ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police reported a number of domestic assault cases in the past week, as well as a drunken driving citation.
State police operating out of the New Haven barracks are asking members of the public to provide any information they have regarding a traffic collision that occurred on June 7, in Salisbury. Witnesses report seeing a silver SUV traveling at a high rate of speed on Kelly Cross Road in that town during the late afternoon — 3-4:30 p.m. — of that Tuesday. The unknown vehicle failed to negotiate a right turn onto West Salisbury Road and drove onto the front lawn of a West Salisbury Road home. The vehicle struck a 20-foot pine tree, uprooting it, and continued to gouge the front lawn in a sweeping right turn, spinning its wheels and continuing west on West Salisbury Road.
The witness stated that the driver of the SUV was a white male.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Vermont State Police at 802-773-9101. Information can also be submitted anonymously online at www.vtips.info or by texting “CRIMES” (274637) to Keyword: VTIPS.
In recent activity troopers:
• On June 9 at 5:37 p.m. responded to a complaint in the Hillside Drive neighborhood of Starksboro. Police said they found that 31-year-old Collin Bell was at the residence, which they said was a violation of his abuse prevention order. The trooper took Bell into custody, took him to the New Haven barracks, cited him for violation of his conditions of release and lodged him at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility on $1,500 bail.
• On June 9 at 9 p.m. received a report of a family fight in progress on Green Street in Waltham. State police ended up citing Christopher Holwager, 26, of Waltham for domestic assault.
• On June 10 at 8 p.m. responded to a residence on Jersey Street South in Addison for an ongoing domestic dispute. After a short investigation, troopers determined that Joshua Audy, 24, of Addison had assaulted a woman in the house. Police cited Audy for domestic assault.
• On June 11 at approximately 7 a.m. were notified of a domestic assault that occurred at the Basin Harbor Club in Ferrisburgh. State police arrived on scene and determined through further investigation that Duwayinie Morgan, 30, of Jamaica had assaulted a household member during a dispute. The trooper cited Morgan for domestic assault and released him on conditions. Morgan is scheduled to appear in Addison County Superior Court on June 13 to answer to the charge of domestic assault.
• On June 11 at 10:05 p.m. responded to a reported motor vehicle crash on Bethel Mountain Road at the intersection of Middle Hollow Road in Rochester. While speaking with the driver, who was not hurt during the crash, troopers noticed signs of possible impairment. The driver, identified as 28-year-old Ashley Allard of Granville, provided a preliminary breath sample that indicated her blood alcohol concentration was 0.157 percent; the legal limit for driving is 0.08. Police cited Allard for driving under the influence, first offense.
• On June 13 at approximately 9 a.m. state police received a walk-in complaint that Michael Smith, 36, of Vergennes had violated a relief from abuse order. State police looked into the allegation and decided that Smith had not violated the relief from abuse order, but that he had violated his conditions of release by continuing to contact the complainant. Police located Smith and cited him to appear in Addison Superior Court, criminal division, to answer to the charge of violation of conditions of release.