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August 12, 2024

Berlin Barracks / DUI Crash

VSP News Release-Incident

 

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

       

CASE#: 24A3005288

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Benjamin Goodwin                             

STATION: VSP Berlin                     

CONTACT#: 802-229-9191

 

DATE/TIME: 8/12/24 / 0247 hrs.

INCIDENT LOCATION: Kew Vasseur Rd. at Bragg Hill Rd.

VIOLATION: DUI, DLS

 

ACCUSED: Dana Bedard                                            

AGE: 51

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Middlebury, VT

 

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:

 

On 8/12/24 at approximately 0247 hrs. Vermont State Police and Mad River Valley Ambulance Service responded to a report of a male yelling for help in the area of Bragg Hill Rd., Fayston.  

 

Upon arrival, it was determined a vehicle had gone off the road at the intersection of Kew Vasseur Rd. and Bragg Hill Rd.  The operator, later identified as Dana Bedard, was not injured.  

 

Bedard was found to be operating the vehicle under the influence of alcohol and with a (criminally) suspended driver's license.  

 

He was taken into custody without incident and processed at VSP Berlin.  Bedard was issued a citation to appear in VT Superior Court, Washington County, for the offenses of DUI and DLS

 

COURT ACTION: Y

COURT DATE/TIME:   08/29/2024 at 8:30 AM         

COURT: VT Superior, Washington County

LODGED - LOCATION: n/a 

BAIL: n/a

MUG SHOT: INCLUDE IMAGE

 

*Please note:  court date and time are subject to change at the discretion of

the court. Please call the criminal court clerk to confirm arraignment time.