PRESS RELEASE
Bellows Falls Police Department
170 Rockingham Street Bellows Falls VT
802-463-1234
CASE #: 21BF002721
OFFICER: Ofc. Ian Tuttle & Chief David Bemis
DATE/TIME: 10/29/2021 at approximately
0928 hours
LOCATION (specific): West St, Bellows Falls
VIOLATION: Arrest on Warrant (Instate) & Possession of
Heroin
ACCUSED: Zachary R. Bridge (age 30)
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Cambridgeport, Vermont
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: On October 29th,
2021, at approximately 0928 hours, an officer with the Bellows Falls Police
Department conducted a motor vehicle stop on West St after observing a motor
vehicle violation. After contacting the occupants of the vehicle, the passenger,
Zachary R. Bridge, 30, of Cambridgeport Vermont, was discovered to have two
active arrest warrants issued by the Vermont Superior Court – Windsor Criminal
Division. Bridge was arrested and upon searching him incident to arrest,
indicators of criminal activity were located.
A consent search of the vehicle was conducted and at the conclusion of
the search, 50 bags of suspected heroin were located and seized from the
vehicle.
Bridge was transported to the Bellows Falls Police Department for the purpose
of processing. At the completion of processing, Bridge was issued a citation to
appear in Vermont Superior Court – Windham Criminal Division on 11/01/2021 to
answer to the charge of possession of heroin as well as the two active warrants.
Bridge was transported to Southern State Correctional Facility by the Windham
County Sheriff’s Office in lieu of $1000 cash surety bail concurrent to the
bail on the active warrants.
