MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police responded to a car-pedestrian accident in Court Square on Dec. 18.
As previously reported in the Addison Independent, Town Hall Theater Executive Director Doug Anderson had been walking his dog, Willie, when Anderson was struck by a car.
Anderson sustained minor injuries, but Willie bolted from the scene. The Middlebury community rallied on behalf of the Andersons in the search for Willie, a golden retriever. The elusive dog was spotted a few times during the ensuing days, but avoided capture — until Saturday, Dec. 23, when some folks saw the pup on South Street and alerted Anderson.
A complete report of Willie’s saga can be found in the A section of this edition of the Independent and at addisonindependent.com.
In other action last week, Middlebury police:
•  Restored peace on Dec. 18 at a Sydney Way home at which there was a family dispute.
•  Helped the Counseling Service of Addison County get a patient to Porter Hospital on Dec. 18.
•  Helped Porter Hospital officials calm an out-of-control patient on Dec. 18.
•  Assisted a driver whose vehicle had broken down on Court Street on Dec. 19.
•  Investigated a report of a 911 hang-up call in the East Main Street on Dec. 19. Police determined a child had been playing with the phone.
•  Interviewed a driver who alleged he had been threatened by another driver whom he had passed on Route 7 South on Dec. 19. Police contacted the suspect, who alleged the complainant had been tailgating him. Police said the matter has been resolved.
•  Were informed that someone had stolen a Dell desktop computer from Middlebury College’s Munroe Hall on Dec. 19.
•  Referred to the Vermont Department for Children & Families on Dec. 19 a combined total of nine truancy complaints involving area students who had recently been absent from classes at Middlebury Union middle and high schools.
•  Returned a mental health patient who had left the Porter Hospital without permission on Dec. 19.
•  Cited Christopher Allen, 34, of Middlebury for embezzlement, following an alleged incident at the TJ Maxx store on Dec. 20.
•  Served court-related paperwork on Dec. 20 to a South Pleasant Street resident on behalf of the Chittenden County State’s Attorney Office.
•  Served a restraining order on an individual at the Residence at Otter Creek retirement community on Dec. 20.
•  Responded to an untimely death at a Court Street residence on Dec. 20. Police said 46-year-old Ryan Murphy was found deceased. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy and the death is not considered suspicious, according to police.
•  Helped Vermont State Police with a mental health patient in the Route 125 East area on Dec. 21.
•  Helped mediate a landlord-tenant dispute in the Painter Hills Road area on Dec. 21.
•  Seized a small amount of marijuana from the vehicle of a driver whom they had stopped for a traffic violation on Bakery Lane on Dec. 21.
•  Cited Marley Heath, 29, of Middlebury for retail theft following an alleged incident at the TJ Maxx store off Court Street Extension on Dec. 21.
•  Served a temporary restraining order on a man in the Washington Street area on Dec. 21.
•  Served a temporary restraining order on a man in the Court Street Extension area on Dec. 22.
•  Responded to a domestic disturbance at a Commodore Way residence on Dec. 24.
•  Helped mediate a child custody dispute between some parents at the Middlebury police station on Dec. 24. Police advised the former couple to get further help from Addison County Family Court officials.
•  Responded to an untimely death at a Route 7 North home at around 1 a.m. on Dec. 25. Police said April Duclos, 43, was found deceased. Middlebury police said there was nothing suspicious regarding the nature of Duclos’ passing.