MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police received separate reports on July 26 about a man allegedly requesting sexual favors from women in Seymour Street and South Village Green neighborhoods. The case remains under investigation.

Meanwhile, in a separate series of incidents, police dealt with Joey Ewen, 47, who is houseless. On Monday, July 22, at a quarter to 6 p.m., officers cited Ewen for disorderly conduct, after investigating a complaint about a man yelling obscenities in the Bakery Lane area. That same night, at around 10:30 p.m., police cited Ewen for disorderly conduct, criminal threatening and assault on law enforcement by bodily fluids, following an incident at Porter Hospital.

Then on Friday, July 27, at around 12:30 p.m., police encountered Ewen on Merchants Row and arrested him on an outstanding arrest warrant.

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

• Took a stray dog to Homeward Bound on July 22.
• Checked on the welfare of a toddler allegedly seen running around a Bakery Lane parking lot on July 22.
• Responded to a dispute between some South Village Green neighbors on July 22.
• Investigated a graffiti incident in the Mill Street area on July 22.
• Checked a letter, for the potential presence of dangerous substances, that had been received by a Middlebury College professor on July 22. Police said no dangerous substances were found.
• Cited Mari J. Hill, 54, of Vergennes for driving under the influence, following a traffic stop on Seminary Street on July 22 at 3:13 a.m.
• De-escalated an argument between some people behind the Ilsley Library on July 23.
• Served a no-trespass order on July 23 on a person not wanted at a Middlebury Discount Beverage.
• Received a report about a potential Sex Offender Registry violator being in Middlebury on July 23.
• Helped a discharged patient with a ride from Porter Hospital on July 23.
• Responded to a report of a tree branch on power lines at the intersection of Quarry Road and Orchard Lane on July 23. Police closed the road until a Green Mountain Power crew had fixed the problem.
• Responded, with Middlebury firefighters, to a report of someone stuck inside an elevator at Middlebury Union Middle School on July 23.
• Investigated a report of a suspicious vehicle at the Abbey Pond Trailhead on July 23.
• Intervened in a domestic dispute off Kings Row in East Middlebury on July 24.
• Helped Bristol police cite a man who was in custody at Porter Hospital on July 24.
• Responded to a report of a man yelling at a woman in the Bakery Lane area on July 24.
• Served a no-trespass order on July 24 on a person not wanted at a downtown business.
• Served a no-trespass order on July 24 on a person not wanted at the Subway Restaurant on Court Street.
• Informed the Vermont Department for Families & Children on Jul 24 about a case involving a local juvenile driving a vehicle in Middlebury.
• Helped Middlebury Regional EMS set up a helicopter landing zone off Collins Drive on July 24.
• Served a no-trespass order on July 24 on a person not wanted at a downtown business.
• Checked on the welfare of a Washington Street resident on July 25.
• Informed Vermont Fish & Wildlife about an injured deer near the intersection of Route 116 and Quarry Road on July 25.
• Arrested 33-year-old Anthony W. Fitzgerald on an outstanding warrant on July 25.
• Intervened in a verbal dispute between two people on the town green on July 25.
• Received a report on July 25 that a dog was missing in the Washington Street area.
• Responded to a trespassing complaint in the North Pleasant Street area on July 26.
• Responded to a complaint about people drinking alcohol in the Ilsley Library parking lot on July 26.
• Arrested 41-year-old Matthew Hill on an outstanding warrant in the Bakery Lane area on July 26.
• Gave a courtesy ride — from The Centre shopping plaza to a bus stop — to a man suspected to have been under the influence of opioids on July 26.
• Told a small gathering of people off Cross Street to turn their music down at around 10 p.m. on July 27.
• Responded to a report of gunshots near 428 Court St. on July 27.
• Were informed that someone had vandalized construction equipment at a South Street location on July 27.
• Checked on a report of a loose dog in the Court Street area on July 27.
• Assisted Vermont State Police on a call on Route 7 in New Haven on July 28 at 1 a.m.
• Responded to a report of people laying in the road at Adirondack Circle on July 28 at 3 a.m.
• Were informed on July 28 that a footbridge off South Street Extension had been vandalized.
• Investigated a reported theft from the Hare of the Dog store on Court Street on July 28.
• Spoke on July 28 with a local woman who said a man living on the Abbey Pond Trail had been making her “feel unsafe.”
• Received a complaint about a person “possibly” smoking marijuana in a vehicle parked in the Methodist Lane area on July 28.
• Diverted some campers who had settled on Middlebury Union High School property on July 28.
• Responded to a reported domestic dispute at a Monarch Court home on July 28.
• Cited Timothy E. Edwards Jr., 36, of Middlebury for disorderly conduct, following reports of a fight in the Bakery Lane area on July 28.