Crime
Middlebury Police Log: Police cite homeless man for misbehavior
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police cited Joey R. Ewen, 47, who is houseless, for disorderly conduct following an incident in the Bakery Lane area on July 15.
In addition to conducting daily foot patrols in the downtown area to monitor members of the local houseless community, Middlebury police were informed on July 19 that a truck had been stolen from McGee Chevrolet on Route 7 south.
Police said the stolen vehicle is a maroon 2021 Dodge Ram Big Horn. Anyone with information on this is asked to call Middlebury police Officer Darrin Hinterneder at 802-388-3191.
Police also received a report on July 20 about a man who had allegedly been knocking on people’s doors in the Cottage Lane area wearing only a shirt.
In other incidents last week, police:
• Received complaints on July 15 about gunshots heard near the gorge in East Middlebury.
• Warned a person on July 15 for violating the town’s open container ordinance on Bakery Lane.
• Responded on July 15 to two shoplifting complaints at Hannaford’s Supermarket.
• Responded to the reported July 15 theft of drinks and toilet paper from a College Street business.
• Investigated a trespassing complaint in the Case Street area on July 15.
• Assisted a local family on July 16 with a child who had allegedly been considering self-harm.
• Assisted Middlebury firefighters at the scene of an oil leak on Court Street on July 16.
• Cited Mark Smith, 64, of Fayston, on July 17 for driving with a criminally suspended license in the North Pleasant Street area.
• Responded to a credit card fraud complaint in the Lower Plains Road area on July 17.
• Helped resolve a dog-related dispute between two Lower Plains Road neighbors on July 17.
• Assisted a Court Street storekeeper with a man found sleeping in front of the business during the early morning on July 17.
• Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS on the July 18 transport of a houseless man who had been complaining about foot pain.
• Checked on the wellbeing of children who had reportedly been playing near Route 125 west on July 18.
• Responded to a domestic disturbance in the Bakery Lane area on July 19.
• Responded on July 20 to a reported verbal dispute between two people on Mill Street.
• Received a complaint about a barking dog in the Monroe Street area on July 20.
• Were informed that someone had taken a package that had been delivered to a Court Street address on July 20.
• Spoke with the owners of a Maple Street business on July 20 regarding ongoing complaints about graffiti.
• Received a complaint on July 20 from a person who alleged having been assaulted by two houseless men in the Bakery Lane area.
• Cited Daniel J. Sabourin, 47, of Middlebury, for driving with a criminally suspended license, following a stop on Seminary Street Extension on July 21.
• Warned several people who were violating the town’s open container ordinance on Bakery Lane on July 21.
• Responded to a report of an injured cat on Main Street on July 21.
• Investigated a shoplifting complaint at the Jolley gas station on Court Street on July 21.
• Cited Mari J. Hill, 54, of Vergennes, for driving under the influence, following a traffic stop on Route 7 south on July 22.
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