Crime
Vergennes Police Log: Fighting and biting ends with citation
VERGENNES — Vergennes police investigated two cases last week involving youths and violence, and they cited a teen in one of them.
On Aug. 31, city police cited a 16-year-old into juvenile court following an incident in the Main Street area, alleging he hit and bit a female acquaintance.
On Sept. 2, police responded to a fight they said broke out after a soccer game at Vergennes Union Elementary School that resulted in one participant being taken to a hospital for treatment. Police said that incident remains under investigation.
Between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4, Vergennes police also responded to a false alarm, conducted three patrols by cruiser and two on foot, made three traffic stops, and:
On Aug. 29:
- Responded to a complaint of a man acting erratically and then threatening National Bank of Middlebury employees. Police couldn’t find him to serve a no-trespass order and said the same man reportedly had done the same at the bank’s Bristol branch. Vermont State Police eventually served the order two days later.
- Mediated a family dispute at a High Street residence.
- Took a report that a car parked on Main Street had at some point been struck by another car.
On Aug. 30, were told a car parked on North Street had been vandalized.
On Sept. 1:
- Were told a young girl walking down School Street with a man was screaming for her mother; police found no one.
- Looked into an allegation that a neighbor had stolen cash and belongings from a Main Street apartment.
On Sept. 2:
- Briefly directed Main Street traffic while a resident backed a camper into a driveway.
- On behalf of a Panton Road resident, checked the welfare of someone staying at a Ferrisburgh home; he was fine, police said.
- Suggested a Main Street apartment resident contact the city health officer with her concerns about a water leak causing mold in her unit.
On Sept. 3:
- Gave a pedestrian recovering from a foot injury a ride home.
- Responded to one-car accidents on Main Street and East Road.
- Upon learning the department’s speed cart on Main Street had been tampered with, removed cardboard signs from it and moved it.
On Sept. 4:
- Responded to a report of a suspicious person in the Shaw’s Supermarket parking lot and determined the person in question posed no problem or threat.
- Helped an elderly resident of Panton Road who police said was dealing with dementia.
- Calmed a verbal domestic dispute outside the Hillside Apartments complex.
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