The town letter was sparked in part by a large load of crushed stone that was picked up on behalf of Boutin and delivered to her home on Adams Landing Road this summer, records show.
A man walking his dog had to dive into the trees to escape gunfire from the passenger of a black van that had pulled over onto the local rail trail.
The death of Marquis follows his shooting in Hardwick Wednesday night.
A member of the violent Crips gang was shot to death in Burlington Sunday night. Another man also died in the Decatur Street shooting.
The career criminal who fled police for two weeks in late summer has pleaded innocent in federal court to armed robbery-related charges.
Burlington Probation and Parole will supervise the homeless, low-risk sex offender released November 9.
Two men were shot in the head Sunday night in the second of three separate episodes of illegal gunfire last night in the Queen City.
The EB-5 fraud and high seas murder for insurance money made Vermont news headlines. Last week, the U S. Attorney’s Office gave credit where due.
Chinese foreign nationals are exploiting Maine’s lax marijuana laws by establishing legal ‘grows’ in rural areas.
Both victims appear to have taken their own lives. In both cases police were nearby.
While it’s generally very quiet and tranquil here, make no mistake about it – Vermont has a fair share of strange and mysterious crimes.
Two juveniles stole his gun. The theft was reported. Now he’s looking at prison time for leaving the gun on a shelf in his house.
Brandon R. Clough, 42, was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation Tuesday following his third arrest in 24 hours, including separate assault incidents
More tales of ‘catch and release’ from Vermont law enforcement.
Vermont needs more options to protect the public from mentally disturbed violent offenders, Burlington’s police chief says.
A 72-year-old man has been charged in a Monday night shooting in Rockingham. Also, federal court records say youths are being used to sell drugs in Rutland.
Eric Colson III, 25, was told he will be under federal supervision for four years once he is freed from the 68-month prison term imposed in the high-profile trafficking case.
When a reporter noted that “10 years ago I could go by a state trooper at 78 and get pulled over,” Scott answered, “10 years ago we didn’t have the level of crime we have now.”
Running over tire deflation device wasn’t enough to stop the fleeing suspect.
A Brownington man who worked with slain National Guardsman Gunnar Watson was found dead by suicide.
The final Stuckage took place with snow on the ground. And, more details on the shooting death of a Shelburne teen and the fiery destruction of a Montpelier lumberyard.
The lumberyard fire was the second major blaze in the downtown Montpelier commercial district within the last week.
The prosecutor wanted the suspect sent to a psychiatric facility for a competency exam. Instead, Jiron released Myott.
They’re offering few details now, but the state police say most of the homicides committed in Vermont last month were connected to drug trafficking.
The 100 victims, including at least one Chittenden County resident, have lost at least $225,000 since August 2018, Bogdanowicz said.
Mohamed will be under 24-hour home curfew, except for school, therapy, medical treatment, and court hearings.
Fortunately most of the illegal deposits were reversed.
A gunfire expert confirmed the shot that struck a school bus windshield in Montpelier came from a homeless camp.
Police have arrested a Barre man for the second degree murder of an accused drug dealer found dead in Plainfield last week. Police say the killing was drug-related.
A teen has been charged with the second-degree murder of another teen, who was shot fatally Monday.
One of the four bodies found dead in Vermont woods in the last week belonged to an accused Barre fentanyl dealer.
First flood, then fire ravages Montpelier’s downtown. And an Ontario woman is dead after a collision with a car driven by a drug-impaired man, police say.
Frizzell’s legal problems are not fully over. He has pleaded not guilty in Vermont Superior Court in Guildhall to felony charges of assault and robbery and aggravated assault for the same incident.
Vermont State Police have conducted a court-ordered search in Brownington in connection with the fatal shooting of a Vermont National Guard member at his home on Vermont 16 in Wheelock two weeks ago.
Someone shot out the windshield of a school bus carrying students, Montpelier police say.
As an illegal immigrant in the country unlawfully, Godinez-Antonio would have little reason to return to court to face his charge, the federal prosecutor noted.
The families of two Massachusetts men asked police last week to look for them. Tuesday their bodies were found in Eden, about a mile apart.
The facial injuries sustained by a postal worker could have resulted from a single punch, one doctor testified. But another doc said that’s unlikely.
Gotaways entering the U.S. in the Swanton sector in September more than doubled the average month for the previous year.
Police are treating two dead bodies they found in the Northeast Kingdom as a case of homicide.
Daniel Blow, a 41-year-old man from Charleston, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material, commonly known as child pornography.
“For too long, landlords have turned a blind eye to what is happening in their rental units,” said Bennington County State’s Attorney Erica Marthage.
Trevor Frizzell, 24, has pleaded not guilty to a Federal charge of assaulting substitute postal worker Paul Burch, 66, as he made his rounds in Brunswick, afternoon of Oct. 25, 2022.
Tansient arrested in Burlington found guilty of murdering a retired NH couple. Another shooting. And a masked man who nonetheless was easy to identify, due to….
One shot from the homeowner’s pistol was enough to interrupt the suspect’s attempted burglary.
Impatient with tardy delivery of a package a customer went postal on the mailman, court records say. But the mailman has some history too, the records claim.
Read the Chronicle’s Monday morning weekend police news roundup.
“The Federal Government refuses to take action on our Northern Border,” said Governor Chris Sununu. “They cut funding, limited our resources, and have thrown their hands up.” Now 85% of border encounters with suspected terrorists are on the northern border.
The assault internally decapitated a man and left him a paraplegic. The man is still paralyzed with little to no function of arms and no function of the lower part of his body.
Veteran police reporter Mike Donoghue digs deep into details about a brazen crime and the manhunt that followed.
The state trooper left the keys to the cruiser in the car before a thief stole the cruiser and rifle in it.
State police say they’ve got the man who stole a police cruiser and a police-issue rifle in Rutland Tuesday. They’re still looking for the rifle.
An alleged attempted murderer released to family custody is the latest ‘catch and release’ decision by Justin Jiron, who has twiced been appointed as a judge by Gov. Phil Scott.
Peter Gamble, AKA Grace, was charged on five counts of possession of child sex abuse material.
The cruiser stolen this morning was recovered, but the Sig Sauer rifle remains at large.
Wilmer Rodriguez died from multiple gunshot wounds last weekend.
Police are tracing repeated car break-ins to a gang of young men. Also, state police are investigating two shooting deaths in the NEK.
Border Patrol agents work between ports of entry, patrolling the border to apprehend foreign nationals who’ve already illegally entered the U.S.
Dr. Pedro Huertas, 69, now of Pasadena, Calif. is due for arraignment in U.S. District Court in Burlington this week, officials said.
A serious case of road rage happened Tuesday on I-89 and a state highway in Fairfax.
An accused child rapist was released on $200 bail after his third violation of conditions hearing Wednesday.
Michael A. Gonzalez, 34, fraudulently obtained the five Teslas valued at about $607,000 from car dealerships in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Florida.
Police hope a sketch of the suspect will help locate the killer of Honoree Fleming.
Avery Buchman, 64, of Brighton, is accused of possession of destructive devices, possession and use of explosives, burglary, possession of stolen property, and unlawful mischief.
Police are seeking two young people who reportedly stole a car in Vershire and stopped at a convenience store in Waterbury.
Police say Rampone did not notice the flashing railroad signals or Buskey with enough time to stop.
Fleming was found deceased at 4:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon, the Chief Medical Examiner later determined the cause of her death was gunshot wound to the head, and the manner of death homicide.
Police are looking for the white male who they say shot a 77-year-old retired college dean in Castleton.
Both men were arrested on multiple counts of distribution of both more and less than 2.5 kilograms.
An Addison County woman now twice found guilty of defrauding federal programs filed a secret motion to delay her imprisonment. Vermont News First protested.
As of late this morning, police were still seeking the male suspect in the killing of a woman on a Castleton trail.
State police last week ensured the safety of Twinfield school children following a school shooting threat, Keep Vermont Safe reports.
Shane Phillips, 43, of Johnson, was initially cited for “deer jacking.” The citation followed an after-dark field operation by game wardens in October 2020 at multiple locations in Johnson.
The defendant had wanted to reunite again in the U.S. with his wife, Sarah Jones Larkin, who was due to have their first child late last week, records show.
An elderly long-distance runner who collided with a passing trailer has lost his legal efforts to collect money for injuries received in the accident five years in Grand Isle County.
Supporters of banning traffic stops for minor offenses say police officer discretion “combines with a long history of negative racial stereotypes in which African American and Latinx people are portrayed as more criminal and dangerous than white Americans.”
Ciro Temich-Ramirez, 35, appeared briefly in U.S. District Court in Burlington on Tuesday afternoon to face the two felony counts.
The man who police say kidnapped a woman and threatened to pour gas on her and light her on fire is on the loose, whereabouts unknown.
A reckless ‘gang’ of 15-20 motorcyclists terrified motorists in rural Morgan Saturday. With one exception, there were no police nearby to stop them.
After approaching officers with a brick, a suspected stalker with 17 recent police interactions injured a Burlington cop, was arrested – and then released by a judge.
Charged in federal court, an alleged kayaking cocaine dealer would get a minimum five-year sentence if found guilty.
A fatal motorcycle accident, and a reckless driver who almost struck kids getting off a school bus.
Busts armed robbery, child sex assault, and possession of large capacity ammunition magazine.
Police say a North Pownal man sexually assaulted a child, was released on bail, violated conditions by approaching the child’s home, and was released again by a judge in Bennington County.
See what happens – too often – when tall trucks try to cross Vermont covered bridges.
While the feds sentence fentanyl dealers to years in prison, some Vermont judges no fines and no new time. Meanwhile fences are built around courthouses to stop incessant drug activity.
Good Samaritans and police together rescued a pair of Lake Willoughby kayakers in distress.
Neither crime nor the police took the weekend off.
At the rate that young adults are dying from overdose, being incarcerated, and ending up in recovery centers, do you need to ask, where are the young people?
Troopers are investigating all possibilities in this incident, including Pepper’s claim it was an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Dennis is charged with the second-degree murder of a Springfield, MA man in what police say was a drug-related shooting.
Freddy Rodriguez, of Rhode Island. was found with more than 12 kilograms of cocaine as he prepared a nighttime load for a kayak to head north from Highgate to meet another vessel coming from Canada.
The altercation ended with an arrest.
As the stolen Subaru caught fire, Tatro resisted efforts to be removed. Then Officer Emily Fitzpatrick deployed her Taser, Colchester police say.
Honors and promotions for Vermont State Police
Jailed for felony shoplifting. Sentenced for possession ‘ghost gun’ ammo. Sentenced for meth dealing.
The situation unfolded when Kilbreth got into a physical altercation with another woman who also lived in the neighborhood.
“While it can be frustrating to witness injustice or experience wrongdoing, it is important to remember that there are legal systems and authorities in place to handle these situations,” the Berlin Police Department says.
An alleged fentanyl dealer and an alleged ski resort burglar were both released on citation to appear in court. A man who shot at another man was jailed pending his (prompt) court appearance.
Bottom line: We need statesmen, not politicians.
