Vermont State Police Log: Drivers do a switcheroo during high-speed chase

A Middlebury woman and a Middlebury man in a stolen car on Monday night led Vermont State Police on a wild chase in which they swapped positions as driver and passenger while the car was in motion.

A Ripton man was killed in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of East Street and Market Road in Bridport on Feb. 6, according to Vermont State Police.

Vermont State Police dealt with several motor vehicle crashes and handed out several citations for driving under the influence (DUI) during the past week.

Vermont State Police working out of the New Haven barracks in the past week have dealt with a couple traffic crashes, issued a couple citations for driving under the influence and investigated some domestic violence cases.

At a few minutes after midnight this past Friday, Jan. 19, Vermont State Police responded to a 911 call from Maleek Drummond, 42, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who was calling from the Ferrisburgh Park & Ride at the confluence of Routes 7 and 22A.

Vermont State Police based in New Haven issued three driving under the influence, or DUI, citations during the past week, in addition to charging a Vermont man in a road-rage incident.

In an otherwise quiet week, Vermont State Police working out of the New Haven barracks had only one encounter with the public that troopers deemed worthy of reporting to the public.

The last few days of 2023 and start of 2024 were quiet days for the local officers of the Vermont State Police, though a two-car crash just outside Vergennes on New Year’s Eve netted an Addison woman a traffic ticket.

A 25-year-old Bridport man was killed in a holiday car crash in his hometown.

Vermont State Police came away from call about a family fight in Salisbury this past Friday evening with a 44-year-old woman in custody.

After Monday morning’s snowfall glazed local roads, a driver and her four young passengers found the car they were in sliding off Route 125 in Cornwall and flipping onto its roof, and the driver later found herself facing charges.

During a relatively quiet week, troopers at the Vermont State Police barracks in New Haven during the afternoon of Dec. 2 received a report of an assault that had occurred earlier in the day.

Vermont State Police dealt with several motor vehicle incidents in the past week — some involving impaired driving, and others dealing with crashes.

Vermont State Police early this week issued an arrest warrant charging 23-year-old Trent J. Beayon with attempted murder, reckless endangerment and aggravated assault in connection with a shooting in Orwell on Friday, Nov. 17.

A Vermont State Police trooper was sitting in a cruiser parked on Route 7 near Dog Team Road in New Haven on Monday, Nov. 13, at around a quarter to six p.m. when he saw a sedan speeding northbound on the highway passing other cars and apparently forcing … (read more)