Crime
Middlebury Police Log: Porter under lockdown after threatening phone call
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police assisted Porter Hospital staff when they conducted a lockdown at around 12:50 a.m. on Nov. 2, in response to a threatening phone call the hospital had received. Police said the threats didn’t materialize into an incident.
In addition to conducting daily foot patrols downtown to monitor members of the local houseless community, Middlebury police last week:
• Investigated a report of a local resident allegedly threatening someone through Facebook on Oct. 28.
• Helped Porter Hospital staff with an upset patient on Oct. 28.
• Gave a courtesy ride to a discharged Porter Hospital patient who had no other way to get home on Oct. 28.
• Helped a local woman who said an item had been stolen from a package that she had received at her Main Street address on Oct. 29.
• On Oct. 29, helped find a local juvenile who had been missing from the Court Street area for “a couple of days.”
• Helped Brandon police take a suspect into custody near the intersection of Route 7 and Meadow Brook Terrace in Leicester on Oct. 29.
• Helped Brandon police process a drunken driving suspect at the Middlebury police station on Oct. 30.
• Arrested Melissa Sird, 43, of New Haven on an outstanding warrant on Oct. 30.
• Received a report on Oct. 30 that a man had tried to pass a counterfeit $100 bill at a Court Street store.
• Checked on a local juvenile who hadn’t reported to school on Oct. 30.
• Checked on several businesses and at least one extinguished traffic signal during a widespread power outage on the morning of Oct. 31.
• Deployed multiple officers, dispatchers and other police staff to the Brookside Drive area of Buttolph Acres to hand out Halloween candy and conduct community outreach on Oct. 31.
• Told a Main Street apartment tenant to turn down their loud music at around 7 p.m. on Oct. 31.
• Received a report on Nov. 1 about an alleged retail theft at Hannaford supermarket.
• Arrested Brian Dodds, 38, of Bristol for allegedly violating an abuse prevention order (three counts) and a violation of his conditions of release (six counts) on Nov. 1. Police said Dodds was held for lack of $10,000 bail pending arraignment in Addison Superior Court, criminal division.
• Responded to a retail theft complaint at a Court Street business on Nov. 1.
• Responded to a theft complaint at the Maplefields store on Route 7 South on Nov. 1.
• Responded to a domestic disturbance at a Valley View Drive home on Nov. 2.
• Cited Timothy D. Tracy II, 19, of Middlebury for unlawful trespass on Nov. 2, after he allegedly entered a Jackson Lane apartment without the tenant’s permission.
• Responded to a report of a woman screaming behind Ilsley Library on Nov. 2.
• Cited John Donahue, 59, of Middlebury for driving under the influence on Nov. 2, after investigating complaints about how Donahue had been driving in the Court Street area. Police said Donahue declined to submit to an evidentiary test.
• Responded to a reported dispute among people at a homeless encampment off Bakery Lane on Nov. 2.
• Gave a courtesy ride to a discharged Porter Hospital patient who had no other way to get home on Nov. 2.
• Responded to a domestic disturbance in the Hillcrest Road area on Nov. 2.
• Responded to a report of an injured deer on Creek Road on Nov. 3.
• Investigated a report of “suspicious activity” in the Weybridge Street area on Nov. 3.
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