Bellows Falls Police Department
802-463-1234
CASE #: 23-BF-000999
OFFICER: Mayer
DATE/TIME: 04-15-2023 @ approximately 2:27 p.m.
LOCATION (specific): 112 Westminster Street – Bellows Falls, Vermont
VIOLATION: DUI - 2nd or Subsequent, Resisting Arrest, Aggravated Disorderly Conduct
ACCUSED: Richard Pennington; Age: 49
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Hudson Falls, New York
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:
On 04-15-2023 at approximately 2:27 p.m. Officer Mayer of the Bellows Falls Police Department, received a dispatch concerning an unconscious male in a vehicle. The operator was later identified as Richard Pennington of Hudson Falls, NY.
Pennington was woken up and a conversation began. On suspicion of Pennington being intoxicated, the standard field sobriety tests were conducted. Pennington could not perform the tests.
A roadside Blood Alcohol Content was requested and given, with the resulting BAC % over the allowable limit set forth by law.
Pennington was advised that that he was under arrest, he resisted and had to be physically subdued. Pennington was taken into custody and charged with DUI -2nd or Subsequent Offense, Resisting Arrest and Aggravated Disorderly Conduct.
Pennington was transported to the Bellows Falls Police Department for processing and issued a citation to appear in Windham Superior Court- Criminal Division to answer to the charge(s) on May 2nd, 2023, at 8:30 a.m.
