In what Vermont city did a transient this weekend approach an 82-year-old man at random, knock him unconscious, then get released with a citation by the court hours later?
In what Vermont city did a transient this weekend approach an 82-year-old man at random, knock him unconscious, then get released with a citation by the court hours later?
A Bennington man, who is awaiting a state court trial in a 2019 homicide case, was convicted in Fed. court in Burlington on three gun and drug charges Thursday.
Charbonneau allegedly initiated contact online via Kik messenger with a Hartford investigator posing as a 14-year-old minor and engaged in sexual conversations, attempting to arrange a meeting for sexual acts.
As Judge William Sessions put it, he had “earned his freedom” by leaving the business of drug trafficking entirely and working hard to alter the direction of his life.
The Biden administration used the FACE Act to prosecute her for supposedly blocking access to abortion.
Judge Michael Kainen released a repeat convicted felon to be treated for an eye injury after he pleaded innocent Monday to misdemeanor assault on a protected professional.
Bear hoaxer busted again.Cop tased with his own taser. Uncle, nephew die in homicide-suicide. Cow dies in freeway collision.
Vermont is no stranger to these kinds of attacks – and how it deals with them going forward will be key to its future success in the private and public sectors.
The jury needed just over 3 hours before convicting Dominque “Wop” Troupe, 37, on all four felony charges he faced during the six-day trial.
Kory Lee George, 36, and his mother Angela M. Auclair, 52, formerly of Williston, have been implicated in orchestrating the nighttime ambush killing of David Auclair, 45, of Williston almost five years ago.
Police are looking for the causes of two crashes that took four lives.
The stolen funds were deposited into accounts in the names of individual victims or fictional organizations, such as the ‘Peaceful Protesters Bail Fund,’ ‘BLM New England Trust,’ and ‘Anti-Drumpf League.’”
Upon arrival, troopers found Morrison and Cyr amidst a heated dispute, which reportedly began over the presence of the pigs, which neither man owned or was responsible for.
Scam reports to the Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) totaled 3,212 in 2023. And that’s only the little that was reported.
Tucker E. Jacobs, 27, is named in a criminal complaint filed by ATF based on guns stolen from Wright’s Sports Supply on the night of April 15.
In addition, the assailant was found to be in violation of the curfew and had an active arrest warrant.
Holly Fields Jr., 55, pleaded not guilty in federal court to a charge of operating a drug house in Troy with his daughter and her husband.
Instead of filing two felony criminal charges of careless and negligent driving with death resulting, Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George directed Vermont State Police to issue the teen the civil ticket, records show.
Both state officials were driving to performed their elected duties when arrested for DUI.
Cpl. George Johnson of the St. Johnsbury Police Department writes another interesting incident report.
The state trooper pedaled as fast as he could.
Soghomonian had self-reported to the FBI in Los Angeles that the government had been hacking into his devices and that he also had claimed drones were reading his mind.
A Chelsea man who was 16 when he helped kill two Dartmouth College professors has been granted parole – about a year shy of serving the minimum 25 year sentence. News also of a child sex assault arrest and ‘porch piracy’ in Cambridge.
Hardwick Police Chief Michael Henry said Wednesday morning that nobody was in custody and officers were seeking the shooter.
Concepcion is wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of store clerk Daryus “Swaggy” Clarke at a smoke-shop known as “The Plug” in the Richmond Hills section of Queens, N.Y. in March 2023.
Police seeking the driver of the pickup truck from which a youth was thrown.
Concepcion allegedly shot a man during robbery of a NYC marijuana dispensary. He’s also a person of interest in two Burlington slayings.
For reasons unknown, the TT left its lane and struck the Subaru head-on.
Eww….Someone must have been pretty mad to do that.
When stopped by police last year, Soghomonian had an AK-47 with two loaded magazines, 12 ounces of cannabis, and a book advocating sabotage as a form of climate activism.
Records show Soghomonian, 35, formerly of Northridge, CA, had lived for much of February and March at an inn on Williston Road in South Burlington.
Soghomonian was arrested just before he was scheduled to check out of the the Quality Inn on Shelburne Road in Shelburne.
The report comes to defense of the state by suggesting they were deceived, but still acknowledges more could have been done to protect investors.
Phelps was charged with illegal possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance.
Accidents and tragedy.
Missing court dates, kicking cops, running from the law, stealing vape pens with a stolen van. And stealing a pride flag.
Eddy Santiago, Jr., a 30-year-old from Clifton, NJ, has been sentenced by US District Judge Christina Reiss for using threats, violence to collect a drug debt.
Police say Perry held people at gunpoint before fleeing the scene in a dark blue Dodge truck. He was nabbed after a high-risk chase.
A Leicester woman and her longtime boyfriend, who was critically wounded when his brother was fatally shot last summer, pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon.
A state’s attorney has been suspended for failing to answer questions about her DUI charge.
A confrontation ensued between Suggs and the occupants, leading to Suggs being overpowered and detained until law enforcement arrived.
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.