Batchelder - Arrest on Warrant

 

 

 

 

 PRESS RELEASE

Bellows Falls Police Department

170 Rockingham Street Bellows Falls VT

802-463-1234

Tips Line: 802-463-2373

 

CASE #: 24BF001930                                               

 

OFFICER: Ofc. R. LaBelle   

 

DATE/TIME:  7/4/2024 at approximately 1837 hours                                                                      

 

LOCATION (specific): Westminster St, Bellows Falls        

 

VIOLATION: Arrest on Warrant

 

ACCUSED: Nicholas Batchelder (age 39)                                        

 

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Bellows Falls, Vermont  

 

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: On July 4th, 2024, at approximately 1837 hours, an officer with the Bellows Falls Police Department arrested Nicholas Batchelder, age 39, of Bellows Falls, Vermont on an active In-State Warrant.

 

At approximately 1837 hours Officer LaBelle of the Bellows Falls Police Department witnessed Nicholas Batchelder dancing in the parking lot of Athens Pizza. After Officer LaBelle approached Batchelder, dispatch advised that he had an Active In-State Arrest Warrant. Batchelder was placed under arrest without incident.

 

Batchelder was transported to the Bellows Falls Police Department for the purpose of processing. At the completion, Batchelder was issued a citation to appear in Vermont Superior Court – Windham Criminal Division on 7/5/2024 to answer the charge and lodged at Southern State Correctional Facility.

 

COURT ACTION: Y

CITED – DATE: 7/5/2024

COURT: Windham County Superior Court – Criminal Division

 

Police have no control over bail, or incarceration. Those matters are handled by the Judicial System, including the Judges, Court Clerks, and the State Attorney’s Office.