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Grain truck rolls over off Route 4

August 24, 2016
MENDON—On Monday, Aug. 22, at about 7:45 a.m., members of the Rutland City Fire Department, Vermont DMV Enforcement and Vermont State Police responded to a crash involving a grain truck rollover on Route 4 in the town of Mendon. Investigation at the scene revealed that 48-year-old James Wright of Randolph, Vt., was driving a 2012…

Calais teen drowns in pond

August 18, 2016
CALAIS—Friday morning, Aug. 12, at approximately 9:10 a.m., Vermont State Police SCUBA Team along with Colchester Technical Rescue recovered the body of Seamus Beall, age 17, of East Calais, in Curtis Pond following a swimming incident Thursday evening.  Beall was located in the vicinity where he was last seen. Witnesses report Beall was a good…

Volvo reportedly stolen from Wallingford home

August 18, 2016
WALLINGFORD—On Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 9:45 a.m., Vermont State Police investigated an automobile theft from South Main Street in Wallingford. The vehicle’s owner, Robert Bushey, reported his silver 1999 Volvo V70 station wagon was stolen from in front of his residence between 9 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15, and Tuesday morning Aug. 16. Bushey described…

Mount Holly woman arrested for possessing heroin in jail

August 10, 2016
RUTLAND–On Aug. 3, the Vermont State Police responded to the Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility in Rutland and arrested inmate Ashley Blanchard, age 23, of Mount Holly, for possession of heroin and transporting a regulated drug into a place of detention. Blanchard had been returned to the correctional center by the Rutland Field Supervision Unit…

Killington Police Department shares media log for July

August 10, 2016
Killington police responded to the following incidents from July 1 at 7:30 a.m. to July 29 at 10:09 p.m., according to Killington Police Chief Whit Montgomery. July 29 at 10:09 p.m. Killington police responded to a suspicious event at Old Coach Road. The subject had called police to report a vehicle was following him around…

Passing motorcycle causes two-car crash

July 28, 2016
EAST WALLINGFORD—On July 24 at 2:15 p.m., Vermont State Police responded to a two vehicle crash on Route 103 in East Wallingford. Preliminary investigation revealed that Anton Shroeder, age 53 of Ludlow, was traveling south on Route 103 on his Harley Davidson motorcycle when he crossed the center line in an attempt to pass the…

Police prevent crash while rescuing driver

July 28, 2016
RUTLAND — On July 24 at 5:15 a.m., members of the Vermont State Police, while patrolling State Street in Rutland City, located a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee that was stopped in the middle of the roadway. The operator, who was later identified as Brandon Monaco, age 21 of Rutland, was found slumped behind the steering wheel.…

Dead tree near Lake Bomoseen falls on Rutland man, killing him

July 28, 2016
BOMOSEEN — On July 23 at 4:45 p.m., Clifford R. Jones, age 66 of Rutland, went out to retrieved two fishing poles from a dock on Lake Bomoseen when he was pinned by a large dead tree that fell due to the sever wind storm at the time. The tree broke at its base, falling on…

Theft reported at Appalachian Trail lot

July 28, 2016
SHREWSBURY—On July 24 at 7:58 p.m. troopers from the Vermont State Police Rutland Barracks responded to a complaint of a theft from a motor vehicle at 2000 Vermont Route 103, an Appalachian Trail parking lot in the town of Shrewsbury. According to the victim, the incident took place between 3 and 5 p.m. Entry was…

Killington man injured in crash after possible medical episode

July 21, 2016
RUTLAND TOWN—On July 18 at 4:02 p.m., members of the Rutland Town Fire Department, as well as Regional Ambulance Service responded to U.S. Route 4 at Altrui Place in Rutland Town for a report of a single vehicle crash with injuries and air bag deployment. Investigation at the scene found that 73-year-old Louis Belfore of…

Heat exhaustion leads to crash

July 21, 2016
ROCHESTER — On Monday, July 18 at  4:34 p.m., the Vermont State Police were notified by a 911 call of a motor vehicle crash on Route 73 in the town of Rochester. Initial reports indicated that the operator of the vehicle, Michael Goodwin, age 38 from North Clarendon, was injured. White River Valley Ambulance and Rochester…

Auto repair shop settles for $18K

July 21, 2016
The Department of Environmental Conservation announced Tuesday, July 19, that it has formally settled a series of environmental violations against Willie Noyes, who owns and operates Willie’s Village Auto located at 100 Weeks Hill Road in Stowe. The settlement includes an $18,000 penalty. Department personnel discovered the environmental violations during a series of site visits from…

Police report three dead in Tuesday’s fatal accident on Route 4

December 30, 2015
KILLINGTON - On Tuesday, Dec. 29 at approximately 2:15 p.m. Vermont state police responded to a two vehicle crash on Route 4, near Shady Knoll at the base of Sherburne Pass in Killington, Vt. Preliminary investigation revealed late Tuesday night, revealed that a 2016 International tractor-trailer and a 2009 Cadillac Escalade were involved in a head…