ADDISON COUNTY— Shortly after 7 p.m. on March 25 Vermont State Police observed a motor vehicle violation and stopped a car on Tyler Bridge Road in Monkton.
Troopers said they found the driver, identified as 48-year-old Wight Manning of Charlotte, was operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license. Further investigation showed that Manning was driving under the influence of alcohol, police claimed.
Police screened Manning for DUI, took him to the New Haven state police barracks for processing and cited him for DUI and driving with a criminally suspended license.
He is due to answer the charges in Addison Superior Court, criminal division, on April 16.
In other recent activity, Vermont State Police:
•  On March 22, during the early morning hours, conducted a saturation patrol on Route 7 in Addison County with a focus on enforcing motor vehicle laws. While on patrol, troopers made multiple motor vehicle stops and arrested one operator for Driving Under the Influence (DUI).
•  On March 22 at approximately 3:20 p.m. stopped a car on Route 7 and found Crystal Hall, 38, of Middlebury had an active warrant out for her arrest. Police arrested her, and then released Hall with a citation to appear in Franklin Superior Court.
•  On March 23 cited Wayne Bezanson, 58, of Whiting for driving with a criminally suspended license on Shoreham-Whiting Road in Whiting .
•  On March 24 at approximately 1:18 a.m. stopped a car on Route 7 in Ferrisburgh, detected signs of impairment and eventually cited Dustin Brace, 22, of Ferrisburgh for driving under the influence.
•  On March 27 at approximately 11:25 a.m. stopped a car on Spear Street in Charlotte and cited Susan Brace, 23, of Ferrisburgh for driving with a criminally suspended license.
•  On March 28 cited Japheth Kehoe, 33, of Weybridge for driving with a criminally suspended license on Route 7 in Middlebury.
•  On March 29, while assisting another state agency with an ongoing investigation in Orwell, determined that Emily Bowen, 21, of Orwell and Justin Deuso, 34, of Colchester attempted to obstruct law enforcement officials while in the performance of their official duties. State police report that Bowen assaulted Trooper Brett Flansburg and resisted arrest.
Police cited both Bowen and Deuso for obstruction of justice and Bowen for assault on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest, as well.
•  On March 29 at a few minutes before 11 p.m. got a report that a tractor-trailer had slid off Route 7 and was on its side in Charlotte near State Park Road. Police said Christopher Fionda, 62, of Swanton  was driving the 2003 Peterbilt truck northbound on Route 7 at approximately 45 mph, when the truck drifted outside the northbound lane toward the right and off the roadway, before coming to rest on its side immediately adjacent to the highway. No injuries were reported.
Route 7 was reduced to one lane of travel for several hours while the vehicle was removed from the roadway. State police were assisted on scene by members of the Williston Police Department; Charlotte, Ferrisburgh and Shelburne fire departments; and Charlotte Rescue Squad.
This crash is still under investigation; anyone with information regarding this crash is asked to contact the New Haven State Police barracks at 388-4919.
•  On March 31 at a few minutes passed midnight saw a motor vehicle with defective equipment driving westbound on Route 17 in New Haven and stopped it. Troopers screened Christopher Jerome, 27, of Lincoln for driving under the influence and subsequently arrested, processed and cited him for DUI, driving with a criminally suspended license and violation of conditions of release.
•  On April 2 at approximately 6 p.m., while on directed patrol in the area of Hamilton Road and Cave Road in Weybridge, stopped a grey 1999 Chevy Blazer on Quaker Village Road after observing an equipment violation. Police cited 34-year-old George Sheldrick of Weybridge for driving with a criminally suspended license.
•  On April 2 stopped a car on Route 22A in West Haven for an observed traffic violation and cited Sara L. Kimball, 22, of Shoreham for driving with a criminally suspended license.
State police operating out of the New Haven barracks release a daily log of a selection of their activities. In Addison County, those activities included:
•  March 20, suspicious person or circumstance, Pearson Road, New Haven.
•  March 20, directed patrol, Route 7 and Stage Road, Ferrisburgh.
•  March 20, consent search, Route 7 at Little Chicago Road, Ferrisburgh.
•  March 20, motor vehicle disturbances, Liberty Street, Bristol.
•  March 20, motor vehicle disturbances, Route 17 at Sawyer Hill Road, New Haven.
•  March 21, directed patrol, Route 7 and West Salisbury Road, Salisbury.
•  March 21, agency assist, Lucius Shaw Lane, Middlebury.
•  March 21, motor vehicle disturbances, Court Street, Middlebury.
•  March 22, directed patrol, Route 7, New Haven.
•  March 22, DUI, Route 7 and Main Street, New Haven.
•  March 22, accident with damage, Silver Street at Murray Road, Monkton.
•  March 22, suspicious person or circumstance, Shoreham-Whiting Road, Whiting.
•  March 22, traffic crash, Route 7 at Plank Road, Waltham.
•  March 22, suspicious person or circumstance, Fern Lake Road, Leicester.
•  March 24, DUI, Greenbush Road at Route 7, Ferrisburgh.
•  March 24, citizen assist, Birch Lane, Starksboro.
•  March 24, directed patrol, Routes 7 and 17, New Haven.
•  March 24, juvenile problem, Route 7, New Haven.
•  March 24, directed patrol, Route 7 South and Stoney Hill Road, Bristol.
•  March 25, arrest warrant, Routes 7 and 22A, Ferrisburgh.
•  March 25, DUI, Tyler Bridge Road and Twin Ridge Road, Monkton.
•  March 25, suspicious person or circumstance, Routes 116 and 17, Bristol.
•  March 25, agency assist, South Street, New Haven.
•  March 25, agency assist, West Main Street, Vergennes.
•  March 26, agency assist, Main Street, Vergennes.
•  March 26, directed patrol, Route 7 and Stage Road, Ferrisburgh.
•  March 26, juvenile problem, Hinesburg Road, Charlotte.
•  March 26, suspicious person or circumstance, Dewey Road, Salisbury.
•  March 26, motor vehicle disturbances, Drake Woods Road and Route 116 North, Bristol.
•  March 26, fraud, Delong Lane, Shoreham.
•  March 26, suspicious person or circumstance, Route 7, New Haven.
•  March 27, citizen assist, Sugar House Motel on Route 7, New Haven.
•  March 27, directed patrol, Route 7 and River Road, New Haven.
•  March 27, fraud, Middlebrook Road, Ferrisburgh.
•  March 27, criminal charge of driving with a suspended license, Spear Street and Hinesburg Road, Charlotte.
•  March 27, suspicious person or circumstance, South Street, New Haven.
•  March 27, false alarm, Hunt Road, New Haven.
•  March 28, 911 hang-up, Monkton Road, Ferrisburgh.
•  March 28, motor vehicle disturbances, Monkton Bristol Road, Monkton.
•  March 28, suspicious person or circumstance, Route 7, Ferrisburgh.
•  March 28, conditions of release violation, Route 7 South, Middlebury.
•  March 28, false alarm, Fuller Mountain Road, Ferrisburgh.
•  March 28, obstructing justice, Fisher Road, Orwell.
•  March 28, suspicious person or circumstance, Beeman Elementary School, New Haven.
•  March 28, motor vehicle disturbances, Route 7, Ferrisburgh.
•  March 29, traffic crash, West Shore Road, Salisbury.
•  March 29, citizen assist, Upper Plains Road, Salisbury.
•  March 30, motor vehicle disturbances, Route 22A, Addison.
•  March 30, suspicious person or circumstance, Lake Dunmore Road and Plains Road, Salisbury.
•  March 30, motor vehicle disturbances, Mount Philo just south of the state park, Charlotte.
•  March 30, citizen assist, Route 7, New Haven.
•  March 30, suspicious person or circumstance, River and York Hill roads, Lincoln.
•  March 30, suspicious person or circumstance, Smead Road, Salisbury.
•  March 30, citizen dispute, Tulley Road, Cornwall.
•  March 30, motor vehicle disturbances, West Salisbury Road and Route 7, Salisbury.
•  March 30, directed patrol, Routes 17 and 116, Bristol.
•  March 31, DUI, Routes 17 and 7, New Haven.
•  March 31, fraud, Route 7, Ferrisburgh.
•  March 31, fraud, West Street, Cornwall.
•  March 31, 911 hang-up, Route 22A, Addison.
•  March 31, citizen assist, Pea Ridge, Road, Ferrisburgh.
•  March 31, citizen assist, Dove Lane, Ferrisburgh.
•  March 31, directed patrol, Route 7 and Main Street, New Haven.
•  April 1, vandalism, Rockydale Road, Bristol.
•  April 1, citizen assist, Lafountain Lane, Weybridge.
•  April 1, alarm, Gap Road, Goshen.
•  April 1, citizen dispute, Lapham Bay Road, Shoreham.
•  April 1, threatening, East Street, Bridport.
•  April 1, motor vehicle disturbances, Route 7, New Haven.
•  April 1, citizen dispute, Lafountain Lane, Weybridge.
•  April 1, suspicious person or circumstance, West Shore Road, Salisbury.
•  April 2, citizen dispute, Lafountain Lane, Weybridge.