Counterfeit Currency

Bellows Falls Police Department 

170 Rockingham Street Bellows Falls VT  

802-463-1234 

CASE #:20BF002743 

OFFICER: Bemis 

DATE/TIME: 09-11-20 

VIOLATION: Counterfeit currency  

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: The Bellows Falls Police Department is investigating an incident where counterfeit money was left at a local business.  The denominations were 20’s and 5-dollar bills.  Anyone with information or having taken a counterfeit bill, is asked to call the Bellows Falls Police Department.  Extra caution should be taken when exchanging currency. 

Criminal DLS

Bellows Falls Police Department 

170 Rockingham Street Bellows Falls VT  

802-463-1234 

CASE #: 20BF002474 

OFFICER: Parro 

DATE/TIME:08/21/2020 at approximately 0310 hours 

LOCATION (specific): Rockingham St 

VIOLATION:Criminal DLS 

ACCUSED: Johnathan VanAlstyne  

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE:  Bellows Falls, Vermont 

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: On August 21st, 2020 at approximately 0310 hours Johnathan VanAlstyne of Bellows Falls, Vermont was issued a citation following a  traffic stop for Driving While Criminally Suspended. VanAlstyne’s will appear in Vermont Superior Court – Windham Criminal Division on 09/22/2020 to answer the charge.   

Crash leads to DUI Arrest

Bellows Falls Police Department

170 Rockingham Street Bellows Falls VT

802-463-1234

Tips Line: 802-463-2373

CASE #: 20BF002600

DATE/TIME: 08/31/2020 at approximately 1742 hours

LOCATION (specific): Westminster Street at Atkinson Street, Bellows Falls, VT

VIOLATION: DUI

OPERATOR: Jerald Buffum, age 50

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Bellows Falls, VT

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:

On August 31^st, 2020 The Bellows Falls Police Department responded to a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Westminster Street and Atkinson Street. After an investigation into the incident, Jerald Buffum age 50, of Bellows Falls, VT was taken into custody and processed for DUI #1. Buffum was later issued a citation to appear in Vermont Superior Court – Windham Criminal Division on 09/15/2020 to answer to this offense.

COURT ACTION: Y  

CITED – DATE: 09/15/2020  

COURT: Windham County Superior Court - Criminal Division

Trafficking Heroin

Bellows Falls Police Department 

170 Rockingham Street Bellows Falls VT  

802-463-1234 

CASE #: 20BF001509 

OFFICER: J. Parro 

DATE/TIME:06/07/2020 at approximately 2226 hours 

LOCATION (specific): Rockingham Street 

VIOLATION:Trafficking Heroin 

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: An 18-year-old female has been cited into Vermont Superior Court – Windham Family Division for Trafficking Heroin following a traffic stop on June 7th, 2020 on Rockingham Street in Bellows Falls.  

At approximately 2226 hours an Officer conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation which ultimately led to the seizure of the female occupant’s purse for the purpose of an application for a search warrant.   

On June 10th, 2020 the search warrant was approved and was executed. During the search 1,971 bags of suspected heroin was located with a street value of approximately $19,710. The suspected heroin was sent to the Vermont Forensic Laboratory for further drug analysis. 

False Info to a P.O., Criminal DLS

                                                        Bellows Falls Police Department 

170 Rockingham Street Bellows Falls VT  

802-463-1234 

Tips Line: 802-463-2373 

 

 

 

CASE #: 20BF002412 

 

OFFICER: Ofc. Ian Tuttle and Ofc. Joshua Parro 

 

DATE/TIME:08/16/2020 at approximately 2359 hours 

 

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

 

VIOLATION:Driving with a Criminally Suspended License, Providing False Information to a Police Officer 

 

ACCUSED: Daniel N. Vaine Jr. (age 24) 

 

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Putney, Vermont  

 

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: On August 16th, 2020 at approximately 2359 hours, an officer with the Bellows Falls Police Department arrested Daniel N. Vaine Jr., age 24, of Putney, Vermont for driving with a criminally suspended license and providing false information to a police officer. 

 

Vaine’s vehicle was stopped on Route 5 in Westminster after an officer observed a motor vehicle violation on Westminster St in Bellows Falls. After meeting with Vaine he provided the officer with a false name. The officer was able to recognize Vaine from prior police interactions with him. It was discovered that Vaine had a criminally suspended license. 

 

Vaine was arrested and released on a citation to appear in Vermont Superior Court Windham Criminal Division on 09/22/2020.