Bridge StaffTotal reported incidents: 317
Arrests: 14
Aug. 24, 5:15 p.m., Nikita Thibault Laferriere, for unlawful trespassing; 6:57 a.m., Jamiee Renfrew, 35, homeless, for multiple outstanding warrants.
Aug. 25, 7:55 a.m., Seth Byam, for simple assault.
Aug. 27, 6:31 p.m., Brandon Michael Meacham, arrest on in-state warrant; 11:08 p.m., Trevor Woogmaster, 25, Plainfield, on driving under the influence.
Aug. 30, four people were arrested for simple assault, including three at the same time. Arrested were, at 7:32 p.m., unnamed person, for simple assault, criminal threatening, and violating conditions of release; 8:10 p.m., Mychele Robtoy, 36, Barre, for aggravated assault, violation of conditions of release, and disorderly conduct; 8:10 p.m., Fayoreya Craig, 23, homeless, for simple assault, violation of conditions of release, and disorderly conduct; 8:10 p.m., Brooklyn Champaine, 19, Montpelier, for aggravated assault, criminal threatening, and violation of conditions of release.
In a phone call with The Bridge, Patrol Sargent Michael Philbrik did not provide a name of the unnamed person because he said the person is being treated as a youthful offender (YOE), a state designation subject to confidentiality requirements. Philbrik also declined to provide the location of the three 8:10 p.m. arrests or context about the incidents, and instead told The Bridge it would need to file a public-records request for that information. The request was filed on Monday, Sept. 7.
Sept. 2, 9:34 a.m., Kira Mason, 31, and Alexis Walker, 30, both of Montpelier, for disorderly conduct.
Sept. 3, 9:50 p.m., Alexander Tacey, 31, Northfield, for violation of conditions of release and resisting arrest.
Sept. 4, 5:40 p.m., Melissa Guptill, 46, homeless, for failure to appear on a petit larceny charge.
Sept. 6, 7:11 p.m., Brent Brace, 47, unhoused, on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear in court on a previous criminal charge.
Selected Incidents
The following is an excerpt from the department’s weekly logs and does not include every report received during the week.
Aug. 24 at 3:55 a.m., Nikita Laferriere, 39, Montpelier, was cited for trespassing on Main Street; 11:55 a.m., someone reported fecal matter in a city-owned flower pot on Main Street.
Aug. 25 at 11:32 a.m., someone walking was struck by a tire that detached from a passing vehicle on River Street; 4:07 p.m., a large group of people was reported being loud on Main Street; 6:53 p.m., police did a welfare check after someone was reported missing on National Life Drive; 7:07 p.m., a missing person was reported; 8:02 p.m., police responded to a disturbance behind Trinity Church on Main Street.
The MPD declined to provide names or additional information about the two missing-person reports without a public-records request.
Aug. 26 at 10:44 p.m., police responded to an encampment on public land at Hubbard Park.
Aug. 27 at 7:12 a.m., lottery tickets were reported stolen from a retail business on Berlin Street; 9:04 a.m., police responded to an encampment on public land at Cummings Street and Pump Station.
Aug. 28 at 9:42 a.m., a vehicle crashed and left the scene on Berlin Street; 4:42 a.m., a brown-and-white pit bull mix weighing approximately 30 pounds and wearing no collar was seen wandering on Pleasantview Street; 10:27 p.m., an assault was reported at 64 State Street, but police found no evidence of assault.
Aug. 29, 9:06 a.m., a physical fight was reported on State and Elm streets; 3:30 p.m., someone was issued a trespass notice for a local business on State Street; 4:08 p.m., (MPD did not respond to a question about the name of the person who was issued the trespass notice and said a records request was required); someone gave a plush pig to an officer at the police station; 5:56 p.m., someone was bitten by a dog and expressed concerns about the “transient” population downtown; 6:57 p.m., two “transient” individuals trespassed at Northfield Street and refused to leave; 10:23 p.m., an altercation was reported on State Street; 11:29 p.m., someone expressed concern about a dog with an unhoused individual downtown.
Aug. 30, 12:38 p.m., lewd activity was reported on Main Street; 2:06 p.m., harassment was reported on Pitkin Court; 4:36 p.m., police assisted Montpelier Ambulance with an “unruly patient” on State Street; 7:32 p.m., a transient individual said they were being verbally abused by other people described as transients on Main Street; 7:42 p.m., a person described as transient was sleeping near air-conditioning units at an apartment building on Main Street.
Aug. 31, 10:13 a.m., a trespass notice was issued on State Street; 1:20 p.m., a vehicle crashed into metal barriers on State Street; 8:11 p.m., a person described as “transient” was sleeping outdoors “making a resident uncomfortable” at 58 Barre Street; 10:19 p.m., an unhoused person was reported sleeping in someone’s backyard on Main Street.
Sept. 1, 9:25 a.m., dogs were reported running without leashes on East State Street.
Sept. 2, 3:27 a.m., someone reported being assaulted, but police deemed the report unfounded, on Pitkin Court; 4:15 a.m., a missing person was located on Nelson Street; 5:34 p.m., someone was reported riding an e-bike on the sidewalk on Main Street.
Sept. 4, 9:32 a.m., someone reported that a yard sale was causing a traffic hazard on Towne Hill Road; 7:39 p.m., a man was helped out of the river after falling in at Main Street and Memorial Drive.
Sept. 5, 2 a.m., an intoxicated person called dispatch several times without an emergency on Pitkin Court; 3:07 p.m., someone was reported sleeping in a resident’s yard on Hubbard Street; 3:38 p.m., a vehicle crashed in the Blanchard Court parking lot; 4:53 p.m., an unhoused woman was reported pulling the hair of someone visiting from out of state.
Sept. 6 at 8:36 p.m., a larceny was reported on Pitkin Court.
