Government must both protect civil liberties and promote public safety, and “we are clearly not striking the right balance,” Scott said. “The safety of the public comes first.”

Without comment, and with a demeanor described by the sergeant as “affectless”, Jones held up a meat cleaver and pointed it towards the sergeant and raised it over his head.

Wanted on six felony charges stemming from a December rape.

Also part of the early morning raid at the mobile home on West Hill Road were officers from Randolph and Burlington Police.

Wanted on six felony charges stemming from a December rape.

Burlington’s Progressive mayor censors police statements about arrests.

George’s statement calling the November 25, 2023 shooting of three Palestinian men in Burlington a ‘hateful act’ may have violated Vermont’s code of conduct for prosecutors.

State’s Attorney Sarah George supports the gag order motion, Reynolds’ lawyer claimed. A joint filing by both defense lawyer and prosecutor is expected soon, he said. 

With the loud public outcry this week, Deml said he ordered a further review of Breer’s case “due to my concern regarding the significant risk he poses to public safety and the Department’s ability to effectively supervise him in the community.”

After appeals for mercy from his family and employer, and despite the evidence justifying a harsher sentence, Judge Michael Kainen sentenced Robert Maximov, 28, of East Haven to 21 days in jail, citing his traumatic childhood in Russian orphanages as a mitigating factor.

The suspect has said he’d rather be shot by police than arrested.

The adult woman defended herself and struck the man in the face, possibly causing cuts.

“He has harmed huge numbers of people; he routinely endangers himself and others; and Burlington’s officers deal with him more than any other person. He has exhausted outlets of charity, treatment, or relief, and burned bridges with entities that seek to help the disadvantaged,” Murad said.

You can call it the ‘Michael Reynolds Law,’ after the Burlington-area transient with more than 1600 police interactions since 2012 and still going strong this month with reported abusive, disruptive, threatening behavior. 

After a few weeks, the purchases are disputed by the actual card owner and the transaction is cancelled by the credit card company.

Violent behavior, insistent and repeated trespassing, and mental health incidents are a recurring theme.

The raid was the culmination of a months’ long investigation into the distribution of fentanyl and cocaine base in the Chittenden County area.  

The suspect was a customer of snowplow operator who, short-staffed, was not able to plow his driveway.