Middlebury Police Log: Porter under lockdown after threatening phone call

Middlebury police assisted Porter Hospital staff when they conducted a lockdown at around 12:50 a.m. on Nov. 2, in response to a threatening phone call the hospital had received. Police said the threats didn’t materialize into an incident.

Bristol police on Oct. 18 cited Ryan Prim, 26, of Bristol for driving with a criminally suspended license following a traffic stop on West Street.

Vergennes police recently responded to three verbal domestic disputes on First Street, two of them involving the same couple on two consecutive days.

On the morning of Oct. 23, Vermont State Police received multiple reports of thefts from vehicles parked on Jerusalem Road and Jim Dwire Road in Starksboro. The value of the stolen items totaled over $1,000 from each vehicle. Some of the items included me … (read more)

Middlebury police on Oct. 22 responded to Walgreens Pharmacy on Court Street Extension on a report about an armed man who had just left the premises and had allegedly threatened to return and shoot everyone at the store. Police investigated the incident, … (read more)

On Oct. 16 Vergennes police handled a stolen vehicle complaint that resulted in a New York resident being cited for operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent.

In the past week, Vermont State police reported a burglary at a home in a state park and reported the stop of an impaired driver, who got citations for several alleged crimes.

Middlebury police this past week responded to several complaints about encampments on Bakery Lane and beyond.

Vergennes police on Oct. 12 for the second time in recent weeks took a credible eyewitness report of people climbing over or slipping under the construction fencing at the downtown Vergennes Grand senior housing project worksite on North Street. 

Vermont State Police stopped a Shoreham man twice this past weekend for being somewhere he wasn’t supposed to be.

Vergennes police on Oct. 3 worked with Middlebury, Vermont State and Bristol police on a case in which a Jeep was stolen at 4 a.m. from a Middlebury convenience store on Court Street.

Vermont State Police on Monday afternoon arrested a man who they said broke into a Waltham home illegally.

Middlebury police received a report about the theft of an undisclosed amount of cash from Danforth Pewter on Seymour Street on Oct. 5. Police believe the theft occurred while the business was closed.

Police responded to a report of a person being bitten by a dog on North Street at around 11 p.m. on Sept. 20. Police want help identifying a black German shepherd and its owner.

Several calls related to arguing couples and alleged related poor behavior from men kept Vergennes police busy this past week.