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Bat cave party leads to arrests
Rutland Herald (VT)
By Brent Curtis Staff Writer
July 10, 2009
DORSET — A drinking party at the bat caves off Dorset Hill Road late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning led to three arrests, a number of citations and a broken police cruiser windshield, according to state police.
Four state police troopers and one officer from Manchester were called to the caves about 11 p.m. for reports of heavy, loud and "reckless" traffic on the remote roadway leading to them.
"Many of the cars were driving recklessly and well over the speed limit with music blaring from within," Trooper John-Paul Schmidt said in a statement on the incident.
Schmidt said officers found several vehicles parked at a trailhead along the road that leads up to the caves.
As the officers prepared to set off up the trail, people in trucks, sport utility vehicles, on ATVs and on foot began returning to the cars. Schmidt said "most" were under the age of 21 and the "majority" showed signs of alcohol and other drug use.
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Rutland Herald (VT)
By Brent Curtis Staff Writer
July 10, 2009
DORSET — A drinking party at the bat caves off Dorset Hill Road late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning led to three arrests, a number of citations and a broken police cruiser windshield, according to state police.
Four state police troopers and one officer from Manchester were called to the caves about 11 p.m. for reports of heavy, loud and "reckless" traffic on the remote roadway leading to them.
"Many of the cars were driving recklessly and well over the speed limit with music blaring from within," Trooper John-Paul Schmidt said in a statement on the incident.
Schmidt said officers found several vehicles parked at a trailhead along the road that leads up to the caves.
As the officers prepared to set off up the trail, people in trucks, sport utility vehicles, on ATVs and on foot began returning to the cars. Schmidt said "most" were under the age of 21 and the "majority" showed signs of alcohol and other drug use.
More