Victim bangs on back door of local police department
A Colchester man is in custody following two attempted carjackings in Williston, police say.
On August 30 at 5:57 pm, a male frantically knocked on the rear door of the Williston Police Department reporting someone had just attempted to carjack him just down the street.
Police found the suspected offender, Tyshawn Lee, 22, of Colchester on the corner of Williston Road and Old Stage. Upon seeing the police, the male ran off behind a home off of Old Stage Road and into the marsh. He was seen on Maple Road and again would not comply with orders to stop, and fled into the woods.
The male was found again walking in front of the Williston Central School and after a brief foot pursuit, was taken into custody. While Lee was in custody, police learned Lee had attempted a second carjacking before police had arrived.
Custody of Lee was transferred to the Burlington Probation Department where he is being held on an emergency probation violation. Lee will be in Court later this morning to answer the charge of Attempted Assault and Robbery and resisting arrest.
This is not Lee’s first encounter with law enforcement. In November 2021 he was arrested for the alleged violent beating of his girlfriend in Leddy Park, Burlington. A year earlier he was charged with First Degree Arson, Criminal Threatening, Obstruction of Justice, Unlawful Mischief, and Petit Theft in connection with arson in Essex Junction.