MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police were kept busy last week with a wide range of service calls, including several patrols of the Bakery Lane area to check on houseless folks camping under the Cross Street Bridge, and numerous requests to attend to persons experiencing mental crises in neighborhoods throughout the town.

Middlebury police last week enforced the town’s overnight winter parking ban downtown on Nov. 14-20, and officers also:

• Helped when called to two separate reports of people experiencing mental health crises on Nov. 13, one in the Halladay Road area and the other in the Jayne Court neighborhood.

• Helped a Monarch Court resident who reported possible threatening behavior online on Nov. 13.

• Were informed of the theft of wood pallets from Good Point Recycling in Middlebury’s industrial park on Nov. 13.

• Assisted Addison County Parent-Child Center in serving a no-trespass order on Nov. 13.

• Investigated a report of someone yelling and swearing in the Buttolph Drive area on Nov. 13. Police attributed the incident to a person who was having a mental health crisis.

• Persuaded a man struggling with mental health issues to leave an Elm Street residence on Nov. 13.

• Investigated a report of someone suspected to be having a mental health crisis in the Court Square area on Nov. 13.

• Conducted extra patrols of the Case Street and Abbey Pond Road areas on Nov. 14 in light of reports of “ongoing suspicious activity.”

• Cited Paul Lafountain, 69, of Salisbury for driving with a criminally suspended license on Court Street on Nov. 14.

• Responded to a report of a possible break-in at a South Pleasant Street apartment on Nov. 14. Police determined the local fire department had entered the apartment earlier in order to clear it during a fire-related investigation.

• Checked on the welfare of a Cedar Court resident on Nov. 14.

• Did a “meet and greet” with around 20 children at the Mary Johnson Children’s Center on Nov. 15.

• Helped a person who had been experiencing a mental health crisis in the Jayne Court area on Nov. 15.

• Helped a person who was experiencing a mental health crisis in downtown on Nov. 16.

• Investigated a report of a person allegedly violating court conditions in the Court Street area on Nov. 16.

• Responded, with Middlebury Regional EMS, to a medical call at a South Village Green residence on Nov. 16.

• Responded to a report of a barking dog on the North Pleasant Street area during the afternoon of Nov. 16.

• Received a report that someone had dumped three bags of trash at the side of Schoolhouse Hill Road on Nov. 16.

• Responded to a report of a person experiencing a mental health crisis on Academy Street on Nov. 16.

• Responded to a report of a man allegedly “throwing items” in a Maple Street store on Nov. 16.

• Checked on a report of a man seen slumped over the railroad tracks off Elm Street on Nov. 16. Police said the man turned out to be fine.

• Spoke with a local man who was experiencing a mental health crisis on Nov. 16.

• Conducted speed checks on Munger Street in light of recent complaints in that neighborhood.

• Responded to a possible domestic altercation at a College Street location on Nov. 16.

• Tried to contact a driver who had reportedly been driving “aggressively” on Route 7 North during the early morning of Nov. 16.

• Helped a person who was experiencing a mental health crisis in the Abbey Pond Road area on Nov. 17.

• Responded to a report of a man acting “suspiciously” at a Court Street gas station on Nov. 17.

• Helped clear a disabled vehicle off Court Street during the evening of Nov. 17.

• Responded to a reported theft at the AT&T Store in The Centre shopping plaza on Nov. 17.

• Heard from a Meadow Way resident on Nov. 18 who said she was “almost scammed” out of $28,000 by someone who alleged she had a virus in her computer.

• Found a bike on Main Street that had been reported stolen from an Academy Street location on Nov. 17.

• Helped a local person who had been experiencing a mental health crisis on Nov. 17.

• Assisted Porter Hospital with a dementia patient on Nov. 17.

• Received a report about a driver allegedly passing other vehicles unsafely on Nov. 17.

• Found a juvenile to be in possession of a vaping device at Middlebury Union High School on Nov. 17.

• Reunited a set of lost keys with their owner on Nov. 17.

• Assisted Porter Hospital staff with an out-of-control patient on Nov. 17.

• Received a lost wallet that a person had found on Court Street Extension on Nov. 18. Police left a message with the owner to collect the wallet.

• Responded to a two-vehicle, head-on collision on Case Street (Route 116) during the morning of Nov. 18. Police said both drivers were taken to Porter Hospital for treatment of what they called “severe injuries.” Police said the driver operator responsible for the collision admitted to smoking crack-cocaine prior to the accident. Police said they’re still investigating the incident.

• On Nov. 18, arrested 22-year-old Devon R. Dempsey on a warrant for failing to appear in court.

• Cited Megan L. Swinton, 23, of Middlebury for driving under the influence, following a stop on Three Mile Bridge Road on Nov. 18. Police said Swinton provided a sample for a roadside Alco Sensor test that yielded a result of 0.229% blood-alcohol content. The legal limit for driving in Vermont is 0.08%.

• Assisted Vermont State Police with an assault-related call in the Capen Hill Road area in Goshen on Nov. 18.

• Received unfounded complaints on Nov. 19 of an alleged assault at the South Village Green apartments and a purported party at a North Pleasant Street barn.

• Checked the welfare check of a South Pleasant Street resident on Nov. 19.

• Responded to a report of a car that was on fire off Schoolhouse Hill Road on Nov. 19.

• Helped find shelter for an unhoused person on Nov. 19.