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Friday, May 12, 2023

Rice - Simple Assault

 Bellows Falls Police Department

170 Rockingham Street 
Bellows Falls VT

802-463-1234

CASE #: 23BF001036

OFFICER(S): Officer N. Lawrence

DATE/TIME: April 20th, 2023, at approximately 2024 hours

LOCATION (specific): Wells St /Laurel Ave, Bellows Falls, Vermont, 05101

VIOLATION: Simple Assault

ACCUSED: Robert A Rice (age 44)

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Bellows Falls, Vermont

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: On April 20th, 2023, at approximately 2024 hours, officers with the Bellows Falls Police Department responded to a disturbance on Wells St. An investigation was conducted and at the conclusion of the investigation, Robert A Rice, age 44, of Bellows Falls, was arrested for simple assault.

Rice was transported to the Bellows Falls Police Department for processing, and at the completion of processing he was issued a citation to appear in the Vermont Superior Court – Windham Division, on May 30th, 2023 at 0830 hours.