In the past month alone, two separate incidents have been reported by Burlington residents who stumbled upon these invasive trackers on their cars.
In the past month alone, two separate incidents have been reported by Burlington residents who stumbled upon these invasive trackers on their cars.
Anti-Israel graffiti. A voyeur at Jay Peak. Catalytic converter suspect dies before trial. Police Welfare check on chronic suicide threatener goes bad for checkers and checkee.
Drunk, spitting on and headbutting cops after (again) refusing to leave, police say.
Banyai was a passenger in a car stopped for speeding by the town constable. An altercation ensued.
No tip is too small, the FBI said of the 20-year-old cold case.
Two attempted murders in Burlington: one by car, another by gunfire. Suspects are in custody.
The crash forced the post office to close its doors for the day as maintenance workers swiftly boarded up the damaged front section on Monday.
It was unclear why Blatt, 32, was free in the community. Since 2010, Blatt has amassed at least 20 adult criminal convictions, mostly felonies.
State police and feds outline ‘new resources’ to be used on the 20-year-old missing person case.
Drugs, child porn, and convenience store trespass.
A masked bandit got away after perpetrating the fifth bank robbery in Northwestern Vermont in two weeks.
Cirill Brown pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and a felony charge of burglary.
Snowmobiler dies in Town of Washington. Doctor pleads innocent to child sex charge. Former state trooper gets another theft charge. Woman sentenced for Covid-era paycheck protection fraud.
Gumrukcu asked Eratay before the summer of 2017 to help find a hitman, the plea agreement said. Gumrukcu wired about $300,000 to two bank accounts controlled by Eratay.
The Underhill man will face charges in a Washington County courthouse today.
The police cruiser crashed into a stopped fire truck on I-89.
Two young woman died Saturday afternoon after their car left I-91 and struck a tree.
She’s been gone since March 1.
Two men shot at a passing car, in what police say may be connected with harassment last month.
Bethune now faces serious charges, including aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.
Big embezzlement in Rutland and hit-and-run fatality in South Burlington.
The children are believed to be with their biological father, who police say may be armed and dangerous.
Legislators are discussing a new bill that would prohibit the blame of sexual assault survivors for their assault as a legal defense in civil cases.
Paintball vandals. Barre man arrested for Bradford traffic disturbance. And border cops and state police collaborate on a bust.
A 15-year-old Maine native now living in Springfield, MA has been charged with felony second-degree murder for a shooting in St. Johnsbury.
A woman who dragged and injured a police officer with her car served four months after her sentence last November. Now she’s free.
The woman’s mother reported her missing. Hours later her body was found in woods in the small town of Washington.
The Bennington lawmaker won’t be contesting the charge, a spokesperson for House Democrats said.
In addition to a shotgun, law enforcement said they also found methamphetamine, brass knuckles, a knife and ammunition, including a 30-round AR-15 magazine and 103 rounds for the shotgun. Open beer cans also were found in the Jeep.
Montpelier Police tried unsuccessfully to get Sicely to surrender during the day. Later the State Police Crisis Negotiators also made a try, but he still refused to budge. State Police eventually deployed a form of tear gas and Sicely surrendered.
The Ukrainian mastermind behind the devastating 2020 ransomware attack on Vermont’s largest hospital has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court.
A towing company was taken for a ride by its former bookkeeper. She’s escaped prison because the owner just wants his money back.
Major’s statement clearly was rude and crude. Both what he said and how he said it offended the council and his employers. But – was he wrong?
“One of the more serious child pornography cases in Vermont in recent years” involved a man (now seeking to become a woman) who filmed his rape of little girls.
“I arrived on scene and found people on the ground engaging in a physical altercation with each other. I stopped the altercations.” – Cpl. George Johnson
Fentanyl, coke, cash seized in raid. Fatal snowmobile crash. Truck hits covered bridge. Guns stolen from cars. Gunfire along Thetford highway near childcare center and pediatrician’s office.
Lt. Owen Ballinger, a 25-year state police veteran, was quietly moved to headquarters in Waterbury as of Jan. 14 and is now listed as the administrative services coordinator.
Witnesses provided Officer George Johnson with cell phone video of Farnsworth smashing out the glass with a brick.
Brandon Anderson, 34, falsely claimed he was both a federal agent and former Marine was ordered jailed Monday after appearing in federal court on fraudulent impersonation charges, authorities say.
Martin later threatened the minor and caused the minor to send him additional CSAM in the form of photographs and videos of the minor.
Untended woodstoves and smoking materials started two fires. Working smoke alarms saved people and three cats.
The break-in attempt did not go as planned. The owner, Gordon Richard Sr., 75, used a muzzleloader rifle to shoot one of the three men, causing the other two to flee.
After the juvenile was in custody, he (or she) bit and assaulted two officers, police say.
Police say the man who stole and crashed the Burlington ambulance sent to save his life in November died of an overdose in his vehicle in Colchester.
Garcia-Flores reported it was his fourth time recently guiding illegal immigrants into the United States. He had brought nine undocumented aliens during the three earlier operations. He said he is paid $1,000 per illegal immigrant.
Police say he entered the home and lit the flammable device.
A well-traveled man has been ordered jailed after authorities said he stole a U.S. Forest Service vehicle in Manchester, took it on a joy ride throughout Vermont and the Northeast.
Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos was arrested for suspicion of driving while under the influence Thursday evening after she showed up at the scene of a suspicious death in Bridport.
Morristown held its second community Crime and Concerns meeting at the People’s Academy auditorium this past Monday night.
Hayes, 41, intended to use the bomb against the next person who angered him or disrespected him, court records allege.
“I’m done. You all are snakes, bro. You’re (expletive) snakes,” the accused drug dealer and killer said during a 41-minute hearing in U.S. District Court on Friday afternoon.
A woman inside with her friend described the moment when Lee, amidst a police presence outside, began crafting Molotov cocktails. Reacting to the escalating danger, she grabbed a bar stool, struck Lee, and fled with her friend.
There’s no law (yet) against driving your car with a foot of snow on the roof. But Montpelier police warn what can happen if you do.
As they scoured the world looking for the best urban challenge they were shocked to find Burlington has a D- crime, in the top 10% least safe cities in the United States.
The plaintiffs will fight any effort to sidetrack the case, their primary local lawyer Michael F. Hanley of Plante & Hanley in White River Junction said this week.
Charest allegedly sent notes expressing romantic interest and was previously warned by police to stop.
Video shows an attempted murder victim being flipped into the air by a car police say was driven by an 18-year-old South Burlington man.
“The notion that Hamas is evil for defending their state from occupation is absurd,” wrote the man charged with shooting three Palestinian men in Burlington in November.
A 75-year-old Concord woman was victimized by a drunk driver who tailgated and repeatedly struck her vehicle, police say.
The thin ice gave way, and two children fell into the water. The 80-year-old homeowner was able to reach and pull to safety a 6-year-old girl who was close to shore.
Only half of the homicides were gun crimes, a fact lawmakers choose to ignore.
The investigation stems from police pursuit of a fleeing domestic abuse suspect.
USFS claims “299 merchantable trees were unlawfully harvested. Many small non-merchantable trees (an inch or less in diameter at breast height) were also cut, but not tallied.”
A suspect in a shooting that occurred in October of last year was apprehended in Union, New Jersey on Jan 4. This is the latest incident that involves out-of-state residents committing crimes in VT.
Jan. 6 saw bomb threat hoaxes to a Vermont Planned Parenthood and a West Lebanon, NH store, plus a quick and strong police response to an armed man seen walking in Derby.
Hamdi entered the home, kidnapped two men, and shot one trying to flee, police say.
Charges were downgraded from felony to misdemeanor when the state couldn’t prove the driver was impaired.
Key takeaways include that serious incidents such as overdoses are up and the department is engaged in replenishing its staffing levels.
“I went to law school because I wanted to dismantle the criminal legal system and thought that that’s the best way to do it,” George said.
The Toyota Corolla left the interstate and hit a tree.
An elderly man lost in freezing woods after sundown was rescued by canine Vermont State Trooper.
A week after it was stolen, an antique sign was reported found by a New Hampshire antique dealer and returned to its Enosburg owner.
She continued that she wishes both the police and her office could collect, investigate, and prosecute shoplifting in a more timely manner but “that is not how our system is designed to work.”
Ryan Goodrich, 38, of Athens, Vermont was sentenced to five years in federal prison to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release
The victims in a fatal Newport stabbing and a non-fatal Tunbridge shooting have been identified.
His attack left his girlfriend bleeding and unconscious, police say.
Police are investigating the death of a man who died Christmas Day after a fight with another man in Newport Town.
Burlington police reported they released him after he was screened by two mental health workers.
An Addison County man was thrown from his vehicle when it veered off the road. He was not wearing his seatbelt.
The charges stem from two separate incidents that took place on Sunday, Dec. 17.
Detectives have interviewed the individual responsible for the shooting, and the investigation is progressing.
A suspected member of the violent street gang known as The Bloods, has been arrested on federal charges of selling cocaine and conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine in Chittenden County
Claudia Voight of Windham was strangled to death by former tenant Shawn Conlon, police say.
Shortly after midnight, game wardens spotted a slow-moving truck flashing a light on nearby fields. When the cops flashed their lights, the driver fled at speeds of up to 100 MPH.
Ivan Carmona, 32, of Springfield, Massachusetts, also known as “Flacco,” was sentenced to 108 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
Three separate crashes with serious consequences – including one lost life.
Responding officers made contact with the suspect at gunpoint, and issued hard commands for him to show his hands.
The same armed robber is believed responsible for two gas station robberies in the St. J area this weekend.
The elementary school bus driver struck the child with his hand, police say.
A Springfield, MA man critically injured in a St. Albans shooting yesterday was arrested for armed bank robbery when he was 18.
The extra police patrols by Vermont state troopers in the city of Burlington to try to reduce ongoing shootings and improve public safety will end Dec. 30, according to city and state officials.
A 73-year-old woman not wearing a seatbelt died when her car hit a tree.
Cody M. Myott, 30, is now facing a federal charge of illegal possession of 3 loaded firearms while being a convicted felon, after a state judge released despite pleas that he needed psychiatric help.
Jodi Lathrop concealed the embezzlement in several ways.
Drugs, speeding, and wet roads contributed to the crash, police say.
Misti-Lynn Morin, 43, of Swanton admitted to 5 felony charges that were filed as an offshoot of a criminal investigation into an out-of-state gang member killed at a Swanton home in February 2022.
She meant to put the car in reverse.
The highway was wet, but speed was also a factor in the death of Josephine Buckley.
18,500 donors in five days have contributed.
Grismore given the boot after giving the boot.