MIDDLEBURY — The woman who was critically injured in a Nov. 14 house fire at 46 Washington St. has died from her injuries, according to Middlebury police.

Middlebury Police Chief Jason Covey said the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed on Nov. 16 that Lerin Peters, 69, had died following the fire that swept through the home at which she was residing.

Middlebury police responded — with officials from Middlebury Regional EMS, and the Middlebury and New Haven fire departments — to a report of a structure fire at a home at 46 Washington St. at around 1 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14. Police said a woman, later identified as Peters, was found in critical condition at the scene with burn injuries. Others in the building had successfully evacuated and were uninjured, according to police. 

Peters was taken to UVM Medical Center for treatment and an investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing, according to police.

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

• Supported Vermont State Police at an intoxicated driving stop at the intersection of Route 7 and Kelton Drive in New Haven on Nov. 11.

• Assisted with a juvenile issue at a Route 7 South location on Nov. 11.

• Helped a person who was experiencing a mental health crisis in the Court Street area on Nov. 11.

• Investigated a retail theft from Hannaford supermarket on Nov. 11.

• Gave a courtesy ride on Nov. 11 to a stranded Porter Hospital patient.

• Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS on a Washington Street call on Nov. 11.

• Gave a stranded Porter Hospital patient a ride home on Nov. 12.

• Investigated a juvenile complaint at Middlebury Union Middle School (MUMS) on Nov. 12.

• Investigated a report of an adult buying alcohol for minors in the South Village Green area on Nov. 12.

• Helped a woman who was experiencing a mental health crisis in the Court Street area on Nov. 12.

• Received a report about suspicious activity at the Lindale Mobile Home Park off Case Street on Nov. 12.

• Assisted with a juvenile issue at a Seminary Street Extension location on Nov. 12.

• Responded to a harassment complaint at the Charter House Emergency Shelter on Nov. 13.

• Investigated a retail theft from Hannaford supermarket on Nov. 13.

• Found and destroyed marijuana that had been abandoned on Academy Street on Nov. 13.

• Investigated a suspicious vehicle in the South Village Green area on Nov. 13.

• Assisted with a juvenile issue at MUMS on Nov. 14.

• Served a temporary restraining order on a woman in the Washington Street area on Nov. 15.

• Responded to a report of someone rummaging through a vehicle parked on Short Shannon Street on Nov. 15.

• On Nov. 16, responded to a report of a large, noisy college party at a home at the intersection of Route 7 South and Middle Road.

• Investigated a car-versus-deer accident on North Pleasant Street on Nov. 16.

• Served no-trespass orders on two individuals at the request of a Court Street business owner on Nov. 16.

• Responded to a car-versus-deer accident on Route 7 South on Nov. 16

• On Nov. 16, gave a courtesy ride to a woman who had no transportation.

• Gave a courtesy ride on Nov. 17 to an elderly Porter Hospital patient who had been released from care but had no ride home.

• Responded to a report of people yelling in the Court Street area at 10:53 p.m. on Nov. 17.

• Received a report that someone had rifled through an unlocked vehicle parked on Main Street on Nov. 17.

• Investigated a hit-and-run accident involving two vehicles on Court Street on Nov. 17.

• Responded to a report of someone taking money from two cars that had been left unlocked while parked on Cross Street on Nov. 17.

• Responded to a report of someone rummaging through two unlocked cars parked on Weybridge Street on Nov. 17.

• Cited Shaun M. Adams, 46, of Burlington, for grand larceny and operating without owner’s consent after he allegedly stole a vehicle from a Court Street residence early on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 17. Police said Adams was also cited with driving with a criminally suspended license and violating his conditions of release. 

Adams also had an active instate warrant for his arrest, according to police, who added he was lodged at the Marble Valley Correctional Facility for lack of bail pending his court arraignment on Nov. 18. Shelburne police assisted on this case.

• Enforced the town of Middlebury’s overnight winter downtown parking ban on Nov. 17. The ban, which took effect on Nov. 1 and extends to March 31, prohibits parking on village-area streets and lots from midnight to 6 a.m.

• Moved along two men found sleeping in an Exchange Street building on Nov. 17.