ADDISON COUNTY — On Wednesday, May 30, at 2:40 a.m. Vermont State Police checked on a suspicious vehicle parked at an auto dealer/repair shop in New Haven Junction. The shop was closed.
The trooper found the driver, identified as Ryan Doody, 36, of Woodland, Maine, asleep at the wheel with the engine running, the vehicle in drive and his foot on the brake. Doody immediately denied being the one operating the vehicle.
A check by the trooper showed Doody’s Maine driver’s license is suspended. Doody maintained that he was not driving and offered a name of a person who was driving, and yet that person was not anywhere on scene. The passenger in the vehicle said that Doody was driving.
Doody eventually admitted that he was the driver, and was arrested and charged with providing false information to a police officer. He was subsequently released with a citation to answer the charge in Addison Criminal Court.
In other recent activity, VSP troopers:
•  On May 28 at 3:30 p.m. were alerted to the theft of a Snap-on mechanic’s toolbox, mechanic’s tools, and an electric-powered toy bike from a Monkton residence. The victim had been a tenant at the home and was storing the property in a garage at the location. The estimated value of the stolen property is approximately $12,000 for the toolbox and tools and $400 for the toy bike. Anyone with information is asked to contact VSP New Haven Trooper Andrew Leise at 1-802-388-4919.
•  On May 29 at 5:08 p.m. stopped a motor vehicle driven by Donald Rivait, 57, of Shoreham on Route 22A in Bridport; the trooper said he saw Rivait traveling at 81 mph in a 50 mph zone on Route 22A in Shoreham. At the time of this incident, it was raining moderately to heavily with frequent lightning, there was standing water in the potholed roadway, and there were severe thunderstorm warnings and a tornado watch in the area. Police cited Rivait for careless and negligent driving.
•  On May 29 at 5:09 p.m. responded to a two-car accident with injuries on Route 100 in Rochester. Police report that Penny Haskins, 49, of Hancock was traveling north on Route 100 when she swerved to miss a wild turkey in the roadway. When she did so her vehicle made contact with the southbound vehicle of Kevin Ainsworth, 52, of Rochester. The contact caused Ainsworth’s vehicle, a 2001 Chevy Metro, to leave the roadway striking a telephone pole on the passenger’s side. Ainsworth was transported to Gifford Medical Center where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and his car was declared a total loss. Haskins refused medical transport.
•  Alleged that on May 29 at approximately 9 p.m. Christopher Berry, 22, of Bristol began following Shawn Thurber, 19, of Bristol in his vehicle from Panton Road in Vergennes to Plank Road in Waltham. While on Plank Road both vehicles stopped with Berry getting out of his truck and confronting Thurber with the apparent intent to assault him. Thurber drove away calling police and reporting that Berry wanted to fight. Berry followed Thurber until he was stopped by Bristol Police Officer Josh Otey on Lovers Lane in Bristol. Troopers cited Berry for disorderly conduct.
•  On May 30 at 11:55 a.m. received a report of the theft of a John Deere hydraulic push manure spreader from a farm on Middle Road in Bridport. Anyone with information regarding the theft is asked to contact Trooper Doxsee at the VSP barracks in New Haven at 802-388-4919.
•  On May 30 at 4:39 p.m. stopped a motorcycle driven by Jonathan Ryan, 27, of Benson on Route 22A in Orwell for traveling at 85 mph in a 50 mph zone. Police said he didn’t have the proper license for driving a motorcycle, the motorcycle was not registered or insured, and the license plate did not belong to the motorcycle. Ryan was cited for driving with excessive speed.
•  On May 30 were called to a family fight in Bristol. Police cited Dustin Dyer, 20, of New Haven with domestic assault.
•  On May 31 at 1:21 p.m. were called to investigate the theft of metal scaffolding from a work site off of Middlebrook Road in Waltham. The complainant reported that five sections of unsecured scaffolding were stolen from the work site sometime over the last month. The estimated value of the scaffolding is $500. Anyone with information is asked to contact Trooper Andrew Leise at 1-802-388-4919.
•  On May 31 at 8:30 p.m. responded to a one-car crash on Plank Road in New Haven. Police said that Robert Wood, 41, of Ferrisburgh was driving west on a dry Plank Road in clear weather, when he went off the south side of the road and the driver’s side of his Chevy Monte Carlo collided with a utility pole off the south side of Plank Road. The pole was not taken down.
Upon arrival, state police found Wood in the driver’s seat. He claimed several injuries. The trooper Police detected an odor of intoxicants emitting from the vehicle. The New Haven Fire Department and Vergennes Area Rescue Squad worked together to get Wood out of the vehicle. Wood was transported to Porter Hospital to be treated. There he submitted to a driving under the influence blood draw; those results are pending.
Any witnesses to this accident are asked to call the state police in New Haven at 802-388-4919.
•  On June 1 at 1:46 p.m. responded to a one-car accident on Ferson Road in Leicester in which police say Gloria Peduto, 80, of Brandon lost control of the Honda CR-V she was driving, and it ran into a ditch and struck a utility pole. Police gave Peduto a written warning for failing to maintain control of her vehicle.
•  On June 1 at 3:21 p.m. arrested Shayne Thompson, 56, of Ferrisburgh and cited her for violating conditions of her release, on her original charge for domestic assault. Thompson was processed at the New Haven VSP barracks and subsequently lodged at Chittenden County Correctional Center.
•  On June 1 were called to investigate the theft of a 1987 gray/silver Audi sedan from Ethan Allen Highway Storage in New Haven. The car was allegedly stolen in May of 2011, however the complainant said she did not report the theft until last Friday as she was unable to locate the paperwork and vehicle identification number for the car. The estimated value of the car is $1,200. Anyone with information is asked to contact VSP at 802-388-4919.
•  On June 4 were called to investigate a burglary at a private residence on West Shore Road in the Salisbury sometime over the past two months. The victim told police that someone stole a fireplace and a wood furnace from the unsecured home, which is currently for sale. She also reported that someone dumped trash on the property. The estimated value of the stolen fireplace and wood furnace is $3,500. Anyone with information concerning this case is asked to contact VSP New Haven Senior Trooper Andrew Leise at 802-388-4919.