Vermont State Police Log: Road rage, hit and run, and drugs in car

Vermont State Police were busy on the roads of Addison County at the end of March as they reported a road rage incident, dealt with a crash where one of the drivers left the scene and stopped an alleged drug trafficker for driving while under the influence.

Vermont State Police, between March 2 and 10, quieted a few domestic violence situations and cited a couple drivers for operating their vehicles while impaired.

After Vermont State Police stopped a car in Middlebury one day last week, the driver left with a criminal citation and a half-dozen traffic tickets.

Three young men were injured — two quite seriously — when an alleged drunken driver crashed on an icy road in Bridport this past Saturday evening.

Vermont State Police meanwhile issued a couple driving under the influence citations in the past week.

In the only news from the Vermont State Police barracks in New Haven last week, a trooper announced another in a series of citations issued for home improvement fraud.

A woman who drove off the road in Monkton, and hid in a nearby unoccupied vehicle when Vermont State Police showed up this past Friday evening, netted more than a half-dozen criminal citations.

A Vermont State Police trooper observed multiple motor vehicle violations on Stage Road near Route 7 in Ferrisburgh in the wee hours of Jan. 23, and pulled the car over at around 1:12 a.m.

ADDISON COUNTY — After seeing a motor vehicle violation on Lower Plains Road near Plains Road in Salisbury this past Saturday evening. Vermont State Police pulled over a car driven by Michael W. Lackard, 42, of Salisbury. As the trooper spoke with Lackard … (read more)

Vermont State Police cited local men for drunken driving in two separate incidents in the past week — one in which the driver crashed his car.

Vermont State Police made a big push to discourage drunken driving during the waning days of 2024 and the first week of 2025, when troopers cited half a dozen people for driving under the influence, or DUI.

A Whiting man faces some serious felony charges, as well as traffic tickets, after Vermont State Police stopped the car he was driving late Friday night.

On Dec. 15 at around 11:30 p.m., the Monkton Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a structure fire at 1237 Tyler Bridge Road. Firefighters found the structure fully involved, and their fire suppression efforts were isolated to an exterior attack … (read more)

Vermont State Police are asking the public for help in finding the driver who struck a pedestrian in Ferrisburgh late last month.

Vermont State Police were joined by Middlebury police and deputies from the Addison County Sheriff’s Department this past Friday, Nov. 29, to run a drunken driving checkpoint on Route 30 in Cornwall for an hour in the evening.