Crime
Middlebury Police Log: Man cited for domestic assault
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police on Dec. 7 cited Cyrus Smith, 38, of Middlebury for two counts of felony first degree aggravated domestic assault, a felony count of first degree unlawful restraint, and interference with access to emergency services (misdemeanor). The charges were filed after police were called to a Weybridge Street residence this past Thursday at 3:20 a.m. to investigate a report of a domestic dispute.
In addition to conducting frequent checks on the houseless population that’s been camping under the Cross Street Bridge off Bakery Lane, Middlebury police last week:
• Assisted Porter Hospital officials with an out-of-control patient on Dec. 4.
• Responded to a report of an out-of-control man at a Birchard Park residence on Dec. 4. Police said the man was calm and cooperative when they arrived.
• Arrested Tracey A. Martel, 44, of Middlebury, on an outstanding Probation and Parole warrant, in the Elm Street area on Dec. 4. Police said they transferred Martel to the custody of the Addison County Sheriff’s Department, who took her to the Chittenden County Correctional Regional Facility, where she was held without bail.
• Assisted Vermont State Police in executing a search warrant at a Route 7 location on Dec. 4.
• Responded to a trespassing complaint on Middlebury College campus on Dec. 4.
• Logged several calls about a person experiencing a mental health crisis in the Abbey Pond Road area between Dec. 4 and 8. Police helped calm the person after one call and assisted Middlebury Regional EMS on scene after another.
• Enforced the town’s overnight winter parking ban on Dec. 4, 5 and 11.
• Provided a local woman with information on mental health services on Dec. 5.
• Investigated a report of a man and woman dancing on Main Street while drinking in public on Dec. 5.
• Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS on an emergency call to the Cedar Court area on Dec. 5
• Were informed that a laptop had been stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked off Court Street on Dec. 6.
• Received a report about a local woman believed to be considering self-harm on Dec. 6.
• Investigated a report of unlawful mischief in the Bakery Lane area on Dec. 6.
• Checked on a report of an injured deer on Route 7 South on Dec. 6. Police said the deer was dead upon their arrival.
• Conducted several sex-offender registry compliance checks on Dec. 7.
• Assisted Porter Hospital officials with an out-of-control patient on Dec. 7.
• Helped the driver of a disabled vehicle in the North Pleasant Street area on Dec. 7.
• Checked on a local person said to have been contemplating self-harm on Dec. 7.
• Received a report about a missing Middlebury Union Middle School student on Dec. 7. Police said the youth was soon found by a family member.
• Collected presents on Dec. 7 for an ongoing Christmas gifts program.
• Assisted Porter Hospital with a patient on Dec. 7.
• Investigated a report of two intoxicated people on Seymour Street on Dec. 8. Police said they later found the two people at their home.
• Served a temporary restraining order on a local person on Dec. 8.
• Assisted the U.S. Forest Service checking on an encampment at the trailhead off Abbey Pond Road on Dec. 9.
• Received a report of a suspected retail theft in the Court Street Extension area on Dec. 9.
• Assisted Brandon police in investigating an assault complaint at a Grove Street residence on Dec. 9.
• Took, to Rutland to receive detox services, a “heavily intoxicated man” who had been causing a disturbance in downtown Middlebury on Dec. 10.
• Responded to an illegal dumping complaint at a Mill Street business on Dec. 10.
• Turned a drunken man over to a sober person on Dec. 10.
• Responded to a report of an intoxicated person allegedly trying to steal alcohol from a Court Street convenience store on Dec. 11.
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