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Update: Williston anti-ICE trespass arrestees identified

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Today’s protest at least the second trespass protest at Williston office building

Photo credit of Jan. 22 anti-ICE protest in Williston Rakevt.org

by VDC staff

The Vermont State Police arrested 11 people and cited two others on criminal trespass charges Monday afternoon, Feb. 9, after protesters refused to leave a privately owned office building in Williston and told police they wanted to be taken into custody.

According to Rakevt.org, this protest was at least the second sit-in by anti-ICE activists at the ICE facility in Williston.

The following individuals were arrested on charges of criminal trespass:

  • Revell Allen, 75, of Middlebury, VT
  • Karen Bixler, 83, of Bethel, VT.
  • Lexington Kennedy, 21, of New York, NY.
  • Donald Kollisch, 74, of Hanover, NH.
  • Dorothy Mammen, 70, of Middlebury, VT.
  • Henry Prensky, 79, of Burlington, VT.
  • Timothy Price, 71, of Ripton, VT.
  • Douglas Smith, 85, of Sharon, VT.
  • Roan Wade, 22, of Red Hook, NY.
  • Jennifer Wasiura, 46, of Weybridge, VT.
  • Sherri Wormser, 57, of Colchester, VT.
Roan Wade, 22, of Red Hook, NY.
Timothy Price, 71, of Ripton, VT.
Douglas Smith, 85, of Sharon, VT.
Jennifer Wasiura, 46, of Weybridge, VT.
Sherri Wormser, 57, of Colchester, VT.
Henry Prensky, 79, of Burlington, VT.
Dorothy Mammen, 70, of Middlebury, VT.
Donald Kollisch, 74, of Hanover, NH.
Karen Bixler, 83, of Bethel, VT.
Revell Allen, 75, of Middlebury, VT

In addition, Peter Booth, 57, of Jericho, VT, and Laura Simon, 72, of White River Junction, VT, were issued citations on a charge of criminal trespass at the scene and released.

Police said the group entered the building to protest the presence of federal agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as other government and private tenants. The building owner contacted law enforcement and requested the protesters be removed after they declined to leave.

State police, working with the Williston Police Department, responded and spoke with protest leaders, advising them they could continue their demonstration outside the building. The group refused to relocate, and protest leaders told police their intent was to be arrested.

Troopers repeatedly warned the demonstrators that they were trespassing and issued a dispersal order. When the group continued to occupy the building’s atrium, police began making arrests. Authorities said all arrests were carried out peacefully and without incident.

In a statement, Vermont State Police said they respect the public’s right to protest while also recognizing the rights of private property owners to restrict access to their buildings. In this case, police said, the property owner asked that protesters remain outside to ensure tenants and visitors could access offices inside the building.

Police said they have been coordinating with the Williston Police Department and the Chittenden County State’s Attorney’s Office to address situations in which protected First Amendment activity crosses into criminal trespassing.

All 13 individuals who were arrested or cited are scheduled to be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. March 2 in the Criminal Division of Vermont Superior Court in Burlington.

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  2. Perhaps their community service judgment could call for them to help the illegal visitors go home? They are very tuned in to the suffering this move will involve so this is the perfect opening for them to help. There is a host of Saints in our heritage who have risen to this calling.

  4. I find the ages of these people curious. All the Vermonters listed have an average age of 70’s to 80! The 2 in their 20’s are New Yorkers. Is there more to this story? Are they paid? And if so, do they fully understand what they are protesting?

    • Good points Jocelyn, I have the same curious questions and more. Questions that are never brought forth in the media. George Soros is one financial source, why isn’t he deported. He’s a parasite living off Americans and is here to destroy America and Americans. He’s a little happy camper living in Westchester County NY be hind a large stone wall complex and has 11 non-profit organizations to pay these rioting groups. I have seen videos of rioters at the J6 DC capital storming by the organized rioters wherein 55 gallons trash cans loaded with money being thrown in the air for the rioters. Remember it well. This is all planned and organized at a moments notice with transportation. To these rioters this must be their job and provides a living for them. The people in their 70’s must be victims of dementia. Very curious about all this hateful rioting / protesting. When BO was Prez and deported over a million, no protests. In Trump’s term, all kinds of protesting. about deporting. Conaservatives need to protest back. MN is a trash heap of Liberals and their zombies as well as other alike places.

  6. President Obama along with DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson issued the employees of this ICE building Secretary’s Awards in 2017 for their work targeting and deporting child sex offenders and for relocating over 60 thousand children who were haphazardly placed with non-family sponsors during Obama’s border crisis in years prior. That same work continues to this day— over 45k have been relocated THIS YEAR under Trump, all while paid protester retirees die on their hill of misinformation blowing whistles. What a way to spend your day.

  7. Well, what would you do for thousands of dollars a month? ( and still get your EBT, fuel assistance and health care) I may be wrong but then again I may be right.

    • 50 years ago they were out protesting for “womens’ rights”…and now they seem to be fine with men in the locker room and taking sports trophies away from real women. Freud would have trouble explaining the inner working of the liberals’ minds.

    • Some of us septuagenarians wouldn’t consider them old ladies, but rather ladies with nothing else to do. They have never done anything important in their lives and think that this is their chance to be virtuous.

  10. You cannot take the hippie out of some septuagenarians and octogenarians. Cancel BINGO and this is what you’re up against.

  11. Lively looking bunch of Vermont’s finest. How much did George Soros pay them and gave them wheelchairs? Suffering kind of mental health. Maybe looking to get jailed for the winter and survive. Another taxpayer bill.

    • Tom, could you share the link to the video you mentioned of 55 gallon trash cans filled with money being thrown to rioters on J6? This is one I have not seen.
      Thanks.

  13. They say it’s important to have hobbies and be active in retirement, I’m semi retired myself…as of now I’ve had no problem staying busy. To each his own. 😏

  14. There’s a typo in your headline. It should read, “Gutless organization that refuses to show their employee’s faces reveals the identities of people who defend personal rights.”