Vermont State Police are looking to return stolen items to
the public. This after a couple was arrested and accused of committing more
than 100 burglaries! 37-year-old Raymond
Ritchie and 29-year-old Nicole Burgos are facing multiple charges. They were arrested for break-ins around Addison
County Burgos
was cited and released. She's due in court at the end of the month. Police say there could be more charges and
will work to get everything back to its proper owner.
A new drug on the streets in Rutland
has caused 6 overdoses in 12 hours. Investigators
say the street name of the drug is Molly.
Detective Sergeant James Tarbell says, “"We knew about Mollies, we
just didn't know about this version of Mollies." These Mollies are packed with heroin,
cocaine, meth and ecstasy, which is a potentially deadly combination. Officials say on average there is one overdose
a week in Rutland and six overdoses
in 12 hours got the attention of everyone.
The drug first surfaced during a Rutland
traffic stop; now police are working to stop the problem before it spreads any
further.
The Vermont Department of Mental Health has a new deputy
commissioner. Officials announced
Thursday that Frank Reed has been appointed deputy commissioner. Reed has worked for the department since
1999, serving most recently as interim deputy and commissioner. Reed is a licensed clinical social worker. He
has served as president of the Vermont Chapter of the National Association of
Social Workers and as a behavioral health surveyor for the Commission on
Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.
Authorities say a fire that destroyed an apartment building
in Winooski was started accidentally by a cigarette. No one was injured in the fire yesterday afternoon,
but one man who was sleeping in an apartment was rescued by neighbors who
kicked in the door. Fire crews from
several departments were called out. BY
last night, the building had partially collapsed.
A Barre man who worked as an Orange County Sheriff's deputy
and part-time police officer in Northfield
was killed in a late night crash in Waterbury . Police say 22-year-old Michael Zemanek was
driving south on Interstate 89 just before midnight
Wednesday, when for some unknown reason he crossed all the lanes and median a
couple of times bouncing off the guardrails on both sides of the
interstate. Zemanek was pronounced dead
at the hospital. Police are
investigating, but say speed does not appear to be a factor. Zemanek was an Orange County Sheriff's deputy
and part-time Northfield Police Department officer. He was off-duty at the time of the crash.
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beyond. The University
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