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The Bradford Police Department has arrested a 39-year-old Bradford woman for the burglary of a South Main Street neighborhood home last week, the Journal-Opinion reports.
Thomasina Howard has been cited for burglary and possession of stolen property of a Cobblestone Alley home.
In a news release, BPD said it responded to the burglary on Feb. 4. Among the items stolen was a large amount of loose change. BPD received a tip that Howard was at Hannaford emptying a large amount of coins from a backpack into a coin exchange machine. When police arrived, they found she had exchanged nearly $450.
BPD said it found other evidence on Howard linking her to the burglary and another Cobblestone Alley burglary in January when numerous firearms were taken.
She was also detained on a warrant related to her arrest in April 2025, also in Bradford, for crack cocaine and fentanyl trafficking.
Meanwhile, authorities deployed a K9 which followed a track from the victim’s home on Cobblestone Alley to nearby 64 South Pleasant Street, a notorious drug den that has been the center of past police raids and numerous health and junk ordinance violation complaints.
BPD: “The residence was seized and a search warrant was eventually granted. Bradford Police, Fairlee Police, and Vermont State Police executed the search warrant at 64 South Pleasant Street and recovered additional items of interest from the burglaries as well as other crimes. Police anticipate additional charges to be filed on Howard reference these burglaries. More arrests are expected as well. This investigation is continuing. Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Bradford Police Sgt. Shaffer at DShaffer@Bradfordvt.gov or 802-222-4727 ext. 216.”
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Categories: Public Safety
If guns were stolen, just let the federal prosecutor handle the case. The Vermont criminal justice system is a joke, especially when dealing with repeat offenders.
Burglary in general is not taken seriously here, even if the dwelling is occupied. It should be considered by default a violent crime. If you encounter someone has broken into your domicile while you are there, you generally can regard that as a threat to you or your loved-ones safety and life, and generally you are justified with a response using deadly force. A burglar can never really be certain if someone is there or not, so is engaging in behavior that justifies a deadly-force response…hence all burglaries should be treated as violent offenses. Vermont needs to codify a castle doctrine level of self-defense law so there can be no ambiguity…if you find someone has forced their way into your home, you should be allowed by law to shoot first and ask questions later. Enough is enough with these brazen junkies. Hopefully this dirtball was nabbed because someone at the market “saw something and said something”.
Excellent point, Rich.
A new understanding “footprints in the snow” . . . you just can’t fix stupid.
Desperate junkies in Vermont dont bother to “cover their tracks”…they know that the democrats/progressives in charge and most State’s Attorney offices have their backs.
Now , who owns the house and is the owner being charged???????
I appreciate what the police do and I don’t want to criticize them. But do you need a dog to track somebody in snow.
I’m actually pretty impressed, hauling $450+ in change is almost kinda like work…probably more ambitious than most criminals. Still wrong though.