility for finding lost hikers and other missing people in all areas of the state that are not covered by municipal police departments.

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