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Vergennes Police Log: Police receive report of sexual assault

VERGENNES — Vergennes police just after 7 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, received a report of a sexual assault that allegedly occurred at a local business.

According to the city agency’s weekly report, the allegation is under investigation.

In other actions between April 28 and May 4, Vergennes police also conducted five traffic stops and seven cruiser patrols, responded to a false alarm, and:

On April 28:

• Following a traffic stop on Main Street cited Brittany Aunchman, 30, of Monkton for driving under the influence of drugs. Police said they also issued Aunchman several civil violation tickets.

• Were asked by Vermont State Police to check the welfare of a person staying at a Panton campground after a neighbor reported concerns about an individual’s behavior. City police did not respond when the neighbor called back to say that the situation had calmed and requested no police action.

• Took a missing person report from Albany, N.Y., police for a man last seen walking from a residence in Vergennes. The man was found in Middlebury on the evening of April 30, and after asking for help from Middlebury police he was taken to Porter Hospital.

On April 29 were told by a Monkton Road resident that she was followed up her driveway by a man who asked for money. Police were unable to find him.

On May 1 took an information report from a Hillside Acres resident with known mental health issues.

On May 2:

• Took a report of an argument in a parking lot between a juvenile and his mother. The juvenile told police that his mother confronted him at his vehicle and made aggressive and vulgar statements. He also reported being followed closely by her vehicle with high beams on after leaving the parking lot. Police took his sworn statement, and they noted an active court order between the juvenile’s parents. Police are continuing to investigate and have asked for store video footage.

• Looked around the city green downtown after hearing that a large red truck was creating a smoke show, but didn’t find any vehicles doing so.

• Investigated a potential violation of a Relief from Abuse Order following an interaction between parties at Champlain Farms. A video provided by the reporting party shows a man walking through the parking lot with a child before being confronted from a nearby vehicle about maintaining court-ordered distance. Police said the man then “changed direction and stepped aside with the child without responding.” Police said they learned both parties had left a custody exchange moments earlier and then both ended up at Champlain Farms. City police referred the case to the Addison County State’s Attorney’s Office for review.

• Assisted Colchester police by serving a no-trespass notice on a person on Walker Avenue.

• Calmed an argument between Walker Avenue neighbors that police said began when one neighbor allegedly allowed a dog to run off leash. Police told the dog’s owner to keep the dog leashed, and suggested the neighbors keep their distance from each other.

• Referred an online report about a car accident to state police because it occurred in Ferrisburgh.

• Responded to a 911 hangup call at the high school and called the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad because it proved to be a medical issue.

On May 3:

• Went to Falls Park when told a woman there was talking to herself, dancing and had urinated publicly. Police spoke to her, and after she admitted to drinking told her she needed to go home. She declined a ride and left on foot.

• Checked the welfare of School Street residents, who were OK.

• Responded to a Burlington resident who had filed an online police report about being threatened online by a Vergennes resident. Vergennes police told the Burlington resident that the complaint should be filed with Burlington police.

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