Without local police on site, the mayor warned, the situation could have spiraled into the kind of unchecked escalation seen in Minneapolis during past ICE engagements, where absent municipal support reportedly contributed to extreme violence and civilian deaths.
Echoes of dystopia: Sanctuary Districts in DS9 and Burlington’s permanent homeless pods
The individual insisted on giving the student a ride to school and directed the student to get into their vehicle.
Burlington wants another $1.1M for delayed overdose center.
The apathy rate of Burlington voters is high, just like the city’s crime rate.
“Many Vermonters do support ICE. Those are the voices that have been routinely dismissed almost everywhere in the media,” Oetjen said.
Federal Judge Christina Reiss ordered Washington, also known as Marcpose Payne, to be on three years of supervised release conditions once he was discharged from prison to ensure a smooth re-entry into society.
Investigators concluded that while under the influence of narcotics, Arnold left her infant unattended in a bathtub that was filling with water.
Officers were called to the area of North Winooski Avenue and Grant Street at about 9:36 p.m. on Dec. 22 after receiving multiple reports of gunshots. Witnesses also reported seeing several people running from the area, police said.
Florida authorities allege Browne faces multiple felony charges, including sexual battery, lewd and lascivious molestation, video voyeurism and possession of child sexual abuse material.
Police were called to the area at about 11:39 a.m. on Dec. 20 after a family member reported their daughter may have been assaulted by her partner, Khalil Young, 28, and was possibly unable to leave the residence. The caller also reported that the partner was threatening to harm himself with a firearm in front of her.
“The City has determined that supervised consumption isn’t part of the first phase of this project,” BBF wrote.
As of September 2022, Bryan already had had 170 police encounters – including an arrest for attempted murder.
The city’s Department of Public Works (DPW) has released a detailed memo to the Public Works Commission explaining how the city manages its 130 miles of sidewalks and what work is planned through 2030, responding to years of complaints from Burlington residents, particularly those with disabilities.
Charter Committee hits pause on tax fairness measures, ponders advisory vote
Shifting on-duty troopers to Burlington would reduce the amount of state police coverage provided in some nearby counties.
“We will continue to do all that we can to avoid delays that will impact your travel. And our hope is that Democrats will soon recognize the importance of opening the government,” Noem said.
Citizens deserve to know more about the personal finances and potential conflicts of interest of candidates who are raising and spending this much money, Neubieser argued.
Police say Badeau set up shop in Decker Towers and sold crack in City Hall Park. Like many recent Burlington drug arrests, he has a criminal history in the Philadelphia PA area.
“I look at this as like a crisis that they’re facing, much like a flood, and first thing that we need to do is respond to the flooding and help people, and then the recovery part after,” Scott said.
Activists for illegal immigrants and Palestine joined anti-Trumpers paraded through Burlington Monday. Photographer Troy Austin was there.
The Commission’s letter observed repeated issues across various cases, impacting both BED’s role as an energy efficiency utility and a distribution utility.
The beating stemmed from a report – that proved false — that Kastner earlier had struck Taylor’s mother, Katie Bollman, over a $400 dispute and the Aug. 11th incident was retaliation.
A New York man and a South Burlington teen are being held without bail at the Vermont Department of Corrections.
Abdiaziz “Drill” Abdhikadir was sentenced to 5-7 years, with credit for time served, for shooting in 2022 into an apartment occupied by the family of a man he allegedly murdered five months later.
Ten days after his death, Scott Kastner, 42, was identified Tuesday as the man that died following a vicious beating at Burlington City Hall Park, city police said.
The letter describes an atmosphere of declining safety for employees and patrons alike. Buttenheim said she has lost three long-term employees in the past six months, each citing the environment around City Hall Park as a reason for leaving.
‘I think it’s easy to blame others when some of your strategies are failing,” Scott said when asked if Mulvaney-Stanak is blame-shifting.
The three youths, believed to be roughly 14 to 16 years old, are facing proceedings in Vermont Family Court. Consequences are limited due to the lack of rehabilitation services for youthful offenders within Vermont.
The investigation determined a large disturbance broke out on College Street near City Hall Park before an individual removed what appeared to be a rifle from his pants, Detective Lt. Mike Beliveau said. The armed individual struck the victim in the head with the rifle and then fired a single round into the air, Beliveau said.
Progress slowed in May after questions arose about whether the city’s insurance met state requirements.
Through threats of having a weapon, a male suspect robbed the Jakes ONE Market at 242 N Winooski Ave. multiple times, obtaining $547 cash.
Even before it started, the City of Burlington has pulled the plug on a controversial plan to allow up to a dozen homeless families park overnight on the shores of Lake Champlain.
Households meeting homeless criteria will be able to park up to 12 vehicles overnight on the shores of Lake Champlain under a new pilot project by the city of Burlington. There are rules, but no indication as to who, if anyone, will enforce them.
Tromp comes to UVM after serving six years as president of Boise State University. The UVM Board of Trustees announced her selection on March 20, 2025, following a search that examined over 100 candidates.
A controversial Burlington, Vermont, food distribution center run by self-avowed Marxist anarchists is set to be relocated due to business complaints of increasing crime and declining commerce. Progressive Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak still gave it $10k more.
The last-minute budget adjustments cut two of the 10 planned new hires for the short-staffed Burlington Police Department, but would maintain the planned increase in the city’s racial equity office.
“This has worked no where in the world but the Burlington Senators and their majority friends overrode a veto by the Governor to open this hell hole,” Ingalls adds.
Businesses suffer as millions spent on Homeless Hotels instead of housing
A Williston man was arrested Tuesday morning following an alleged assault and robbery on Church Street, according to the Burlington Police Department.
The bills would not create a legal, licensed framework for the prostitution industry, but would merely ban prostitution as a criminal act.
Late-breaking police news from Burlington.
This weekend Church Street is hosting the Sweet Stroll and Mother of All Sales, next weekend Burlington is host to the Penguin Plunge.
The Burlington City Council January 13 covered police department concerns, proposed changes to impact fees, and a land use agreement with UVMMC.
The release was able to confirm the Vermont News First story that Burlington Police had a couple of trespass interactions on Monday with Reynolds.
Vermont News First was among those left off the invitation list.
Burlington resident to mayor: “This is how you mark Law Enforcement Appreciation Day?”
The squatters defecated and urinated and started an indoor fire inside the unoccupied house, police say.
New social media clips show drug dens in Burlington as staffing challenges getting worse.
Program specifically to assist “Black and Brown communities in Burlington by putting resources directly into the hands of BIPOC people” and those serving them.
Those who opposed the measure again cited that it would divide their community.
Generally, folks are upset but not surprised. Some are ready to take this media to the City Council.
A controversial clause gives the self-perceived victim of the graffiti – whether an individual or a group of people – the right to sue for damages in court.
Better reporting and enforcement of graffiti AND a controversial provision to sue for ‘hate speech’ are on the City Council agenda tonight.
“That is a dynamic shift in power to take an unelected board and give it the authority over the mayor who is an elected person,” Neri said.
‘We are now working to rebuild, but unfortunately the progress we achieved in 2023 has not extended into 2024.”
By banning guns in bars Burlington has broken State law, namely 24 VSA 2295, better known as the “pre-emption statute.”
The assault is believed to have taken place over several minutes, with many potential witnesses passing by on foot and by vehicle in the area between South Winooski Avenue and South Union Street.
The posted date on the resignation letter is one day before Burlington residents voted to get more control over the discipline imposed in misconduct cases by city police officers.
By almost 2-1, Queen City voters chose to give an outside body the final power over police officer discipline.
If approved, the referendum will add “a stated intent for the police commission to include representation from the diverse nature of the city’s constituents.”
Detectives and the tactical team caught him on Riverside Avenue.
Fortunately, the New North End resident had locked those windows that very day.
On October 28, Key Bank on Bank Street was robbed by a male suspect. Investigation has identified James Plunkett, 39, of Burlington, as the suspect for both this robbery and the robbery of the M&T Bank on Pine Street on October 26.
The national spotlight is focused on the City That Gave Bernie His Start.
Before noon today (Saturday), a man walked into a Burlington bank, said he had a bomb, and walked out with stolen cash.
Globe-trotting podcaster Peter Santonello is a truth-teller about Burlington. He draws the direct line between the decline of San Francisco, where he used to live, and Burlington, where he was born.
The City of Burlington is open to a ‘restorative process’ but won’t give its first racial equity director any cash.
A Burlington High School graduate and school board member was arrested Sept. 16 in Holyoke, MA with thousands of glassine envelopes filled with heroin and fentanyl in his car.
Burlington police want a new HQ to replace the one that’s been running 24/7 for 30 years.
Police say a large crowd broke into the marina by jumping a fence and drove a golf cart into the lake.
“How hard is it to say that it was the wrong move to defund the police back in 2020? For four years Burlington residents have been in greater danger and the city was rated the sixth most “unsafe” city in American last December. “
The property was boarded up above the ground floor. The sole tenant heard yelling coming from the supposedly vacant third floor.
It appears Johnson spilled or threw a drink at Williams and that he struck her and pulled her hair, police said.
Police said Teville Williams, 30, of Stowe was shot several times reportedly by Aaliyah Johnson, who is being held on first-degree murder charges.
Burlington Police aren’t using the g-word to identify this month’s acts of group violence – yet.
They took the fight outside, and one of them died.
AA arrests at all-time high in Queen City
There is concern that homeless individuals may have been using the area as a temporary shelter, raising questions about causes of the blaze.
A second-degree attempt in Burlington Monday may have involved brass knuckles and a knife.
“We have to remove people from the lawn when they’re sleeping here. We have to remove needles from the lawn every day. It’s been a terrible situation,” Fenimore said.
After repeated catch-and-release episodes, Ibbotson was arrested for disrupting Mass at a Catholic cathedral – and was released again.
Body found in home located near homeless ‘pod’ center.
Released on citation, Flanders said he wanted to go to jail and that he would commit further crimes until he did, police say.
Chief Jon Murad also thanked all those from state and local entities who have collaborated to curb what was an alarming rise in gun incidents.
Michael Gbenusola, 41, approached and forcefully punched a BPD officer in the head. The unprovoked attack on Church Street resulted in possible TBI.
After 20 landslides in 70 years, Riverside Avenue is again teetering on the edge of a potential disaster, UVM researchers say.
Incidents in 2024 are up 3% compared to 2023. BPD is addressing more incidents than at any point in half a decade, with fewer patrol officers than in 2019—50%.
BPD and the public met at City Hall on Thursday afternoon to share information and solutions regarding how to curb increased crimes in The Queen City.
A Shelburne woman charged with assaulting and robbing a 72 year old man at an ATM has now been charged from robbing a 97-year-old man.
Despite limited staff, BPD deals with massive surge in incidents this weekend.
A man who police say threatened to knife to death a person on South Union Street in Burlington was arrested and jailed, pending arraignment today. NOTE: bail status was corrected and updated from previous edition today.
The lawsuit alleges that in doing so, the city violated “voter’s qualifications” enshrined in the Vermont State Constitution.
As government-funded internet ends, Burlington company fills gap
Folks in the community were not impressed that the local and high profile victim had to push through these hurdles.
Multiple individuals impeded what should have been a simple arrest, some with violence towards officers.
Mulvaney-Stanak and her office has refused to return phone calls to local media members and ignored them when they meet up with her at public events.
“This is about community support and making sure people like me who are women, and a mom of young kids are able to serve,” Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak said.
Free meals for the busy young couple earning $250K between them, bestowed by what the meal-train organizer refers to as the mayor’s ‘entourage.’
Lack of staffing led to Burlington PD almost being overwhelmed last night in a flurry of mayhem.
