ST. JOHNSBURY POLICE DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
CASE#: 20SJ003607
OFFICER: Gerrish/Saad
CONTACT#: (802)748-2314
DATE/TIME: 09/26/2020 @ 2359 hours
LOCATION: Summer Street
VIOLATION: Possession of Cocaine, Violation of Conditions of Release x 2
ACCUSED: [EXPUNGED]
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: St. Johnsbury, VT
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:
On September 27, 2020, an officer was on patrol on Spring street after receiving a complaint of illegal fireworks being discharged in the area. He noticed a suspicious vehicle driving down the road with a passenger inside it that appeared to be [EXPUNGED]. The vehicle drove onto Summer Street wherein [EXPUNGED] exited the vehicle and ran through an alley. [EXPUNGED] was found in a town resident’s back yard on Spring Street in violation of a court ordered curfew and found to be in possession of a pipe containing a white powdery substance that would later field test positive for the chemical properties of cocaine. [EXPUNGED] was arrested and brought to the St. Johnsbury Police Department. [EXPUNGED] was cited for possession of cocaine and 2 counts of violation of conditions of release. [EXPUNGED] was screened and found to be in an incapacitated state due to the consumption of a chemical substance and was lodged at Northeast Regional Correctional Facility for detox.
