ADDISON COUNTY— Vermont State Police based at the New Haven barracks reported responding to three incidents in Addison County last week, including a DUI-drugs case in Leicester, a single-vehicle crash in Bristol, and an assault call in Leicester.

On June 12 at around 11:30 a.m., state police responded to a report of a potentially under-the-influence person at the Otter Creek Academy in Leicester. Police said their investigation revealed that Joshua Thorpe, 41, of Whiting, had driven his vehicle to the school. While speaking with Thorpe, troopers reported detecting “indicators of drug impairment.”

State police screened Thorpe, cited him for DUI-drugs, and took him to the Vergennes Police Department for a drug influence evaluation. At the conclusion of the evaluation, authorities took Thorpe to Porter Medical Center, where he consented to provide an evidentiary blood sample.

On June 17, at 6:14 a.m., troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash on Route 116 south of Bristol village, near the intersection of Terrier Drive. A police investigation revealed that Joshua Therrien, 41, of Middlebury, had been traveling north in his 2008 Chevy truck when he left the northbound lane and struck a telephone pole, whereupon his vehicle overturned.

Police said they determined Therrien had been driving with a criminally suspended license at the time of the crash. State police cited Therrien for that offense. Troopers were assisted on the scene by members of the Bristol Police and Fire departments and the Bristol Rescue Squad.

On June 16 at 1:33 p.m., VSP troopers responded to an alleged assault off Dogwood Drive in Leicester. State police said after an investigation, they alleged that Steven Martin, 69, of Rutland City, had “purposely caused bodily injury” to William Pitkin, 76, of Leicester. Martin had left the scene but was later found by the Rutland City Police, whereupon he was cited for simple assault.