A St. Johnsbury man was arrested and jailed after smashing bus stop windows with a brick, St. Johnsbury police say.

Tuesday, February 6 at 10 pm, St. Johnsbury Police Department received multiple calls of a male wearing khaki shorts and grey shirt smashing the windows out of the RCT bus stop on Portland Street in St. Johnsbury.

Officer George Johnson responded to the bus stop, where a witness pointed to Michael Farnsworth, 35, who was wearing a grey shirt and khakis shorts standing behind an adjacent building.

Farnsworth then fled on foot behind the building traveling towards Elm street. Johnson pursued Farnsworth and intercepted him on Elm Street. Farnsworth resisted arrest and had to be taken to the ground. He was placed in handcuffs and arrested. Witnesses provided Johnson with cell phone video of Farnsworth smashing out the glass with a brick.

Farnsworth was taken to the local correctional facility. He is cited to appear in court March 18.

Families displaced by Barre fire – February 1 at about 2:20 AM, the Barre City Fire Department responded to a residential structure fire at 7 Harrington Ave in Barre. As a result of the two-alarm fire, three families were displaced. At this time, human involvement cannot be excluded, authorities say. 

Man found dead after altercation – Vermont State Police is investigating a suspicious death that occurred Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 6 in Pownal.

At about 3 p.m. police received a report of an altercation on Chickadee Drive. Troopers located an adult man deceased at the scene.

This case is in its preliminary stages. No one is currently in custody. There is no indication of a broader threat to the community. The victim’s name is being withheld pending further investigation and notification of relatives.

Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 6, 2024, the Vermont State Police was notified that a body had been located in the town of Fairfield.

Body found in Fairfield – VSP received a call at 2:09 p.m. from a member of the public who reported having discovered possible human remains in a wood line in the vicinity of 850 Barry Rd. in Fairfield. Troopers responded to the location along with the Fairfield Fire Department and located a body in the woods. The body was transported to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington for an autopsy to confirm identity and to determine the cause and manner of death.

The location where the body was found is near the area of Castle and Menard roads, where police have conducted extensive searches for Timothy “Timmy” Jettie, 59, of Fairfield, who was reported missing in December.