MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police tried to stop a group of motorcyclists who were riding in what police described as a “grossly negligent manner” near the intersection of Route 7 and Cady Road on April 22. Police said the motorcyclists sped away from the scene.

In other action last week, Middlebury police conducted downtown foot patrols on April 23 and 25, and also:

• Received a report that a mental health patient had left Porter Hospital without permission on April 21. Police said the patient eventually returned to the hospital.

• Responded to a dispute between two Case Street residents on April 21.

• Along with Middlebury Regional EMS (MREMS) and Vergennes police, helped a man who had fallen in John Graham Court on April 21.

• Helped first responders get inside a locked Seminary Street apartment to access a patient on April 21.

• Assisted a local resident on April 22 who had been targeted by a phone scam.

• Responded to a juvenile disturbance at Mary Hogan Elementary School on April 22.

• Investigated a report of a man yelling at a landscaper in a Court Street parking lot on April 23.

• Received a request on April 23 for increased police presence on Seminary Street Extension (near Foote Street), in connection with reports of speeding vehicles in that area.

• On April 23, helped an East Middlebury resident who had been receiving harassing phone calls.

• Cited Jean M. Clark, 74, of Bristol for driving with a criminally suspended license, following a traffic stop on Mead Lane on April 23.

• Assisted Vermont State Police in investigating a crash on Route 30 in Cornwall on April 24.

• Spoke on April 24 with some people who were congregating under the Cross Street Bridge and advised them of the town’s open container law.

• Responded to a reported dispute between some North Pleasant Street neighbors on April 24.

• Responded to a report of fishing gear falling out of a truck on North Pleasant Street on April 25. Officers found the equipment and took it to the police station.

• Got psychiatric help for a suicidal person on Commodore Way on April 26.

• Responded to a reported domestic dispute in the College Street area on April 27.

• Responded, with MREMS, to a medical emergency in the Munson Road area on April 27.

• Connected, to Counseling Service of Addison County officials, a local person who was considering self-harm on April 27.

• Investigated a report of a person driving erratically near the intersection of Route 7 and Lower Foot Street on April 27.

• Helped a motorist whose vehicle had broken down on Main Street on April 27.

• Investigated a report on April 27 that two portable toilets were on fire near the Frank Mahady Courthouse.

• Gave a courtesy ride to a discharged Porter Hospital patient who had no other ride home on April 27.

• Investigated a reported of a potential break-in at a Jayne Court apartment on April 27.

• Assisted state police in trying to locate a vehicle that had been involved in a crash in Cornwall on April 27.