VSP News Release-Incident
STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
NEWS RELEASE
CASE#: 24A5002761
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Sergeant Daniel Lynch
STATION: Derby Barracks
CONTACT#: (802) 334-8881
DATE/TIME: 6/2/24, 1555 hours
INCIDENT LOCATION: East Brighton Rd, East Haven Rd, Brighton
VIOLATION:
- DUI – Subsequent (Refusal)
- Negligent Operation
- Traffic tickets – Marked lanes violations, Plates not assigned to vehicle.
ACCUSED: Jessica Neary
AGE: 59
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Lyndon, VT
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:
On the above date and approximate time, the VSP Derby Barracks received several 911 calls about a vehicle that had crashed on VT-105 (East Brighton Rd) in Brighton near the state airport and subsequently fled the scene west on VT-105 with heavy damage and traveling on a rim. A responding trooper arriving in the village of Island Pond was directed west on VT-105 by several pedestrians and motorists, then located and followed a gouge in the roadway which crossed both lanes of travel several times west on VT-105 and then south on VT-114 (East Haven Rd). The trooper caught up to the vehicle several miles south of the intersection, which was traveling on a rim and had a deployed airbag, and was able to ultimately stop the vehicle.
The operator was identified as the accused. She displayed indicators of impairment and was placed under arrest and processed at the VSP-Derby Barracks, after which she was released on a citation to appear in Essex Superior Court, Criminal Division on 6/4/24 to answer to the offenses of DUI -Subsequent – Refusal, and Negligent Operation.
COURT ACTION: Citation
COURT DATE/TIME: 6/4/24
COURT: Essex
LODGED - LOCATION: NA
BAIL: NA
MUG SHOT: INCLUDED
*Please note: court date and time are subject to change at the discretion of
the court. Please call the criminal court clerk to confirm arraignment time.
