ST. JOHNSBURY POLICE DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
03/11/2019
CASE OFFICER: Officer Steven Hartwell
On 03/11/2019 at
approximately 1715 hours, The St. Johnsbury Police Department executed a search
warrant at 18 Spring Street in the Town of St. Johnsbury. The purpose of the
search warrant was to locate and take into custody Shawn Rich (DOB 04/20/1978)
and Steven Simonds (DOB 02/07/1978). Both men had active warrants for their
arrest and been evading police.
Simonds was located in
an upstairs apartment and taken into custody. We were advised by a tenant of
the house that the house was a former civil war Underground Railroad site and
that we would not be able to find Rich. After a short search Rich was located
in a homemade crawl space inside of an upstairs closet. Also located in the
crawl space was a sleeping bag and a jar half full of urine.
Both men were lodged at
Northeast Regional Correctional Facility. <EXPUNGED> the
owner of the residence and Rich’s girlfriend was cited In Caledonia Court to
answer to charges of Resisting Arrest, False Information to a Law Enforcement
Officer and Hindering. Rich Was cited for Resisting Arrest, both Rich and <EXPUNGED> will appear in court on 04/29/2019.
A St. Johnsbury Police
Officer was bit by a dog in the residence while taking <EXPUNGED> into custody. He
was treated for a minor puncture wound at NVRH and released.
