VSP News Release-Incident

 

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

       

CASE#: 21A403286

TROOPER: David Garces                            

STATION: St. Johnsbury                     

CONTACT#: 802-748-3111

 

DATE/TIME: 07/11/21 at 1916 hours

INCIDENT LOCATION: Pierce Road, St. Johnsbury

VIOLATION: Negligent Operation

 

ACCUSED: Steven Chapin                                            

AGE: 26

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Berlin, VT

 

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:

 

On 07/11/21 at 1916 hours, VSP St. Johnsbury responded to a report of a Red Jeep Cherokee that crashed on Pierce Road in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, near a the entrance to a swimming hole where children often go. Upon arrival, Troopers learned that the operator fled the scene and there were no occupants in the vehicle. There were Miller Lite and Natural Lights beer boxes that spilled from the vehicle.  The operator was later identified as Steven Chapin and Troopers learned from witness statements that Chapin was intoxicated and high on marijuana during operation. Chapin was located and cited on 07/12/21 at the Northeastern Correctional Facility where he was held after a separate arrest earlier this day. Chapin will also be issued $200 worth of fines for littering the beer boxes that were found at the scene.

 

 

COURT ACTION: Y

COURT DATE/TIME: 09/27/21 at 0800 hrs        

COURT: Caledonia County

MUG SHOT: NOT AVAILABLE

 

 

 

 

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