HARDWICK – March 4, the Hardwick Police Department conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation on Granite Street. The operator, Douglas Brier, was found to be criminally suspended and was taken into custody for criminal DLS without incident and processed at the Hardwick Police Department. Brier was issued a citation to appear in Caledonia Superior Court, April 6, at 8:30 a.m., to answer the above charges.
On March 6, at 11:29 a.m., Casandra Rich stole a purse off a female walking on the sidewalk by removing it from her shoulder and running down the sidewalk. Rich was found and issued a citation into Caledonia Superior Court, Criminal Division, on March 30. The purse was recovered but the money was gone.
March 9, at 4:55 p.m., officers from the Hardwick Police Department were dispatched to Lamoille Avenue, for a possible disturbance. Investigation revealed though there was a minor disturbance, the only criminal action was in Denise Fradette operating a motor vehicle while under criminal suspension. She was issued a citation to appear in the Superior Court of Vermont, Criminal Division, to be arraigned on the above charge.
On March 10, Hardwick Police conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation on Granite Street. The passenger was identified as Wendell Walbridge. Walbridge was found to have an active warrant for his arrest and a probation violation. Walbridge was taken into custody without incident. He was transported and lodged at the Northeast Correctional Complex.
March 11, at approximately 3:51 p.m., Hardwick Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Mill Street in front of Buffalo Mountain Co-Op. A 2009 Dodge Caravan operated by Jan Bodendorf pulled out into traffic from the co-op parking lot, into the right of way of a 2009 Subaru Forester operated by Jacob Gates. Gates’s vehicle received damage to the front drivers side and Bodendorf’s vehicle received damage to the passenger doors.
On March 14, at 11:22 a.m., an officer from the Hardwick Police Department observed Ryan Hill of Hardwick, operating an unregistered side-by-side ATV on Granite Street, Winter Street and Mackville Road. The DMV record of Hill indicated he was under criminal suspension at the time of this operation. He was issued a citation to appear at the Caledonia Superior Court of Vermont, Criminal Division, to be arraigned for DLS.
