VERGENNES — Vergennes police on Oct. 3 worked with Middlebury, Vermont State and Bristol police on a case in which a Jeep was stolen at 4 a.m. from a Middlebury convenience store on Court Street.

Vergennes police said they found the vehicle in a farm field off nearby Plank Road at around 10:30 a.m. that morning. A suspect in the case was later apprehended by authorities as he walked out of nearby woods, according to city police.

Between Sept. 30 and Oct. 6, Vergennes police also conducted 11 patrols, 10 by cruiser and one on foot, six traffic stops, a VIN inspection and a property watch; processed two pre-employment fingerprint requests; and also:

On Sept. 30:

• Checked the welfare of a female Hillside Drive resident; police said she was OK.

• Talked with a parent who was worried about a teen daughter who had not returned home; later the parent reported that the daughter had returned.

• Calmed a dispute between Hillside Drive apartment neighbors.

On Oct. 1 began investigating an allegation that a male Northlands Job Corps student had sexually assaulted a female Northlands student.

On Oct. 2 checked in on a disabled vehicle on Main Street and learned the driver was waiting for a tow truck.

On Oct. 3:

• Began investigating an allegation that a car had been stolen from West Street. The seller had said the buyer had not returned the vehicle after an overnight test drive as promised. The car was eventually returned, police said. Later in the week police also investigated an allegation that the person who had taken the car made threats to the seller.

• Checked out a report that a young man was carrying a pistol on Main Street and determined it was unfounded.

• Went to the Champlain Farms convenience store and asked a houseless person who had been loitering there for hours to move along.

• On behalf of state police went to Church Street in Waltham to check out a report that a car that had been in the church parking lot there for hours was joined by other vehicles; the cars were gone when city police arrived.

On Oct. 4:

• Calmed a citizen dispute in Shaw’s Supermarket parking lot triggered when one man accidently hit a vehicle with a shopping cart.

• Took a report that a pole and a Vermont state flag flying from it had been stolen from a School Street home.

• Fulfilled the prize earned by a “Cops and Cones” day raffle winner by picking up a Vergennes Union Elementary School kindergartener after school and giving him a four-cruiser escort home.

On Oct. 5:

• Were told by a citizen calling from the Maplefields parking lot that there were two loud arguments ongoing in nearby apartments. Police found no serious issues, but residents there admitted they could have been quieter.

• Along with Vergennes Area Rescue Squad personnel determined an untimely death at a White Street residence was due to natural causes.

On Oct. 6:

• Directed traffic around a stalled tractor-trailer truck on the hill near Otter Creek.

• Went to a Main Street business in response to a report that a woman was being disruptive to customers and employees; she was gone when police arrived.

• Calmed a dispute among Walker Avenue neighbors involving the smoking habits of one, who allegedly threatened the others for complaining. Police recommended a discussion with the complex’s property management.