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MIDDLEBURY MAN JAILED IN NEW YORK
ESSEX, NY | On April 9, at approximately 9:30 p.m., New York State Police conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 87 in Lewis, New York, on a 2013 Chevrolet Equinox for speeding. The operator, Michael K. Wack, Jr., 25, of Middlebury, was subsequently found in possession of under 2 ounces of marijuana, a quantity of marijuana wax, an electronic stun gun, as well as various drug paraphernalia. » Briefs Cont. on pg. 5
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BURLINGTON | Three judges of the Vermont Supreme Court ruled in favor of Jack Sawyer of Poultney April 11. » Sawyer Cont. on pg. 3
Body found at Texas Falls By,Lou Varricchio By E1 EAGLE EDITOR
HANCOCK | A 35-yearC old Middlebury woman was fc April 9 in the cold water of found 'D Falls in the Green MounTexas tai Forest in Addison County. tain 1 According to Vermont State Pol officials, Kate E. NicholPolice son' body was found by a “conson’s cern citizen” who contacted aucerned thori thorities after seeing the body on a visit to t the waterfalls last Monday. visit Nicholson’s body was found in Nie the the water at scenic Texas Falls located 10< on Texas Falls Road in H The series of cascad~DAY , ONLY Hancock. ~-v ing in falls are within the Green Mountain National Forest. CLOSED 10P.M. lf H.M, JV r- ..:£ ,J·,~,, Nicholson’s family was notifoed before the victim’s name Kate E. Nicholson’s body was found in the water at scenic fi Texas Falls located on Texas Falls Road in Hancock in was released. Addison County. The series of cascading falls are within VSP troopers reported the Green Mountain National Forest. Library of Congress photo that members of the Vermont
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State Police, U.S. Forest Service Police, Hancock Volunteer Fire Department, Colchester Technical Rescue, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner’s assistant medical examiner responded to the scene investigate. At approximately 9 p.m. on April 9, members of the Colchester Technical Rescue Team recovered the body at the bottom of the fall,s just below the foot bridge that crosses the falls. “Nicholson’s body was sent to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Burlington for autopsy. The Addison County State’s Attorney’s Office was notified and assisted in the investigation,” according to VSP Detective Tropper Daniel Bennett and Detective Sgt. Eric Albright. “At this time the investigation into the cause and manner of death is ongoing and pending autopsy results.” Bennett and Albright have asked anyone with information regarding the death to contact the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation-Troop B-East at 722-4600. ■
Accident closes Route 7, N W O DOWNT DE V ICE S: causes delays
Airlines Flight 1661, a Philadelphia-to-Burlington bound jet, making its descent to the airport.
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Contractors for the Town of Middlebury placed small electronic devices on the National Bank of Middlebury’ and other area downtown buildings last week. Displacement monitors and seismographs will track vertical and horizontal movements as construction begins on the new drainage system related to the multi-year-long bridge and rail project. Similar devices have been placed in the railbed to monitor track movement for freight train safety. Photo courtesy of Jim Gish
SALISBURY | On April 11, at approximately 12:50 p.m. the Vermont State Police responded to a two car, motor vehicle crash, on US Route 7 in Ferrisburgh. An initial police investigation indicates that John Prushko, 63, of Middlebury, was traveling south at in a 2002 Volkswagen Jetta an unknown speed when he traveled left of center. Prushko continued into the northbound lane and struck the rear axles of trucker Alfred Williams’s tractor-trailer rig causing it to overturn. Williams subsequently came to a position of rest, partially off the road, in the culvert adjacent to the northbound lane of travel. Williams, 24, attempted to avoid the motor vehicle crash but was unable to do so. Prushko was taken by ambulance to the University of Vermont Medical Center for treatment of his injuries. Route 7 was closed for several hours as a result of the motor vehicle crash. Prushko was reported to be in stable condition. By 5 p.m., Route 7 was open to one lane of travel but traffic delays continued in the area until after 9 p.m. The lights of emergency vehicles on the highway were visible to several passengers aboard American
John Prushko, 63, of Middlebury, was traveling on Route 7 in Ferrisburgh on April 11 until he collided with a tractor-trailer rig. Traffic delays continued into the evening hours. The lights of emergency vehicles on the highway were visible to some passengers aboard a Burlington-bound jet making its descent to the airport. Photo by Lou Varricchio
» Accident Cont. on pg. 10
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