Vergennes Police Log for Oct. 17

Vergennes police on Oct. 12 for the second time in recent weeks took a credible eyewitness report of people climbing over or slipping under the construction fencing at the downtown Vergennes Grand senior housing project worksite on North Street. 

Vermont State Police stopped a Shoreham man twice this past weekend for being somewhere he wasn’t supposed to be.

Vergennes police on Oct. 3 worked with Middlebury, Vermont State and Bristol police on a case in which a Jeep was stolen at 4 a.m. from a Middlebury convenience store on Court Street.

Vermont State Police on Monday afternoon arrested a man who they said broke into a Waltham home illegally.

Middlebury police received a report about the theft of an undisclosed amount of cash from Danforth Pewter on Seymour Street on Oct. 5. Police believe the theft occurred while the business was closed.

Police responded to a report of a person being bitten by a dog on North Street at around 11 p.m. on Sept. 20. Police want help identifying a black German shepherd and its owner.

Several calls related to arguing couples and alleged related poor behavior from men kept Vergennes police busy this past week.

In an otherwise quiet week for the Vermont State Police operating out of the New Haven barracks, troopers on Sept. 22, a little after 9 a.m., started getting 911 calls from Cyrus Bedard, 34, of Salisbury.

Middlebury police on Tuesday, Sept. 24, arrested the same man on three separate occasions for offenses ranging from disorderly conduct to retail theft.

Vergennes police recently had a call reporting another incident of what they called an increasingly common email scam. A resident who did not fall for the scam on Sept. 16 reported receiving an email with a photo of his home and mailbox attached. 

A Leicester man is still battling for his health after being struck by a car while walking along Lake Dunmore Road in Leicester two weeks ago.

Middlebury police cited Thomas J. George, 29, of Middlebury for animal cruelty and disorderly conduct, following an investigation in the College Street area on Sept. 20. George is alleged to have kicked a dog.

With financial backing from local donors and logistical support from lu*lu ice cream, Vergennes police this past Saturday worked a community outreach detail dishing out free ice cream to local kids and their families.

Middlebury police cited Zachary Lapoint, 34, of Rutland for retail theft following an alleged incident at a Court Street store on Sept. 12. During the same investigation, police arrested Anna Garrow, 33, of Rutland, on outstanding arrest warrants from New … (read more)

Vergennes police last week dealt with an alleged case of domestic assault that also included a charge of sexual assault, and in a separate case cited another individual for a sexual assault. In both cases a third party’s call sparked police involvement.