Vergennes Police Log: Car thefts continue in Vergennes

This time, a bag containing various items was stolen.

Police also helped Middlebury firefighters at the scene of an unattended fire along the railroad tracks.

This follows a rash of thefts from cars parked in Vergennes and Middlebury in recent weeks.

Troopers ultimately located and recovered the stolen vehicle, and while conducting an investigation officers said they discovered a separate stolen vehicle in Monkton.

In what appeared to be a quiet week for Vermont State Police according to the number of cases the New Haven barracks announced, troopers did arrest a Waltham man who they suspect of driving drunk for the third time.

Between May 3 and 9, the Addison County Sheriff’s Department completed patrols in multiple towns and stopped 65 vehicles for various motor vehicle violations.

Middlebury police last week were kept busy responding to more than a dozen reports of vehicle break-ins in and around the village area.

Vergennes police responded to the report of a burglary at Kinney Drugs in the Little City on May 8.

Middlebury police received a report about baby foxes playing in the middle of Foote Street on April 27.

The incident is the fifth in the last two weeks.

In five different instances recently, VSP cited locals for driving under the influence.

The sheriff and three deputies participated in Green Up Day.

In police activity between March 29 and April 18, Bristol police completed 73 foot patrols, conducted 22 traffic stops and checked security at Mount Abraham Union High School 21 times, at Bristol Elementary School 22 times and at local businesses 13 times … (read more)

Only one of the vehicles had items — change and a hunting knife — stolen.

A man was cited four times with unlawful trespass within the span of four days, according to police.