Addison County Sheriff’s Log for Jun. 12

The Addison County Sheriff’s Department received a report on May 29 that a person’s bronze bicycle and bike rack fell off of their vehicle on Route 22A somewhere between Vergennes and Orwell. Anyone that may have found it is encouraged to contact the Sheriff’s Department.

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.

Vermont State Police implicated a Waltham man in crimes twice in the past week.

Vergennes police on May 26 calmed a citizen dispute on Main Street in which a caller claimed he was “protecting himself with a rifle and requested an immediate police response,” according to a police document.

Bristol police on May 20 responded to a traffic hazard on Firehouse Drive, where a truck with a cattle trailer — which had been reported stolen from Brandon the night prior — was blocking the roadway. An investigation is ongoing.

Middlebury police cited Matthew Hall, 47, of Middlebury for two counts of aggravated disorderly conduct, one count of threatening a police officer, and resisting arrest, after responding to a disorderly conduct complaint in the Mill Street area on May 30.

In two separate incidents in the past week, people driving Harley-Davidson motorcycles crashed in Shoreham, one of which resulted in a citation for impaired driving.

Vergennes police emphasized enforcement of traffic laws between May 19 and 25, conducting 42 traffic stops and issuing a number of tickets and warnings for moving violations.

Officers in the Addison County Sheriff’s Department chased James Turner, 35, of Salisbury, into an Orwell pond on May 21 while they were trying to apprehend him.

Middlebury police cited Kano Duffner-Myers, 27, of Holbrook, N.Y., for driving under the influence following a traffic stop at the intersection of Court Street and Creek Road shortly after 11 p.m. on May 20.

46-year-old Brian Bailey was found at his home on Champearl Road, and Vermont State Police consider his death suspicious.

The crash of a pickup truck full of people on Route 17 in Addison this past Thursday resulted in several people being taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Vergennes police responded to a report of a family fight on Ice House Court on May 12 and cited a resident into court to answer multiple charges.

Addison County Sheriff’s Department Cpl. Robert Wesley was on patrol in Monkton on the afternoon of May 15 when he saw a motor vehicle violation on Hardscrabble Road and attempted to stop the car.

Middlebury police took into custody a woman  who was experiencing a mental health crisis during this past Thursday afternoon. She had allegedly brandished a knife at authorities outside of 15 Court St. on May 15.