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Middlebury Police Log: Middlebury man cited for simple assualt

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police cited Matthew Johnson, 50, of Middlebury for simple assault, following an investigation of an alleged incident at a Route 7 South business on Nov. 6.

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

• Cited Thomas E. Hynes, 38, of Shelburne for driving with a criminally suspended license on Porter Drive on Nov. 4.

• Received a complaint on Nov. 4 about a person who claimed to be a DMV official calling an East Middlebury resident to warn them about alleged driving infractions.

• Took complaints from two separate individuals on Nov. 4 about alleged thefts of prescription drugs.

• Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS (MREMS) with an emergency call at a Seminary Street Extension location on Nov. 4.

• Responded to a vandalism complaint on Route 7 South on Nov. 4.

• Responded to a theft complaint at a Route 7 South business on Nov. 4

• Investigated a report of a person allegedly violating a temporary restraining order in the Elm Street area on Nov. 5.

• Received a Nov. 5 complaint about children allegedly knocking on a Jackson Lane resident’s door and then running away.

• Investigated a complaint about a man allegedly violating a no-trespass order at a Route 7 South business on Nov. 5.

• Received a report on Nov. 5 about a bad check passed at a Boardman Street business.

• Responded to a family dispute at a Case Street residence on Nov. 5.

• Investigated a report of a sick racoon in the Three Mile Bridge Road area on Nov. 5.

• Checked on a suspicious vehicle parked at a closed Route 7 South business on Nov. 6.

• Received a report on Nov. 6 of a juvenile missing from the Main Street area. Police said the youth was later located safe in another town.

• Investigated a hit-and-run incident involving two vehicles in a Main Street parking lot on Nov. 6.

• Cited Nathanael S. Regues, 20, of New York state for driving under the influence, following a vehicle crash on South Main Street on Nov. 6. Police said they measured Regues’s blood-alcohol content at 0.118%; the legal limit for driving is 0.08. 

• Responded to a report of two people lying on Route 7 South at around 11 a.m. on Nov. 6.

• Responded to a report of someone throwing rocks through windows of a Creek Road building on Nov. 6. Police said the case is under investigation.

• Found goats walking along Case Street on Nov. 6 at around a quarter to 10 a.m. Police said they returned the animals to their enclosure.

• On Nov. 7, arrested 39-year-old Joshua Martell on a state parole-board issued warrant in the Foote Street area.

• Responded to a request for help with an out-of-control youth in the Case Street area on Nov. 7.

• Received a complaint on Nov. 7 that a person, purporting to be a priest, was soliciting money via email from Middlebury-area residents.

• Assisted a woman who said she has been harassed in the Buttolph Drive area on Nov. 7.

• Were informed of the theft of beer from the Maplefields store on Route 7 South on Nov. 8.

• Helped sort out a child custody dispute in the Deerfield Lane area on Nov. 8.

• Investigated a stolen vehicle complaint in the Valley View area on Nov. 8.

• Responded to a child custody dispute in the Lindale Circle area on Nov. 8.

• Were informed of break-ins at multiple storage lockers off Exchange Street on Nov. 8. Police said the culprit(s) cut the locks off the lockers to gain access.

• Helped an Overbrook Drive resident with an internet-scam complaint on Nov. 8.

• Received a report of a hit-and-run accident involving two vehicles in the Court Square area on Nov. 8.

• Supported MREMS on a medical call at McDonald’s Restaurant on Court Street Extension on Nov. 9.

• Spoke on Nov. 9 with a local resident who was concerned about his elderly father’s driving.

• Received a report on Nov. 9 of locks being cut off some storage units located off Route 7 North. Police reported no thefts from the lockers in connection with this incident.

• Responded to the Foote Street area on Nov. 9 on a report of a truck losing part of its load.

• Were informed of the theft of alcohol from the Jolly Short Stop gas station on Nov. 10.

• Investigated a report of a person driving erratically near the intersection of Cross and Court streets on Nov. 10.

• Gave a courtesy ride on Nov. 11 to a stranded patient who had been discharged from Porter Hospital.

• Supported MREMS on a medical call on Washington Street on Nov. 11.

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