BRANDON — Brandon police were kept busy this past week with medical emergencies, disputes, and driving violations.
The week started off dramatically with an overdose on March 6. Officers were called to a residence on North Street, where a man had overdosed on heroin. Police administered two doses of Narcan to the man to revive him while waiting for the ambulance to arrive at the scene. Brandon Area Rescue Squad transported the man to the hospital for further treatment.
Later in the day, police were called to two different apartments on Center Street. The first call, shortly after 6 p.m., was to assist EMS with a patient that had fallen and was screaming for help. Upon entry, police found the man that had fallen down and helped him get up while waiting for EMS personnel to arrive. Just under three hours later, police were called to another apartment on Center Street where a second person had fallen. They assisted Brandon Area Rescue in gaining entry into the apartment and with the patient.
Porter Medical Center contacted police on March 7 to report that a woman had come into the hospital and had reported that she had been sexually assaulted somewhere in Brandon. Police have opened an investigation into the matter.
The Visiting Nurses Association in Rutland called on Brandon Police on March 8 to check on an elderly North Birch Hill Road resident who had just gotten out of the hospital and had not been answering his phone for the past couple of days. The officer checked the residence but did not locate anyone there.
Just after midday police were called to a disturbance on Jones Drive. A former tenant at the Summit Properties/Park Village was refusing to leave the building until he got his last month’s security deposit back. The responding officer calmed the arguing parties and worked out an agreement with them to avoid further problems. The former tenant was also issued a verbal trespass notice per request of the property manager, ordering him not to return to the property.
After stopping a vehicle on Park Street near Marble Street for a stop sign violation, police found that the driver, Jacob Sweatt, 27, had a criminally suspended driver’s license. Sweatt was issued a citation for Operating With a Criminally Suspended Driver’s License. Police returned to Park Street later in the evening to assist a family with their defiant 8-year-old, who was trying to run away from home. The child was located and brought back home by a family member.
On the morning of March 9, police received word of an injured owl on Nickerson Road. They notified Vermont Fish & Wildlife and a warden was dispatched to check on the welfare of the animal.
In the early evening police arrested Eden W. Netelkos, 28, of Brandon, and charged her with DUI-Drugs. Several hours later they served an arrest warrant on Christopher Brown, 25, of Shrewsbury. Brown, whose girlfriend had been arrested earlier for DUI-Drugs, had come to the Brandon Police Station to pick her up. Brown was arrested for an outstanding arrest warrant out of Rutland City for failure to appear. Brown was taken into custody without incident and later transported to the Marble Valley Correctional Center for lodging.
On March 10, police were notified of an online scam originating in Snapchat in which a resident’s cell phone had been hacked. This is not an isolated incident, and Brandon Police strongly advise the public to be cautious when using social media and on-line outlets and to make sure that passwords and authentication firewalls are in place to avoid unauthorized access to their electronic devices and on-line accounts.
Two dogs were running amok around Prospect Street and Conant Square on the morning of March 11. An officer, with the assistance of a member of the public, managed to secure the dogs safely. They were promptly returned to their owner, who was issued a verbal warning about the Town of Brandon dog ordinance concerning unsecured dogs.
Late in the morning, police stopped a motorist for speeding on Grove Street and discovered the operator to be driving with a criminally suspended driver’s license. The investigation is still open with charges to follow concerning the operator at a later time.
In the evening, a resident came to the police station to report a possible suspicious package they had received in the mail. Officers seized the package, determined that the package was safe, and will turn it in at the post office to be returned to the sender.
Upon stopping a speeding car on Grove Street on March 12 and issuing a ticket to the driver, police found that the driver, a junior operator, had unauthorized passengers in the vehicle with him. The driver was determined to be in violation of the Junior Operator Law by having these passengers. The car was grounded in a nearby parking lot and arrangements were made for the juvenile passengers to get rides home from the scene.
In other activity Brandon Police:
ON MARCH 6
• Aided with an overdose on North Steet.
• Aided a Rutland resident with finding her wallet.
• Took fingerprints for an adoption and a volunteer.
• Assisted Brandon EMS with two separate mecial incidents on Center Street..
ON MARCH 7
• Stopped a vehicle on Champlain Street for an obstructed windshield and On Grove Street for speeding. Issued a warning and a ticket.
• Took fingerprints for a nursing license.
• Enforced traffic rules on Grove Street.
• Received a report of sexual assault and opened an investigation
ON MARCH 8
• Made a welfare check on North Birch Hill Road.
• Responded to a disturbance on Jones Drive.
• Took fingerprints for a nursing license.
• Enforced traffic rules on Park Street
• Issued a citation to a driver with a criminally suspended license.
• Aided a Park Street family with a defiant child.
• Assisted a stranded motorist on Franlin Street near Nickerson Road
• Enforced speed limit on Franklin Street
• Enforced traffic rules on Conant Square/Champlain Street. Directed traffic enforcement
ON MARCH 9
• Notified Fish & Wildlife of an injured owl on Nickerson Road.
• Took fingerprints for an individual participating in a volunteer program, nursing license and coaching position.
• Charged a 28-year-old woman with DUI-Drug.
• Served an arrest warrant on a 25-yeat-old man at the police station.
ON MARCH 10
• Received report of an erratic driver on Grove Street near Town Line Road.
• Presented K-9 Guinness to a group of students at Lothrop Elementary School in Pittsford.
• Received report of an online scam on Snapchat.
ON MARCH 11
• Secured two stray dogs around Conant Square and Prospect Street.
• Stopped a driver for speeding who was found to be driving with a criminally suspended license.
• Received an accidental 911 call.
• Received a complaint of past vandalism to a window at a residence on Birch Hill Road.
• Carver Street, Church Street and Rossiter Street for a suspicious male that had been seen walking in the area.
• Received a walk-in complaint about a possible suspicious package.
• Enforced speed limit on Grove Street and issued two warnings.
• Made traffic stops on Frnaklin Street and Grove Street for using a cell phone while driving and speeding. Issued a ticket and a warning.
ON MARCH 12
• Stopped car on Grove street for speeding and found operator in violation of Junior Operator Law.
• Made traffic stops on Grove Street and Franklin Street for failure to move over upon approach of an emergency vehicle and speeding. A warning and three tickets were issued.
• Began an investigation regarding a landlord/tenant dispute.
• Enforced speed limit on Franklin Street and Grove Street.
