VSP Information Launch-Incident
STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
NEWS RELEASE
CASE#: 22B3000774
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Ben Irwin
STATION: Shaftsbury
CONTACT#: 802-442-5421
DATE/TIME: March 9, 2022 / 2035 hours
INCIDENT LOCATION: Birchstone Ln, E. Dorset VT
VIOLATION: DUI – Alcohol #1
ACCUSED: Ian Estabrooks
AGE: 39
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: East Dorset VT
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: On the above date and time, Troopers from the Vermont State Police – Shaftsbury Barracks have been requested to Be on the Lookout and conduct a welfare examine of Ian Estabrooks who was reported to be working his motorcar intoxicated and making suicide feedback. Whereas patrolling the realm in search of the car, Troopers situated the car crashed head on right into a tree. Estabrooks was recognized because the operator and didn’t seem to have sustained any accidents. Whereas talking with Estabrooks he confirmed a number of indicators of impairment and was positioned below arrest for the suspicion of DUI – Alcohol.
The Shaftsbury Barracks embedded psychological well being disaster employee was with Troopers on the time of the crash and was in a position to deescalate Estabrooks suicidal habits. Estabrooks was in the end transported to the Southwestern Vermont Medical Middle for additional analysis and launched into the care of the hospital with a Felony Quotation to seem on the Bennington Superior Court docket – Felony Division on April 11, 2022 at 0815 hours.
COURT ACTION: Sure
COURT DATE/TIME: April 11, 2022 / 0815 hours
COURT: Bennington Superior Court docket – Felony Division
LODGED – LOCATION: N/A
BAIL: N/A
MUG SHOT: Not Included
*Please notice: courtroom date and time are topic to vary on the discretion of
the courtroom. Please name the felony courtroom clerk to substantiate arraignment time.
Trooper Benjamin Irwin
Vermont State Police
Shaftsbury Barracks
96 Airport Rd
Shaftsbury VT, 05262
802-442-5421
