VERGENNES — Incidents for the Vergennes police department between Nov. 18 and 24 included retail theft, a domestic dispute, two phone problems and one allegedly drunk driver.
During that week-long period, Vergennes police:
•  On Nov. 18 spoke to a woman who came into the station and was concerned about her son’s apparent use of illegal drugs.
•  On Nov. 18 cited a female juvenile for retail theft for allegedly stealing two pregnancy kits from Kinney Drug Store. Police said this case was unrelated to another recent citation for theft of pregnancy kits from the same store.
•  On Nov. 18 spoke with a Northlands Job Corps student who was receiving unwanted text messages on his cell phone; police determined they were probably arriving because of careless web browsing, and advised the student to be careful while using the Internet.
•  On Nov. 19 responded to a domestic dispute between a man and a woman at a Main Street apartment; police said it apparently began when the woman accused the man of stealing a pot pipe and escalated when she told him she would end their relationship. Police forwarded a report on the incident to the Addison County State’s Attorney’s office to determine if assault charges should be filed against one or both of the parties.
•  On Nov. 19 helped Bristol police execute a search warrant.
•  On Nov. 20 looked into a report of the smell of smoke on New Haven Road and determined it came from a wood stove.
•  On Nov. 20 helped the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad on a Monkton Road call.
•  On Nov. 21 spoke to a hockey coach who had dealt with kids not being picked up at the Memorial Sports Center in Middlebury; the coach drove the children to a West Street home, but the mother was not there. Police found the parent at a friend’s home; she said she had fallen asleep there.
•  On Nov. 22 dealt with a minor two-car accident at the intersection of Main and South Maple streets.
•  On Nov. 22 were told by a driver that he had accidentally struck the bus stop sign at the corner of Main and Green streets, damaging the sign and some curbing.
•  On Nov. 22 searched unsuccessfully for a young pedestrian that a driver reported that she had struck near the Small City Market.
•  On Nov. 23 cited Amanda Nelson, 23, of New Haven for driving under the influence of alcohol; police stopped her car on Short Street for failing to obey a stop sign.
•  On Nov. 23 took a report from a Green Street resident that a Montreal woman was making harassing phone calls to him.
•  On Nov. 23 backed up Northlands security while they confiscated a small amount of marijuana from a student who had jumped out of a dorm window trying to elude them; the student was dismissed from the program.