ADDISON COUNTY — Over the course of several months, Vermont State Police and Vergennes police have been jointly investigating several thefts in the towns of Vergennes, Panton, Addison and Ferrisburgh.
On Aug. 14 , the state police troopers were notified of an attempted theft from a motor vehicle at a Ferrisburgh home. Video footage of the suspect was obtained, and police identified him as Matthew Porcaro, 31, of Vergennes.
On Aug. 15 Vergennes police confirmed Porcaro was residing at 281 Main St. in Vergennes. A search warrant was executed at the residence, and Porcaro was placed under arrest.
Vermont State Police cited Porcaro on four counts of petit larceny. He is due to answer the charges in Addison County Superior Court, Criminal Division, on Oct. 15.
Due to active arrest warrants, police lodged Porcaro at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility for lack of $1,000 bail.
Further criminal charges are pending the completion of several active cases.
Separately, troopers responded at about 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 19, to a report of a shooting at a home on South Hill Road in Goshen. In the end they arrested Jeffrey Young, 49, of Goshen and charged him with attempted murder in the second degree, attempted voluntary manslaughter, aggravated domestic assault, and two counts of reckless endangerment. Police said he shot his son through a door. See full story in Section A.
In other recent activity, Vermont State Police working out of the New Haven barracks also:
•  On Aug. 10 at approximately 8 p.m. stopped 2013 Honda Civic on Route 7 in Ferrisburgh and cited Marcus Gutierrez, 49, of Ferrisburgh for driving with a criminally suspended license.
•  On Aug. 13 at approximately 6:45 p.m. stopped 1999 Chevy Prism on Route 22A in Bridport for not having an inspection sticker and cited Crystal Hall, 38, of Vergennes for driving with a criminally suspended license.
•  On Aug. 14 at approximately 5:40 p.m. went to the scene of a two-vehicle motor vehicle crash on Route 7 at the intersection of Old Hollow Road in Ferrisburgh. All parties involved were wearing their seatbelts. No one was injured. Both vehicles were able to leave the scene on their own power. Alcohol, drugs, and distracted driving were not factors in this crash. Police issued a written warning for entering an intersection improperly to Judy Thompson, 62, of Ferrisburgh.
•  On Aug. 15 at approximately 5:09 p.m. responded to a one-car crash on Route 30 near Sperry Road in Cornwall. Preliminary investigation showed that that Roberta Carnwath, 72, of Middlebury driving a 2005 Prius crossed the double yellow center line into the northbound lane, returned into the southbound lane, and proceeded to exit the roadway rolling the vehicle multiple times. Police suspected that alcohol played a factor in the collision. Carnwath was transported by Middlebury Regional EMS to Porter Hospital for injuries sustained in the crash, and later taken to UVM Medical Center.
State police are requesting ask that anyone with information on this crash please call Trooper June of the New Haven barracks at (802) 388-4919.
•  On Aug. 3 at approximately 12:32 a.m. received a 911 call about an assault that had taken place at a residence on Route 30 in Cornwall. Police alleged that Kalya Delphia, 24, of Cornwall had assaulted a household member. On Aug. 16, Delphia came to the New Haven barracks and was fingerprinted and photographed and cited for domestic assault.
•  On Aug. 17 at 1 a.m. clocked a car on Main Street in Vergennes at a speed of 53 mph in a posted 30 mph zone. The driver pleaded to negligent driving.
•  On Aug. 17 at approximately 5:30 p.m. received a request to be on the lookout for a vehicle traveling north on Route 7 in Ferrisburgh. Troopers stopped the suspect vehicle and cited David Mentzer, 76, of Colchester for driving under the influence.
•  On Aug. 17 at around 11 p.m. received a call about an assault that had taken place at a Ferrisburgh home. After investigating, troopers cited Daniel Mattison, 35, domestic assault. Police described Mattison as a transient.
•  On Aug. 18 at 12:30 p.m. stopped a motor vehicle on River Road in New Haven and cited Henry Babcock, 52, of Bristol for driving under the influence.
•  On Aug. 18 at 10:20 p.m. were alerted to be on the lookout for a silver 2016 Chevy Cruze that had done a burnout and was driving erratically on Route 7 in Ferrisburgh. Troopers located the vehicle, stopped it, and cited Kristine Flynn, 61, of South Burlington for driving under the influence of alcohol, second offense.
Troopers at the New Haven state police barracks announced on Aug. 19 that there will be a sobriety checkpoints conducted in Addison County staffed by area law enforcement officers within the next three weeks. This will be done in an effort to monitor the flow of traffic along Vermont’s highways in the interest of detecting and arresting persons under the influence of alcohol or any drug that has impaired their ability to operate a motor vehicle.