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Saturday, January 14, 2023

Kneeland - Ignition Interlock Required

 Bellows Falls Police Department

170 Rockingham Street 
Bellows Falls VT

802-463-1234

CASE #: 23BF000118                                               

OFFICER: Sergeant Ian Tuttle & Officer Robert LaBelle

DATE/TIME:  01/13/2023 at approximately 2315 hours                                                                  

LOCATION (specific): Westminster St, Bellows Falls and Rte 5, Westminster                  

VIOLATION: Ignition Interlock Device Required               

ACCUSED: Jeffrey D. Kneeland (age 40)                                        

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Vernon, Vermont            

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: On January 13th, 2022, at approximately 2315 hours, an officer with the Bellows Falls Police Department arrested Jeffrey D. Kneeland, age 40, of Vernon, Vermont for the crime of Ignition Interlock Device Required.

A vehicle subsequently discovered to be driven by Kneeland stopped for the observed violation on Route 5 in the Town of Westminster, just outside of the Village of Bellows Falls. At the scene of the stop, Kneeland was identified as the operator. It was discovered that he was required to have an ignition interlock device in the vehicle he was driving which he did not.

Kneeland was arrested and transported to the Bellows Falls Police Department for processing. At the completion of processing he was issued a citation to appear in Vermont Superior Court - Windham Criminal Division on 02/28/2023 to answer to the charge of Ignition Interlock Device Required.