Vergennes Police Log: City police look for motorists stranded in the cold

On Friday night, Dec. 5, department officers conducted a city-wide patrol due to below-freezing temperatures, in particular looking for disabled vehicles with operators in need of aid.  

Deputies from the Addison County Sheriff’s Department observed a car speeding over 80 mph in Cornwall and attempted to pull it over.

Middlebury police arrested Kevin Odell, 47, of Middlebury on outstanding warrants, including for fentanyl sales and distribution with death resulting.

A driver fled deputies from the Addison County Sheriff’s Department when he tried to stop her in Cornwall. Eventually he caught up with and arrested her.

Vermont State Police are asking for help finding the two people who broke into the Four Corners Store in Addison on Nov. 22.

An alert Vermont state trooper from Addison County, who was on special foot patrol in downtown Burlington this past Friday, is credited with the apprehension of a dangerous Bristol driver.

Vergennes police on Nov. 28 arrested a local man and a woman, whom they described as homeless, for a series of thefts.

Middlebury police cited Patrick Cota Jr., 32, of Bristol, for attempting to elude police, negligent operation, driving with a criminally suspended license, and violation of his conditions of release.

In separate incidents this past week, Vermont State Police stopped two cars and cited the drivers for drug-related crimes.

Vermont State Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a white pickup truck that drove off Gore Road in Starksboro sometime on Nov. 23 and then struck a vehicle parked in a driveway and drove away

Bristol police on Nov. 14 attempted to stop two ATVs driving on Burpee Road unsafely.

Deputies with the Addison County Sheriff’s Department recovered 34 packages that appear to have been dumped out of a FedEx truck in Shoreham on Nov. 17.

Vergennes police on Nov. 17 cited a Bridport resident for driving under the influence of drugs, first offense, an action taken following a traffic stop on West Main Street.

Middlebury police cited Jason Cousino, 34, of Bristol for three counts of violating his conditions of release and for interference with access to emergency services.

A Franklin County drug dealer is facing a 20-27 year prison sentence after agreeing to plead guilty to two federal charges stemming from killing another drug dealer in Addison County, court records show.