Vergennes man jailed on human trafficking and drug charges

The 69-year-old is held without bail; a lengthy Vergennes Police investigation looked into allegations that he’d pressured multiple women into sex in exchange for drugs.

Cristian Humberto Jerez Andrade, 31, has been held since the March 11 raid on a home that triggered an hours-long confrontation, street shutdown and forced entry by federal agents.

One Brandon man was killed and another was taken to the hospital with serious injuries as the result of a car crash in Orwell late Sunday afternoon.

Vt. Translines driver had to make a pitstop at the Vergennes Police Department due to altercation on the bus.

Middlebury police launched an investigation into a March 10 burglary at the Maplefields store on Route 7 South, during which the culprit(s) broke into the building at around 2:45 a.m. and removed an ATM machine.

Bristol police on March 4 tried to stop a vehicle that was traveling 70 mph in a 40 mph zone on Rockydale Road. Police said that while an officer was attempting to stop the vehicle, its driver turned onto Lincoln Road at a high rate of speed and passed a … (read more)

An Addison County Sheriff’s Department deputy stopped by a daycare in Middlebury on March 10 and spoke to the kids there. Later in the week, on March 13, a deputy spoke during Career Day activities at Otter Valley Union High School in Brandon.

Twenty-eight-year-old Michael Guess, who was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, was a passenger in the vehicle driven by Aron G. Therrien, 27.

Both men arrested were Berlin residents.

In other action last week, Middlebury police responded to the report of an unresponsive woman at a Jackson Lane address on March 3. Police said the woman was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Between Feb. 22 and March 7, the sheriff’s department completed patrols in multiple towns, stopped 112 vehicles for various motor vehicle violations, attempted to serve 32 pieces of civil process around the county and provided a car seat inspection for a … (read more)

On March 6 at a little after 2:30 p.m., troopers from the New Haven barracks got a report of a single-vehicle crash near Route 7 and Route 17, otherwise known as the New Haven Junction.

Between Feb. 22 and 28, Bristol police completed four foot patrols, conducted four traffic stops and checked security at Mount Abraham Union High School seven times, at Bristol Elementary School seven times and at local businesses five times.

Bristol police on Feb. 19 arrested Joshua Emmons, 40, of Starksboro on three warrants. According to police, Emmons had failed to appear for previously scheduled criminal court hearings — one in Addison County and two in Chittenden County.

A juvenile from Burlington was cited for driving over 30 miles per hour over the speed limit.