Crime
Middlebury Police Log: Two taken into protective custody
August 22, 2024
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police took two drunken people into protective custody following their investigation of a property-related dispute on Mill Street on Aug. 12 at around 4:45 p.m.
In addition to conducting daily foot patrols downtown to monitor members of the local houseless community, Middlebury police last week:
- Responded to a complaint about a campfire under the Cross Street bridge on Aug. 12.
- Warned a youth about driving an ATV on Three Mile Bridge Road on Aug. 12.
- Met on Aug. 12 with the landlord of a Valley View Drive apartment complex who was concerned about juveniles playing with airsoft electric guns on the property.
- Served a no-trespass order on a person believed to have stolen merchandise from a Court Street Extension business on Aug. 13.
- Received a report on Aug. 13 about a potential sexual assault occurring in Middlebury. An investigation is ongoing, police said.
- Investigated a bad-check report at an Exchange Street business on Aug. 13.
- Connected a local woman with mental health resources on Aug. 13.
- Helped an East Middlebury resident search for a missing dog on Aug. 14.
- Helped a disoriented man get back to his Washington Street home on Aug. 14.
- Arrested Ashley I. Pelkey, 36, of Bristol on two outstanding warrants on Hunt Farm Road on Aug. 14.
- Arrested and cited Michael Lackard, 42, of Salisbury on an outstanding arrest warrant on Aug. 14.
- Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS in evaluating patients at the Abbey Pond trailhead and at the Charter House Emergency Shelter on Aug. 15.
- Received a report of suspicious activity on North Pleasant Street on Aug. 15.
- Helped connect a local man to mental health support on Aug. 15.
- Assisted state police at a DUI checkpoint on Route 7 on Aug. 16.
- Were informed of the alleged theft of a vehicle from a Route 7 South dealership on Aug. 16.
- Checked on the welfare of a local girl who was experiencing a mental health crisis in the Jackson Lane area on Aug. 16.
- Responded to an alleged assault at McDonald’s Restaurant on Aug. 17. Police said the matter is under investigation.
- Received a report on Aug. 17 that someone had installed a padlock on a portable toilet in the Bakery Lane area.
- Checked on a reported water main break on Woodbridge Lane on Aug. 17.
- Moved along a homeless person who had been sleeping on the steps of a Main Street business at around 3 p.m. on Aug. 18.
- Responded to a dispute among neighbors at the Briarwood Apartments on Aug. 18.
- Assisted Vermont State Police at the scene of an accident on Route 7 in Salisbury on Aug. 18.
- Assisted Porter Hospital staff with an aggressive patient on Aug. 18.
- Investigated an untimely death report at an Airport Road home on Aug. 18. Police identified the deceased as 69-year-old Avdo Harambasic and found no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
- Responded to a noise complaint at 97 Court St. at around 2:48 a.m. on Aug. 18. Police said the people in the residence agreed to quiet down.
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