ADDISON COUNTY — Sheriff Michael Elmore and three deputies on May 3 participated in “Tip-A-Cop” at Applebee’s restaurant in Rutland to raise money for Special Olympics.

In other recent activity, deputies completed patrols in multiple towns and stopped 93 vehicles for various motor vehicle violations, fingerprinted 20 people for background checks and assisted the Bennington County Sheriff’s Department with prisoner transports on April 30.

The sheriff and his deputies also:

• On April 28 transported two prisoners to hearings at the courthouse.

• On April 28 received a complaint of a bad check that was passed in New Haven in 2024. The department contacted the issuer who set up a plan to pay the amount back.

• On April 28 collected bail for a person arrested on a warrant by Middlebury police.

• On April 29 provided an escort for an oversized load from the New York State line to the New Hampshire State line.

• On May 1 responded to a crash with minor injury on Bristol Road in Monkton. Officers determined that an 18-year-old Monkton man had fallen asleep while driving and gone off the road.

• On May 1 received a report of trash dumped on the side of Pond Road in Monkton. After looking through the items, the deputy was unable to determine who the trash belonged to and the town was notified to pick it up.

• On May 2 transported a person to jail who had been arrested on a warrant by Middlebury police.

• On My 2 assisted with an eviction in Orwell.