MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police received a report that someone has stolen a dead deer from a Munger Street resident’s yard on Nov. 24.
Police said the deer had been gutted and was hanging so that its blood would drain. The thief took it away from where it had been hanging, according to police.
Anyone with information about this theft is asked to call Middlebury police at 388-3191.
In other action last week, Middlebury police:
•  Helped locate a dementia patient who had walked away from a Lindale Circle home on Nov. 19.
•  Told the resident of a Court Street Extension apartment to keep the noise down on Nov. 20.
•  Assisted a driver whose vehicle had struck a rabbit while traveling on Ossie Road on Nov. 20. Police said the driver took the injured rabbit to a veterinarian.
•  Cited Anthony Baker, 26, of Brandon for a criminal count of driving with a suspended license, following a traffic stop on Route 7 South on Nov. 20.
•  Responded to a reported shoplifting incident at Hannaford’s supermarket off Court Street Extension on Nov. 21. Police said the case remains under investigation.
•  Cited Kasey Fredette, 25, of Benson from a criminal count of driving with a suspended license, following a traffic stop on Route 7 South on Nov. 22.
•  Were asked to check on the welfare of a woman and young children at a Valley View apartment on Nov. 23. Police said they learned the woman didn’t reside at the address provided.
•  Separated a couple that had been involved in a domestic dispute at a Danyow Drive home on Nov. 23.
•  Received two separate reports on Nov. 24 about men allegedly leaving the Middlebury Mobil Short Stop on Route 7 without paying for items, including beer. The cases are both under investigation.
•  Were informed someone had vandalized a garage off Piper Road on Nov. 24.
•  Were informed of the theft of a jacket and keys from a Middlebury College locker room off South Main Street on Nov. 25.
•  Served a no-trespass order on Nov. 25 on a woman not wanted at Shaw’s Supermarket on Washington Street.