Editor’s note: A charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed.

Whitehall Police Beat

May 17

5:30 p.m. – Police received a call about a possible domestic incident in the driveway of an Adams Street residence. The caller said a man had kicked a pregnant woman in the stomach. No one was around when officers arrived at the scene, but neighbors told them the man had been running into the woman’s car with his vehicle. The woman was able to get into her apartment but the man kicked her through the open door, the neighbors said. The two went into the apartment and neighbors said they heard banging and screaming. The woman left the apartment holding her arm and crying, got into her vehicle and left, they said. The neighbors said they took in the two children who lived in the apartment. Police searched the surrounding area but were unable to find the man. They did find several empty bottles and cans of alcohol in the house, shattered glass on the kitchen floor, furniture overturned and broken and the back door open. The woman later called dispatch and asked why police were at her home. She was told of the domestic report but claimed nothing had happened.

May 20

10:10 p.m. – A woman called police to request a welfare check on her daughter, who lives on South Williams Street in the village. The caller told them she had not heard from her daughter in a few days. Officers went to the daughter’s residence and found her in good health. She explained that she has no telephone but will use a neighbor’s phone to contact her mother.

May 22

4:30 p.m. – Police received a report of graffiti on the wall near the pavilion in Skenesborough Drive Park. Officers contacted the village Department of Public Works about the situation and were told the park is not village property. It is owned by the New York State Canal Corp. The caller said he will remove the graffiti himself.

Fair Haven Police Beat

May 20

7 p.m. –Jason Brown, 41, was arrested and charged with an alleged traffic violation on Main Street. Upon interview police confirmed Brown’s driver’s license was under criminal suspension and he was not permitted to operate a motor vehicle, according to police. Brown was processed and released with a citation to appear in Rutland Superior Court at a later date.