MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police dealt with some flash flooding from a large downpour on the afternoon of Saturday, July 13. Local police worked with Middlebury firefighters on Seymour Street after flash flooding filled the railroad underpass and enveloped a vehicle during the early afternoon of July 13. All occupants of the vehicle were able to escape safely before the vehicle was almost completely submerged, police said.

Police also spoke with a man who had allegedly been yelling at firefighters while they were responding to a flooding incident on Seymour Street that afternoon.

In addition to conducting daily foot patrols downtown to monitor members of the local houseless community, Middlebury police last week:

• Helped a person whose vehicle had broken down on Seminary Street Extension on July 8.

• Received a report about a fox acting aggressively toward people near Porter Hospital on July 8.

• Helped some people who were looking for shelter on July 8.

• Calmed a verbal dispute between two men on Main Street on July 8.

• Were asked to move some people who were panhandling on Washington Street on July 8.

• Responded to a reported argument among some houseless people behind Ilsley Library on July 8.

• Logged a credit card fraud complaint from a local resident on July 8.

• Were asked to serve a no-trespass order on a local person on July 8.

• Investigated a domestic dispute in the Munson Road neighborhood on July 9.

• Served a no-trespass order on a local person on July 9.

• Were informed that a vehicle had struck a piece of construction equipment at the intersection of Green Mountain Place and South Street on July 9.

• Responded to a July 9 report of a suspicious man on Seymour Street.

• Responded, with several other law enforcement agencies, to a vehicle crash on Silver Street in Monkton on July 10.

• Helped two people access emergency shelter for the night on July 10.

• Investigated a report that plants had been stolen from an Exchange Street business on July 10.

• Received a report that some items had been stolen from a storage unit off Exchange Street on July 10. That same day, police responded to a report of vandalism at that storage-units business.

• Investigated a shoplifting complaint at a Court Street Extension business on July 10.

• Joined in a procession through Middlebury for a fallen firefighter, Captain Charlie Parker of Chittenden, Vt.

• Received a report that a local man had made “multiple threatening phone calls” to Vermont State Police on July 10.

• Arrested Trevor J. Young, 29, of Middlebury on an outstanding warrant, in the Exchange Street area on July 10.

• Warned a person who was violating the town’s open container ordinance in the Bakery Lane area on July 11.

• Investigated a car-versus-telephone pole crash on Foote Street on July 11; no injuries were reported.

• Assisted a member of the college community who had received an unwanted email on July 11.

• Received a report that someone had pitched a tent off Water Street on July 11. Police said they couldn’t find the tent owner.

• Responded to a dispute between some North Pleasant Street neighbors on July 12.

• Connected two houseless individuals with community resources on July 12.

• Investigated a report of an assault in the Bakery Lane area on July 12. Police said the alleged involved parties refused to talk to police.

• Received a report about a couple arguing in a vehicle parked off Foote Street on July 12.

• Responded to a report of a person experiencing mental health issues on Abbey Pond Road on July 13.

• Investigated a report of a person “acting in an aggressive manner and yelling at people” on North Pleasant Street on July 13.

• Assisted a person on Court Street Extension who needed helping finding emergency housing on July 13.

• Received a complaint about an ATV and a motorcycle driving on Morse Road on July 13.

• Received a report of a vehicle traveling the wrong way on Mill Street on July 13.

• Helped a Halladay Road resident on July 13 who had received threats through social media.

• Assisted a local man on July 13 who was concerned about some phone calls he had been receiving.

• Served multiple trespass notices on a local houseless man on July 13.

• Investigated a reported assault under the Cross Street Bridge during the evening of July 14.

• Spoke with a Court Street shopkeeper on July 14 who wanted no trespass orders served on two recent shoplifters.

• Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS on two July 14 medical calls, one on Seymour Street and the other on Route 7 South.

• Responded to Abbey Pond Road on July 14 for a suspicious vehicle report. Officers said they tried to contact the operator of the vehicle in question. As officers approached, the individual fled, according to police.

Editor’s note: This story was updated on May 8, 2025, after additional facts on one item came to our attention.