Killington Police responded to 12 incidents between the dates of Oct. 28 and Nov. 3, including traffic stops, a drunk driver and a telephone scam, or almost two per day. At around 5 p.m. on Oct. 28, police responded with Killington Fire to a fire alarm activation on Barrows Towne Road. At around 6 p.m.…

Police are on the hunt for a suspect they say broke into several trucks and stole beverages. According to a press release from the state police, troopers from the Rutland Barracks responded on the morning of Monday, Aug. 21 to the Coca-Cola building on Quality Lane in Rutland for a report of a burglary. Investigating…

By Evan Johnson KILLINGTON— A homeless man was arrested on Monday for stealing a hiker’s backpack on the Long Trail. The pack was recovered and returned to its owner within hours, noted a few hikers who witnessed the incident. According to a press release from the Killington Police Department, police responded to a report of…

RUTLAND— A Rutland man has again been arrested in Rutland for possession of drugs. On Monday, Aug. 7, members of the Vermont Drug Task Force arrested Louis Margiotti Jr. and cited him with two counts of the sale of cocaine. According to a press release from the state police, at the time of his arrest,…

RUTLAND— Rutland Regional Medical Center was put into a lockdown early Friday afternoon due to threats made against the hospital’s emergency department. At 11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11, Rutland Regional Medical Center’s main campus and Rutland Women’s Healthcare Clinic were put on lockdown. This precaution was in response to a phone threat made to the…

KILLINGTON— A 19-year-old man from Los Angeles was arrested on Friday, Aug. 11, for driving in excess of 100 mph in the town of Killington. At about 3 p.m., police observed the car in the flats on Route 4, speeding in a posted 50 mph zone. The driver, identified as Yosefchaim Aryeh of Los Angeles,…

RUTLAND— The Agency of Natural Resources announced last week that Central Vermont Motorcycles, Inc., a powersports dealer and service center in Rutland, is now required to pay a fine of $23,062 for multiple violations of Vermont Hazardous Waste Management Regulations. A Final Judicial Order was issued on July 25, 2017. Within 30 days of the…

By Stephen Seitz LUDLOW— Already facing sexual assault charges, Chester resident Ryan Stocker, 18, now finds himself possibly facing life in prison. On Aug. 7, Stocker appeared in Windsor Superior Court to face charges of kidnapping, attempted sexual assault, and lewd and lascivious conduct with a child. According to court documents, the two incidents occurred…

Police said a man drove 90 miles-per-hour in a 40 mile-per-hour zone Saturday night in Rutland Town. According to state police, troopers from the Rutland Barracks observed a vehicle traveling north on Route 7 at a high rate of speed at around 10 p.m. on Saturday, July 29. Using radar, the vehicle was measured to…

WEATHERSFIELD— A 54-year-old Weathersfield man died of injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash in Weathersfield on Wednesday, July 27. According to a press release, troopers from the state police Rutland Barracks responded to a report of a motorcycle crash near the Stoughton Pond Recreation Area at around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 27. Road conditions…

Police arrested a Poultney man on night of Sunday, Aug. 30 for breaking into cars on the campus of Green Mountain College. On Sunday evening at around 11 p.m., troopers from the state police Rutland Barracks responded to a report from GMC security that a man was looking into cars on the college property. Upon…

By Evan Johnson POULTNEY— Vermont state police searched a water-filled quarry in Poultney for a Granville, N.Y., man who has been missing since 2014. According to a press release from the state police, divers from the state police SCUBA team began a search of an abandoned slate quarry on York Street Extension for evidence in…

A Middletown Springs man was due in court on Monday, July 31 to answer to a burglary charge. Phillips was apprehended when police received a tip of a burglary in progress on Dayton Road in Middletown Springs at around 3 a.m. on July 30. On arriving, police found Phillips, who did not have permission to…

POULTNEY— Vermont state police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at a gas station in Poultney, Vt. on July 25. According to a release, troopers from the Rutland Barracks went to the Irving gas station on Main Street in Poultney at around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26. After interviewing witnesses and reviewing security…

PROCTOR—Police say a Proctor woman attempted to use a motor vehicle as a weapon last week and in doing so placed her two juvenile children in harm’s way. On the evening of Tuesday, July 18, state police with the Rutland Barracks responded to a family fight on Market Street in the town of Proctor. Investigation…