MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police deployed multiple drones and personnel on Oct. 21, 22 and 23 as part of the search for missing Middlebury College student Lia Smith, 21, of Woodside, Calif. Searchers found Smith’s body on Thursday, Oct. 23. An autopsy confirmed she had taken her own life.

Agencies participating in the search included Middlebury PD, the Vermont State Police Search & Rescue Team, game wardens with the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife, North Country Search Dogs, New Hope Search & Rescue, and members of the public — including the Middlebury College community.

In other action last week, Middlebury police:

• Investigated a harassment complaint in the Elm Street area on Oct. 20.
• Cited David B. Ambrose, 59, of Shoreham, for retail theft, after he allegedly stole “multiple containers of alcohol” from a Court Street business on Oct. 20.
• Responded to a report of a person sleeping on the porch of a Court Street business during the morning of Oct. 20.
• Investigated a domestic dispute in the downtown area on Oct. 20.
• Investigated a retail theft complaint at the Maplefields store on Oct. 21.
• Assisted a local resident who had fallen on East Street on Oct. 22.
• Received a report about suspicious activity in the Bakery Lane area on Oct. 22.
• Helped Vermont State Police with a noise complaint on Route 7 in New Haven on Oct. 22.
• Cited Gisele Musanase, 20, of Middlebury for domestic assault after responding to a 911 call at a Jackson Lane residence on Oct. 22.
• Investigated possible drug activity on Route 7 south on Oct. 22.
• Responded to a trespassing complaint at a North Pleasant Street location on Oct. 22.
• Issued a no-trespass order on Oct. 22 to a person who wasn’t wanted at Shaw’s Supermarket.
• Investigated a report of a vehicle leaving the scene of an accident on Halladay Road on Oct. 22.
• Moved along a woman who was found sleeping in the National Bank of Middlebury entryway during the morning of Oct. 22.
• Received a report about a local citizen being scammed on Oct. 23.
• Responded to an alleged assault at 260 Court St. on Oct. 23. Police said the case remains under investigation.
• Responded to a report of a stolen vehicle in the Washington Street Extension area on Oct. 23.
• Were informed of an alleged shoplifting incident at the TJ Maxx store on Oct. 23.
• Received a report on Oct. 23 that a firearm had been stolen from a Jayne Court residence. Police said the case remains under investigation.
• Investigated a threatening complaint in Catamount Park on Oct. 23.
• Received a report about a juvenile in possession of tobacco on Middlebury Union High School grounds on Oct. 23.
• Responded to a report of a woman screaming on North Pleasant Street on Oct. 23.
• Deployed the department’s K9 team to assist Vergennes PD with a search warrant at a Walker Avenue location on Oct. 24. As a result, authorities found and seized alleged cocaine during the search, according to police.
• On Oct. 24, helped locate a missing East Middlebury juvenile, who was taken to Porter Hospital for evaluation.
• Assisted with a runaway juvenile at a Wilmar Street location on Oct. 25.
• Helped Vermont Department for Children & Families officials with a child who was refusing to leave Porter Hospital on Oct. 25.
• Helped a local resident who had been approached by an online scammer on Oct. 25.
• Responded to Mary Hogan Elementary School grounds for a report of suspicious activity on Oct. 25.
• Took into protective custody a drunken man found in the Route 7 south area on Oct. 26. Police said the man was taken to Rutland County for detox services.
• Hosted local children for pumpkin painting at Middlebury PD on Oct. 26.
• Received a report about a vehicle being egged in the Jackson Lane neighborhood on Oct. 26.
• Gave a courtesy ride home to a discharged Porter Hospital patient on Oct. 26.