VERGENNES — Vergennes police on Jan. 15 cited a Ferrisburgh man for forgery, alleging that he altered the payment line on a check written by a family member who lives in Vergennes.

Cited was Cody Paquin, 31, of North Ferrisburgh. Police believe that he altered a check made out to a power company by a grandparent to make it payable to himself, and they cited him into court to answer to the charge. 

Between Jan. 15 and 21, Vergennes police also conducted eight cruiser patrols, six traffic stops and two property watches; honored five fingerprint requests; responded to a false alarm; and:

On Jan. 15:

• Monitored a protest at Collins Aerospace on Panton Road for about two-and-a-half hours.

• Checked out a complaint of dogs barking at a Thomas Circle residence, but found no problem.

• Following a complaint of yelling and other noise coming from an apartment at 45 Armory Lane concluded that some of the yelling was aggressive and directed at a child, and because of that and what police called “other issues” at the residence referred the case to the Department for Children and Families.

On Jan. 16 spoke to two women reported to have been involved in a verbal dispute in the Shaw’s Supermarket parking lot.

On Jan. 17 spoke to a woman and her son who said someone tried twice to force their way into her Walker Avenue apartment during the night. Police said they found no evidence such actions had occurred.

On Jan. 19 heard from a Walker Avenue resident that a box containing a new cellphone delivered in September was empty when she got around to opening it, and she suspected theft.

On Jan. 20:

• Heard from a man that he was concerned about the welfare of a woman with whom he had a recently ended a relationship; the woman called police to tell him she was OK.

• Referred a report of a dog loose on School Street to the animal control officer.

On Jan. 21:

• Advised the owner of a dog that had been tied to the bumper of a pickup truck at a New Haven Road home that it was too cold to leave the animal outside.

• Took a report than a vehicle parked on Green Street had been vandalized by being scratched with a key or similar item.