VERGENNES — Vergennes police last week were twice called to deal with patients being dismissed from the for-profit Valley Vista rehab facility in Alden Place. 

On Nov. 21, an uncooperative patient refused to leave the rehab center even after the center purchased her a bus ticket. Police said she demanded a ride to the bus stop, which they and center personnel declined to offer. 

Police said she was initially calmed and given directions to find the bus stop. But they were called back a little later and told she’d again refused to leave and had apparently overdosed on medications in the facility’s lobby. Police said the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad took her to the UVM Medical Center.

On Nov. 23, a patient who police described as eight months pregnant was asked to leave Valley Vista, this time without a way to reach her home in Brattleboro. Police said they helped her contact someone in that area to pick her up after she’d walked as far as the Champlain Farms convenience store.

Also between Nov. 20 and 26, Vergennes police conducted five patrols in cruisers and 19 traffic stops, checked out security after hours once at Vergennes Union Elementary School, responded to a false alarm, and:

On Nov. 21:

• Went to Green Street to help a caretaker of a person with cognitive issues who was being uncooperative.

• Directed traffic on Main Street around a tractor-trailer unit that had jackknifed on the hill near the Maplefields convenience store.

On Nov. 22, responded to a report of a shoving match between two people on School Street; both had left the scene when police arrived.

On Nov. 24:

• Dealt with an accident in which a moving vehicle struck a parked car on Main Street.

• Advised a person who wanted to obtain a no-trespass order how to do so. Police said they’re no longer issuing such orders themselves because they can be delivered by mail by individuals or businesses, but that Vergennes police will enforce them.

• After receiving a complaint, spoke to the occupant of a vehicle reported to be taking up three parking spots at Maplefields and to possibly be asleep. Police said the driver was cooperative and not impaired.