VERGENNES — Calls for service to the Vergennes police between Dec. 11 and 17 included an accident with injuries, mental health issues, a verbal family dispute, a credit card fraud case, and a request to store a sex assault kit for possible later prosecution. 

During that week, city police conducted five patrols in cruisers and one on foot, a property watch and 15 traffic stops; responded to two false alarms; processed four fingerprint requests, and also:

On Dec. 11:

• Conducted a background check for a gun purchase on behalf of New York State Police.

• Took a report of $459 of unauthorized purchases on a resident’s credit card. Police said the resident was working with her bank to reverse the charges. 

On Dec. 12:

• Responded to a Macdonough Drive residence to help a person having a mental health crisis and took the resident to Porter Hospital.

• Calmed a person who approached an officer at the Maplefields convenience store and began aggressively complaining about the government and the state of the nation.

• Dealt with a minor, two-car accident on Main Street.

On Dec. 13, picked up a sexual assault kit after a resident had undergone testing at the UVM Medical Center. Police said they’re holding that evidence while waiting to see if the resident decides to pursue charges.

On Dec. 14: 

• Checked out the Meigs Road area after a resident called to report a possible gunshot; police found nothing amiss.

• Helped convince an uncooperative Green Street resident to return home to a caregiver.

• Served a relief-from-abuse order on a city resident.

On Dec. 15, responded ,along with firefighters and the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad, to Green Street, where a driver had sustained injuries after striking a tree. VARS took the driver to the UMV Medical Center.

On Dec. 16:

• Heard from a Main Street resident that someone might have thrown a rock at his vehicle’s windshield; police checked the area, but found no evidence.

• Were told by a Walker Avenue resident he might have dropped some money while being picked up by an ambulance the day before. Police found nothing.

• On that day and the next, received calls from a Hillside Drive resident who insisted spirits were inhabiting her apartment. She refused psychiatric help, police said. 

On Dec. 17, calmed a verbal family fight at a Hillside Drive apartment and separated the parties for the evening.