MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police and other area emergency responders on Saturday, Dec. 21, converged on a swampy area off Shard Villa Road  in Salisbury to rescue four people who had become submerged in the frigid waters.

Middlebury Fire Chief Dave Shaw said the four individuals had been traveling in the area on off-road vehicles — one of them a snowmachine — and had fallen through ice in a swamp near the Goodrich Farm methane facility.

Also responding to the scene were officials from Middlebury Regional EMS, Vermont State Police and the Salisbury Fire Department. Shaw said all the rescued folks were successfully warmed up and declined further services.

Meanwhile, police enforced Middlebury’s overnight winter parking ban downtown area almost every night in the past week, and ticketed and towed on vehicle on Dec. 21.

In other action last week, Middlebury police:

• Cited Rodrigo Cardoso De Lima, 44, of New Haven for driving under the influence (second offense) and violating his conditions of release, following a stop at the intersection of Route 7 and Exchange Street in Dec. 16. Police said Cardoso De Lima also refused to provide an evidentiary breath sample.
• Reported the driver of a dark-colored sedan fled from an attempted traffic stop on Ossie Road on Dec. 16.
• On Dec. 17, took into protective custody a very drunken man, for whom they arranged transportation to a “safe, supervised location.”
• Were informed of an alleged road-rage incident involving two drivers traveling south through Middlebury via Route 7 during the early evening of Dec. 17.
• Received a report on Dec. 17 that someone had used a local resident’s stolen credit cards to make purchases at area businesses.
• Investigated a potential burglary at a Cottage Lane residence on Dec. 18.
• Took an extremely intoxicated man to Porter Medical Center on Dec. 18. Police said they measured the man’s blood-alcohol content at 0.338%. For comparison, the legal limit for driving is 0.08.
• Responded to a report of an unresponsive man in a vehicle parked off Court Street on Dec. 18.
• Arrested Timothy E. Edwards, Jr., on an outstanding warrant in the Court Street area on Dec. 18.
• Responded to a shoplifting complaint at TJ Maxx on Dec. 18.
• Responded to a reported disturbance at a Valley View apartment on Dec. 18. Police said a man had fled from the apartment upon their arrival and were told he had been “disruptive and argumentative.”
• Intervened in a local domestic dispute on Dec. 19.
• Responded to a report of a man “aggressively asking for money” at The Centre shopping plaza on Dec. 19. Police said the man was gone upon their arrival.
• Responded to a shoplifting complaint at Hannaford Supermarket on Dec. 19.
• Checked on the welfare of an East Middlebury resident on Dec. 19.
• Responded to a reported domestic disturbance in the Perkins Lane area on Dec. 19. Police said they separated the parties in question.
• Encountered a “suspicious” person behind a closed Route 7 South business at around 11:35 p.m. on Dec. 20. Police said after a brief conversation, the person got into a vehicle and sped away. Police said the case remains under investigation.
• Responded to a report of two vehicles doing doughnuts in the Hannaford Supermarket parking lot on Dec. 20.
• Checked on the welfare of a houseless person who had sleeping in a tent near Merchants Row on Dec. 20. Police said they offered the person resources — including overnight shelter — but the person declined.
• Responded on Dec. 20 to a reported death at the retirement community off Lodge Road. Police said the deceased — 89-year-old Lois Woolsey — had died from natural causes.
• Met with a local resident on Dec. 20 who had been concerned about recent drone sightings in the Northeastern states.
• Checked on the welfare of a houseless person who had been camping near Merchants Row on Dec. 21.
• Responded to the Greg’s Meat Market parking lot on a report of a vehicle doing doughnuts on Dec. 21.
• Helped with a medical call at Vermont Sun Fitness off Exchange Street on Dec. 21.
• Helped a stranded motorist on Route 7 South on Dec. 21.
• Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS tend to a person who had fallen through a floor opening in the Main Street area on Dec. 21.
• Assisted a person who was having mental health problems in the Buttolph Drive area on Dec. 21.
• Due to frigid temperatures, checked the welfare of a man who was sleeping in a tent off Merchants Row on Dec. 22.
• Responded to a loitering complaint at Hannaford Supermarket on Dec. 22.
• Checked on the welfare of a person in the John Graham Court area on Dec. 22.
• Cited Chad Limoge, 38, of Colchester for driving with a criminally suspended license on Buttolph Drive on Dec. 22.
• Responded to Creek Road on Dec. 22 on a report of a vehicle that had slid down an embankment.