Vergennes Police Log: Officers handle three mental-health situations

Vergennes police assisted people experiencing mental health crises.

A garbage truck slid off the road and rolled onto its side in Vergennes last week. Nobody was injured.

On Jan. 19, officers arrested Ferrisburgh resident John Cunningham, 52, and cited him for possession of crack cocaine. On Jan. 20, they discovered crack cocaine in a woman’s vehicle.

Officers conducted 30 traffic stops, 10 directed patrols and two foot patrols and took fingerprints three times.

Vergennes police are investigating a Jan. 5 report of Vergennes Union High School students giving each other tattoos at school.

On Jan. 2 Vergennes police were called to investigate a possible sex offense in the city.

Vergennes police cited a Rutland City man for leaving the scene of an accident on Dec. 15.

Vergennes police arrested a city resident on Dec. 11 and cited her for aggravated disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

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.  

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

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.

Vergennes police while working on ongoing investigations also recently continued to patrol city and nearby roads for safety between Nov. 10 and 16.

Vergennes police are warning residents of a mail scam circulating in the city.

Erica Curtis, 34, of Vergennes, was issued multiple citations after she allegedly “provided a juvenile with a vape pen knowing it contained THC,” according to a police report. 

Vergennes police recently dealt with two separate cocaine-related incidents.