As of May 16, there have been 24 crash fatalities on Vermont’s roads in 2022 – a 33% increase over last year.

The following Vermont State Police reports were edited and published by the Newport Dispatch. A man died after trying to fight a wildland fire in Rochester Thursday May 12.  Authorities were notified […]

In separate crashes, a pair of Harley Davidson riders died on Franklin County VT roads this weekend.

Excessive speeding and an apparent death by suicide in a St. Johnsbury prison lead the police news today.

The body found in a Cambridge fire last week has been identified.

Police presence to be expected following threats to Williamstown and Canaan schools.

Heather Valyou died after her car struck a tree.

A West Haven teen was killed after his Subaru struck a vehicle trying to pass a tractor-trailer on Rte. 22A.

When a Greensboro man intervened on behalf of a Hardwick store clerk, the drunken man denied the purchase of alcohol accosted the Greensboro man at his home – and was shot dead, police say.

Two Burlington City Council Progressives finally saw the light and agreed to hire more cops. Politically incorrect from a cultural Marxist point of view, and maybe ineffective too. Who would want to be a cop in Burlington?

A Maine woman died after a late night car wreck Friday in Sheffield.

A pickup truck driver died after the trailer he was pulling went off the road.

An elderly Highgate woman died in a house fire Sunday night. An overloaded power strip started it.

Two young people are dead and a third person is in critical condition following an early morning crash in Berkshire.

A two-day standoff ended peacefully last night with the arrest of a Vernon man at his home.

Three Vermont State Troopers are suspected of creating fraudulent Covid-19 vaccination cards, State Police announced at 5:25 today.

A woman from Brooklyn is missing. She was last seen walking her dog near her Vermont vacation home.

A Richmond man died in a fiery crash this morning. Speeding is believed to have been a factor.

July 9 at 6:44 pm, State Police stopped a vehicle for a speeding violation on VT RT 62, near the Berlin Town line in Barre City.  The vehicle driven by Caleb Deneef, […]

An adult and four children were rescued after midnight Monday, July 5, by a State Game Warden who found them adrift in a boat without power on Lake Dunmore in Salisbury.  

A pedestrian died while trying to cross Rte. 7 in Rutland Town Sunday night.

A Manchester woman must pay $655 after driving 99 MPH, Vermont State Police say.  At 8 pm Wednesday June 30, police saw a vehicle traveling at 99 MPH in a posted 55 […]

Collision with the rock ledges on I-89 ended a June 25 ‘road rage’ incident involving two men, a Jeep Wrangler, and a Toyota Corolla.

A Marlboro man is in critical condition after being shot Sunday evening.

Aiden Boettcher, 21, of Gulfport Mississippi was arrested in Hartford on June 9 for sexual assault. He was released on citation and is ordered to appear in court today.

State Police May 28 received several reports of phone calls purporting to be from the St. Albans Barracks and asking for personal information.

A 48-year-old Jeffersonville woman died after her car struck a tree on Rte. 109 in Cambridge, state police say.

Gail Parent, 60, and Victor Parent, 94 of Northfield died May 25 of injuries sustained in a two-car crash on I-89 in Sharon.

A two-year-old died Sunday evening after being accidentally struck by a car in Enosburg.

At about 6:37 pm Friday, May 21, the Vermont State Police received a report of a stolen Silloway Septic Truck from a location on East Randolph Road in Chelsea, Orange County. Police say an investigation located the vehicle in East Randolph and developed probable cause to arrest Kevin Bent, 32, on suspicion of using the vehicle without consent of the owner.

Vermont State Troopers received a call at 2:30 pm May 19 that a man had fallen into Otter Creek in Mt. Tabor while fishing. James Woods, 67, of Rutland was pulled from the water by a witness who observed the fall. 

Andrew Coyle, 29, of Ferrisburgh was cited on suspicion of assault and robbery, and aggravated assault. His fiancée, Marissa Tallman, 26, also of Ferrisburgh, was cited on a count of accessory aiding in the commission of a felony.

The Vermont State Police is investigating a reported incident of lewd and lascivious conduct that occurred in the vicinity of the Bolton Potholes swimming area off the Bolton Valley Access Road on Sunday afternoon, May 16.

Vermont State Game Wardens executed a search warrant in Middlebury on May 14 for evidence of turkey and deer being illegally possessed, firearms illegally possessed, and evidence of stolen property, police reports say.

A Richford man is facing charges including attempted murder with a hate-crime enhancement following an incident that occurred Wednesday morning, May 5, outside a private residence in town.

State Police say James Perry Jr., age 70, of Newbury, shot and killed his daughter Karina Rheaume, 38, of Newbury Monday afternoon, May 3.

At about 4:15 p.m. May 1, near the intersection of West Main Street and Canal Street in Vergennes, two unidentified males in a vehicle tried to abduct a 13-year-old girl as she was walking home.

The arrest of Poole was the conclusion of a Vermont Drug Task Force investigation that began in July 2020 in cooperation with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department and South Burlington Police Department. The investigation revealed that Poole sold methamphetamine and heroin.

Upon arrival troopers met with the Fairfax Fire Department and observed a vehicle in the driveway that had sustained fire damage from what appeared to be a plastic bottle containing gasoline that had been poured on the windshield and hood before being ignited.

Unseasonably late snowfall has led to a series of accidents – including a rollover of an Agency of Transportation snowplow on I-91 in Barnet.

On April 20 at about 4:10 pm, Vermont State Police stopped a gray 2020 Honda Accord on Interstate 89 (southbound) in the town of Royalton.  The Trooper stopped the Honda for traveling at 103 MPH in a 65 MPH speed zone. 

A 58-year-old man from Coventry will face charges after driving his truck through a window at Maplefields in Newport.