On November 5, 2015

Teen cited for excessive speed

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Benjamin J. Rossman

CLARENDON — On Oct. 24, 2015, at approx. 6:03 p.m., a member of the Vermont State Police was monitoring traffic on Route 103 in Clarendon when a 2012 Volvo S60 was observed traveling northbound at a high rate of speed — measured at 108 m.p.h. in a 50 m.p.h. speed zone.

The vehicle was quickly stopped by state police and the operator was identified as Benjamin J. Rossman, age 18 from Swampscott, Mass. Rossman was taken into custody and transported to the Vermont State Police Barracks in Rutland Town. He was processed and later released on a citation to appear at Vermont Superior Court, Criminal Division on Nov. 30 to answer to the charge of excessive speed. The vehicle was towed from the roadside.

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