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Middlebury Police Log: Police come to the aid of mental health crisis
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police responded to a report of a man experiencing a mental health crisis in the Shannon Street area on June 2. Police said they took the man to Porter Hospital for evaluation.
In other action last week, Middlebury police:
• Checked on a person who had reportedly been yelling for help near the intersection of Cross and South Pleasant streets on June 2. Police found the person to be OK.
• Investigated a crash involving a tractor-trailer truck that had knocked down a traffic light on Court Street on June 2.
• Responded to a car-versus-bike collision at the intersection of Main and Cross streets on June 2. Police said no one was injured and no citations were issued.
• Conducted a foot patrol downtown on June 2.
• Gave a courtesy ride on June 2 to two men who needed a local hotel stay for the night.
• Investigated a retail theft complaint at the Maplefields Store on North Pleasant Street on June 4.
• Helped a turtle cross a street on June 4.
• Responded to a reported fender-bender in the Mary Hogan School parking lot On June 4.
• Opened an investigation on June 4 into alleged threatening conduct between juveniles from Middlebury and Rutland.
• Were informed of the theft of AirPods from an unlocked vehicle parked off Court Street on June 4.
• Provided a courtesy ride to a stranded Middlebury Union High School student on June 4.
• Received a report of someone stealing an electric bike from the Court Street area on June 4.
• Deployed a drone to photograph newly painted crosswalks in the downtown area on June 4.
• Assisted Bristol police with a domestic dispute on that town’s Main Street on June 4.
• Responded to a report of dogs being left inside a vehicle parked off College Street during the evening of June 5.
• Responded to a report of a dog left in a hot vehicle off Route 7 South on June 5.
• Gave a courtesy ride to a discharged Porter Hospital patient on June 5.
• Responded to a report of a woman banging her head on her steering wheel in a vehicle on High Street on June 5.
• On June 5, conducted traffic control on High Street, due to downed wires.
• Participated in the Special Olympics torch run on Court Street on June 5.
• Responded to a two-vehicle crash on Weybridge Street on June 6. Police said the two occupants in each of the vehicles were all unharmed.
• Responded to a domestic disturbance at a Jackson Lane home on June 6.
• Received a report of a car-versus-deer collision on Route 7 South during the morning of June 6.
• Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS on a medical call to the Court Street area on June 6.
• Received a complaint about vehicles speeding in a construction zone on Middle Road on June 6.
• Contacted Middlebury’s animal control officer about baby rabbits that had been found near the intersection of Merchants Row and Main Street on May 7. Police said the rabbits were taken to an animal rehabilitation facility.
• Received a complaint about vehicles speeding and doing “burnouts” on Case Street on June 7.
• Responded to The Centre shopping Plaza on Court Street Extension on June 7 on a report of folks panhandling.
• Provided a detail for Middlebury Union High School graduation on June 7.
• Received a complaint about vehicles improperly parked on High Street on June 7.
• Tried to find a driver who had fled an attempted traffic stop at the intersection of Route 7 and High Street on June 7.
• Assisted Vermont State Police with a drunken driving stop at the intersection of Route 7 and Happy Valley Road on June 7.
• Cited Robert Warner Jr., 39, of Shelburne for driving under the influence, following a stop on River Road on June 8.
• Conducted a foot patrol of downtown on June 9.
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