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-- A local woman was cited with unlawful trespassing and her ex-husband charged with domestic assault after police say she entered her ex-husbands’ house on Sept. 17.
Troopers from the Vermont State Police Rockingham barracks responded to a residence on Golden Hill Road at approximately 4:53 p.m. on a report of an assault.
Authorities determined that Kathleen Spence, 49, had entered a house where her ex-husband, Thomas Spence, was living. She left after a brief struggle.
The two were ordered to appear in Windham Superior Court: Criminal Division at a later date to answer to the charges.
Saxtons River
-- A man from South Acworth, N.H., has been cited with driving under the influence of alcohol and providing false information to a law enforcement officer following an incident on Saturday, Sept. 15.
According to police, Trooper Jonathan Graham stopped a vehicle on Route 121 at roughly 10:39 p.m. He reported that he saw two occupants, who appeared intoxicated. Graham stopped the people and asked who had been driving. Thomas Colson, 57, was identified as the operator.
It turns out they were walking to their house because Graham was blocking their driveway with his cruiser. Graham then determined Colson had been operating the vehicle under the influence of alcohol. He was transported to the Rockingham State Barracks, where he lied about his identity.
He then provided
He was ordered to appear in court at a later date to answer to the charges.
South Londonderry
-- A Worcester, Mass., man suffered minor injuries after he lost control of the motorcycle he was operating on Vermont Route 100 on Sunday, Sept. 16.
According to police, Michael Cormier, 29, was riding with a small group of motorcyclists when he crashed as the group was stopping to take a break at approximately 11:47 a.m. Londonderry Rescue transported him to the emergency room as Springfield Hospital.
Westminster
-- No one was injured in a single-vehicle crash at mile-marker 31/35 in the southbound lane on I-91 approximately 6:43 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16.
According to police, Patrick Harrington, 18, of Glastonbury, Conn., was traveling south and fell asleep. He drove off the west side of the roadway and the vehicle hit a guardrail. Police say the vehicle sustained significant front-end damage and about 40 feet of the guard rail was damaged.
All three of the vehicle’s occupants were wearing seatbelts.
Vermont State Police were assisted by Westminster Volunteer Fire Department and Golden Cross Ambulance.
-- Vermont State Police are investigating front-end damage caused to the driver’s side of a vehicle on Covered Bridge Road.
Police say a Brattleboro man parked his vehicle to go bridge fishing (the bridge is no longer covered) on Sunday, Sept. 16. When he returned to the vehicle, he notice it had sustained damage.
It appeared the damage was done by a vehicle with a bumper high enough not to make contact with the victim’s bumper. It is believed to be a vehicle with a black plastic bumper and with dark red or maroon paint.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Trooper Eric Vitali at 802-875-2112.
Weston
-- Drew Simmons, 20, of Weston, was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash on Vermont Route 100 on Saturday, Sept. 15.
According to police reports, Simmons was transported to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center via helicopter.
The case is still under investigation.
Vermont State Police Weston Volunteer Fire Department and Londonderry Volunteer Rescue responded to the scene.
