ADDISON COUNTY — On this past Friday, March 10, at around 1 p.m., Vermont State Police went to a home on Lapham Road in Shoreham to recover a stolen ATV. They encountered David Ambrose, 57, of Shoreham, who they learned had an active arrest warrant out for his arrest. 

Troopers took Ambrose into custody without incident, took him to the Middlebury Police Department for processing and released him to Middlebury Probation and Parole. Ambrose was then taken by probation officials to the Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility in Rutland, where he was held without bail. 

He was scheduled to appear in Addison County Superior Court, Criminal Division, on Monday, March 13.

In other recent activity, state police:

• On March 3 at 9:30 p.m. stopped a vehicle driven by Rachelle Venter, 39, of Wallingford in Middlebury and cited her for driving with a criminally suspended license.

• Late on the morning of March 8 closed one lane of Route 17 between New Haven village and Route 7 after someone crashed into a utility pole resulting in power line damage. Police opened the road fully by a few minutes after noon and did not provide any information on the crash.

• On March 10 at a few minutes before 11 p.m. went to the scene of a one-car crash on Route 125 near the intersection with West Street in Cornwall. Police cited Casey Kimball, 22, of Middlebury for driving under the influence. Troopers were assisted on scene by Middlebury Regional EMS and the Cornwall Fire Department. No injuries were reported.

• On March 11, at about 11:15 p.m., were patrolling Route 7 in Ferrisburgh and conducted a traffic stop after seeing a motor vehicle violation. Police said the driver, Mark S. Taylor, 54, of Charlotte showed signs of impairment, so they screened him, took him into custody and cited him for driving under the influence.