Vergennes Police Log: Local police have a busy week

Vergennes police dealt with if a variety of incidents between Oct. 16 and 22, including thefts of change from unlocked cars, a couple of accidents, animal problems, a noise complaint, an allegedly indecent photo and a resident with a medical issue.

Vergennes police this past weekend dealt with two serious drug-overdose cases. 

Vergennes police and Department of Homeland Security personnel are investigating a case in which a city woman was scammed out of about $81,000 by an individual police said was impersonating celebrated documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.

Vergennes and Vermont State Police worked together on three incidents on Sept. 26 involving troubled individuals, and then responded together to a third report of possible gunshots later in the week. 

Vergennes police on Sept. 19 cited a man with a Ferrisburgh address for domestic assault and two other charges stemming from a Sept. 18 incident at a Hillside Drive apartment that he was sharing with his mother. 

A Vergennes police officer was the first law enforcement official to respond to a home on McKnight Lane in Waltham on Sept. 15 after the call came in at 7:05 p.m. that Friday that a woman had been shot there, as it turned out fatally.

Vergennes police dealt with a variety of incidents between Aug. 28 and Sept. 10, including several encounters with houseless individuals, neighbor disputes, noise and dog complaints, a drug overdose, and a phone scam. 

Vergennes police on Sunday, Aug. 27, cited a juvenile into Family Court for allegedly embezzling more than $1,000 from the Maplefields convenience store on Main Street.

Vergennes police on Aug. 15 reported thefts from three vehicles, two on Green Street and one on School Street, in which $200 of cash and a set of Air Pods were allegedly stolen. 

Vergennes police are still looking into an allegation of sexual assault involving two students at Northlands Job Corps.

Vergennes police reported on July 21 that two handguns had been stolen from vehicles. One gun was taken from a vehicle believed to have been unlocked while parked on Green Street, and the other was taken from a vehicle that had a window rolled down while … (read more)

Vergennes police on July 12 cited a resident of the Valley Vista drug rehabilitation facility for unlawful mischief and disorderly conduct. 

Vergennes police are investigating a couple of alleged thefts from Kinney Drug Store, in both cases reviewing video in hopes of identifying suspects. 

Vergennes police had a busy seven days between June 26 and July 2, with several notable cases.

A bit of detective work aided by surveillance video helped Vergennes police return a purse to a woman who had mistakenly believed it had been stolen from her car while it was parked on Armory Lane.