Vermont State Police Log: Two local drivers cited for DUI

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.

Bristol police in recent weeks have worked to enforce the town’s winter parking ban.

Vergennes police on Jan. 7 issued multiple citations to a St. Albans man after conducting an investigation that followed receiving a report from a South Water Street resident of fraudulent bank withdrawals totaling $9,316.

Middlebury police on Jan. 11 looked into an apparent shooting behind the Hannaford Supermarket late that Saturday morning, but found that no one was injured and investigation continues.

Local authorities stopped a vehicle with six juveniles and an adult driving a vehicle that apparently was involved in a Saturday shooting incident behind Hannaford Supermarket.

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.

Bristol police on Dec. 2 responded to suspicious activity on Adirondack View and after investigating the situation, arrested Megan Amoroso, 36, of Brandon on an in-state arrest warrant as well as for possession of stolen property and operating a vehicle w … (read more)

Vergennes police were recently investigating one case of alleged fraud reported by a city resident when they came across a separate case in which they found a motorcycle at a Bristol residence they said was apparently stolen from a Brandon resident. 

Middlebury police responded, with Middlebury Regional EMS, to a Jan. 4 report of a suicidal woman in the Bakery Lane area who also needed to be evaluated for frostbite symptoms in wake of cold weather exposure.

On Dec. 23, Vergennes police summoned a Salisbury man to participate in the Addison County Restorative Justice Program in order to answer to the charge of disturbing the peace by electronic means.

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.

Middlebury police cited Jared Burlingame, 27, of Colchester for driving under the influence following their investigation of a single-vehicle accident in the Court Square area on Dec. 27.

Vergennes police ended up helping a student who was reported to have left their school at about 12:23 p.m. on Dec. 16 amid “concerns for her well-being” among the officials and teachers who helped find her.

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)

Middlebury police and other area emergency responders on Saturday, Dec. 21, converged on a swampy area off Shard Villa Road  in Salisbury to rescue four people who had become submerged in the frigid waters.