Police: Driver led cops on pursuit before trying to flee on foot

Police said two Berlin natives face drug charges after trying to elude officers during a traffic stop Saturday night. Police tried to stop the car, driven by James Capron, 26, on I-89 in Berlin for going 83 mph in a 65 mph zone. The car accelerated rather than pull over, police said. The pursuit continued off Exit 7 onto Route 62, then onto Fischer Road, Paine Turnpike, and then Addison Drive before Capron left the car and tried to flee on foot, police said. Police said they tracked Capron to a residence on Addison Drive, where he was arrested after a search by Berlin and Montpelier police turned up heroin, as well as evidence of sales of both heroin and crack cocaine. Police said they also took the passenger of the car, Victoria Stauff, 18, into custody. She was released on citation to appear in Washington Superior Court on Monday. Police discovered Capron also had a criminally suspended license from previous drug-related offenses. Capron was lodged at Chittenden Correctional on $3,000 bail in connection with Saturday night's incident.

Police said two Berlin natives face drug charges after trying to elude officers during a traffic stop Saturday night.

Police tried to stop the car, driven by James Capron, 26, on I-89 in Berlin for going 83 mph in a 65 mph zone. The car accelerated rather than pull over, police said.


The pursuit continued off Exit 7 onto Route 62, then onto Fischer Road, Paine Turnpike, and then Addison Drive before Capron left the car and tried to flee on foot, police said.

Police said they tracked Capron to a residence on Addison Drive, where he was arrested after a search by Berlin and Montpelier police turned up heroin, as well as evidence of sales of both heroin and crack cocaine.

Police said they also took the passenger of the car, Victoria Stauff, 18, into custody. She was released on citation to appear in Washington Superior Court on Monday.

Police discovered Capron also had a criminally suspended license from previous drug-related offenses.

Capron was lodged at Chittenden Correctional on $3,000 bail in connection with Saturday night's incident.

