Crime
Vermont State Police Log: Man cited for domestic assault
ADDISON COUNTY — One morning last week, Vermont State Police received a report of a domestic dispute between household members at a home in the Locust Lane neighborhood of Ferrisburgh. Troopers responded to the call at 8:30 a.m. on March 12, investigated and decided that Damian Sulger, 31, of Ferrisburgh had caused injury to a household member and left the scene.
Troopers later received a complaint of a disabled motor vehicle obstructing the roadway in on Route 7 in Waltham, they asked Vergennes police to help out by answering the call and city police found Sulger at the scene of the disabled vehicle. They arrested him and took him to the Vergennes Police Department for processing.
During further investigation, police said they discovered that Sulger has multiple prior convictions for domestic assault incidents, and so in this case they cited him for second degree aggravated domestic assault, which is a felony.
Police took Sulger to the Addison County Courthouse, arraigned him that afternoon, and ultimately held him without bail.
In other recent activity, troopers:
• On March 8 at around 8:45 a.m. observed multiple vehicle violations on Route 7 near Stage Road in North Ferrisburgh and stopped the car.
Police cited the driver, identified as 39-year-old Jason Bushey of Hinesburg, who had had his privilege to operator a motor vehicle on a public highway suspended for a previous alcohol-related incident. They had Bushey’s vehicle towed, seized the vehicle’s plate, took Bushey to the New Haven state police barracks and cited him for driving with a criminally suspended license.
• On March 10 at a little after 2:30 p.m. responded to a two-vehicle crash involving an on-duty deputy from the Addison County Sheriff’s Department. The crash occurred at the intersection of Route 7 and Leicester Whiting Road/Fern Lake Rd in Leicester. Troopers report that David Moats, 77 of Salisbury as driving a 2016 Honda HRV north in the northbound lane of Route 7 approaching the intersection
At the same time, Ricky Benoit, 28, of Shoreham, driving a 2020 Ford Explorer was stopped at a stop sign on Leicester Whiting Road before crossing Route 7 to continue east onto Fern Lake Road. As Benoit’s Ford crossed the highway, the front end of Moats’s Honda collided with the rear passenger corner of the Ford. State police said Benoit was at fault for failing to yield the right of way to Moats.
Troopers were assisted on scene by the Brandon Fire Department.
• On March 11 at 4:40 p.m. observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on Route 7 near Town Hill Road in New Haven and put the radar on it. Police report that Mollee Codding, 20, of Shoreham was driving 85 miles per hour in a properly posted 50 mph zone, so they cited her for speeding.
• Later that evening, at a couple minutes before midnight, were conducting speed enforcement on Route 22A in Addison when they clocked a vehicle going 88 mph in a posted 50 mph zone, so they stopped the car. Police identified the driver as Darin Bushey, 45, of Ferrisburgh. The officer issued Bushey a speeding ticket that upon conviction carries a penalty of 2 points and a fine of $572.
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