MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police arrested a local man four times last week for various offenses, including assault.

On Dec. 20, police cited David K. Ricklefs, 53, of Middlebury for disorderly conduct by electronic communication. Police alleged hed posted threats on Instagram targeting a local business on Dec. 20. 

Then, on Dec. 23, police cited Ricklefs for disorderly conduct, following an incident at Two Brothers Tavern on Main Street. Also on 23 23 he was cited for simple assault after having allegedly assaulted a woman at the Sweet Cecily store on Main Street. 

Finally, on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, Middlebury police cited Ricklefs for disorderly conduct, after investigating an alleged assault at the Otter Creek Bakery around 8:30 a.m.

In addition to making daily checks on the houseless population that has been camping under the Cross Street Bridge, Middlebury police last week:

• Took to Porter Hospital a person who was experiencing a mental health crisis in the Jayne Court area on Dec. 18.

• Cited Megan Smith, 54, of Weybridge for driving with a criminally suspended license in the Park Street area on Dec. 18.

• Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS (MREMS) with a patient who had been experiencing a mental health crisis in the Abbey Pond Road area on Dec. 18.

• Met on Dec. 18 with local parents in need of holiday gifts for their children.

• Assisted an Ossie Road family having a problem with a child on Dec. 18.

• Helped an elderly woman who had fallen on North Pleasant Street on Dec. 18.

• Met with a local business owner on Dec. 18 who was concerned for the safety of his employees after a recent interaction with a local man who he believed was having mental health issues.

• Investigated an assault complaint at the intersection of Park and Main streets on Dec. 18.

• Investigated a two-vehicle crash, with minor injuries, at the intersection of North Pleasant and Main streets on Dec. 18.

• Enforced the town’s winter overnight parking ban downtown on Dec. 19, 21 and 22.

• Assisted MREMS with an intoxicated woman in the Otterside Court area on Dec. 19.

• Helped a Washington Street business serve a no-trespass order on a man who had been causing a disturbance on Dec. 19.

• Investigated a theft complaint at a Route 7 South business on Dec. 19.

• Checked on the welfare of an intoxicated person in the Otterside Court area on Dec. 19.

• Responded to a mental health call at the Abbey Pond trailhead on Dec. 20.

• Responded to a report of a loose cow near Painter Road on Dec. 20.

• Responded to a report of a suspicious man in the Marble Works complex on Maple Street on Dec. 20.

• Received a report of graffiti in the Bakery Lane area on Dec. 20.

• Investigated a report of possible unsafe firearms practice off Airport Road on Dec. 20.

• Served a no-stalking order on a local resident on Dec. 20.

• Collected and distributed Christmas gifts in town on Dec. 20.

• Responded to a reported fight between students on a school bus that had been traveling along Route 7 South on Dec. 21. Police separated the students, who were sent home.

• Assisted Vermont State Police with a traffic stop at the intersection of Monroe Street and Fairview Circle on Dec. 21.

• Searched in vain for a man allegedly seen hitchhiking on Quarry Road on the dark, cold night of Dec. 22.

• Checked on a woman who had been yelling on Main Street on Dec. 22. Police said the woman refused help.

• Received a complaint from a Park Street business owner about a man who had been experiencing mental health issues on Dec. 22.

• Helped two parents involved in a custody dispute in the Court Street area on Dec. 22.

• Responded to a tractor-trailer-versus-car crash on Exchange Street on Dec. 22 at around 6 p.m. Police said the driver of the car sustained injuries and was taken to Porter Hospital.

• Assisted with a child custody exchange at Mary Hogan Elementary School on Dec. 22.

• Received a complaint about a barking dog in the Happy Valley Road area on Dec. 23.

• Stood by while a houseless person was admitted to the Charter House emergency shelter on North Pleasant Street on Dec. 23.

• Helped a person who was experiencing a mental health crisis in the Court Square area on Dec. 23.

• Returned a found cellphone to its owner on Dec. 23.

• Investigated a theft complaint in the Exchange Street area on Dec. 24.

• Responded to a complaint about a man allegedly “yelling about Satan” at a Main Street Church on Dec. 24.

• Were informed of the theft of a large donation box from Hannaford’s Supermarket on Dec. 24.