Vermont State Police Log: Bristol fight draws state police – Addison Independent

ADDISON COUNTY — A combat at a Bristol house this previous Sunday afternoon resulted in costs for each combatants.

Simply earlier than 1 p.m. on Sept. 25, Vermont State Police had been known as to the combat on Route 116 South in Bristol. Troopers investigated the combat involving Ezra Dixon, 43, of Bellows Falls and Jeffrey Fortune, 30, of Bristol and decided that Dixon had precipitated critical bodily harm to Fortune, and that Fortune had precipitated bodily hurt to Dixon.

Police later situated Dixon at a close-by residence, took him to the Brandon Police Division and cited him for first-degree aggravated assault. Police situated Fortune and cited him for easy assault. Each males had been launched with orders to reply costs in Addison County Superior Courtroom, Prison Division.

Troopers had been assisted by Bristol Rescue and Brandon police.

In different current exercise, troopers:

• On Sept. 24 at a bit of after 8 a.m. responded to a three-car crash on Route 116 south of the intersection with Drake Woods Highway within the northeast nook of Bristol. Police mentioned Don Ronaldson of Newport Seaside, Calif., was driving a 2021 Ford Expedition southbound on Route 116 when he used a pull-off to make a correct U-turn. At the moment, police mentioned New Haven resident Thomas Case, 28, was not taking note of the highway whereas driving a 2006 Subaru Forester northbound on the freeway, and by the point Case noticed the Expedition there was not an inexpensive distance to cease. 

So as to keep away from a collision with Ronaldson’s SUV, Case apparently swerved into the oncoming lane and collided head-on with a 2020 Chevy Equinox pushed by Christopher Stone, 52, of South Burlington. No accidents had been reported, however each Vermont automobiles sustained front-end harm. 

Police decided that neither pace nor impairment had been contributing elements on this crash. Police issued Case a ticket for following too intently, which carries a tremendous of $220 and three factors on his insurance coverage.

• On Sept. 25 at 5 p.m. obtained a report of a home disturbance that had occurred earlier that day in Addison. Police regarded into the report and decided that at round 2 p.m. on Sunday Kyle O. Nadeau, 55, of Colchester precipitated bodily harm to an intimate companion whereas driving collectively on Route 17 in Addison. Nadeau turned himself in on the Williston barracks, the place he was cited for home assault.

• On Sept. 26 at round 7:10 p.m. obtained the report of a home disturbance on Higher Plains Highway in Salisbury. Police reported that Erick Daniel McLaughlin ZeLaya, 39, of Salisbury precipitated bodily harm to a home companion, and that he had executed so in entrance of a kid. Troopers took McLaughlin ZeLaya to the New Haven barracks and cited him for home assault and for committing an offense within the presence of a kid.