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By VDC staff
A Shelburne man has been charged with aggravated assault and maiming after police say he brutally attacked another driver during a road rage incident in Winooski earlier this week, leaving the victim facing the likely loss of at least one eye.
Aaron A. Williams, 44, of Lark Hill Road in Shelburne, was arraigned Thursday, August 28, in Chittenden Superior Court on charges of aggravated assault and maiming, according to court records. If convicted, Williams faces up to 15 years in prison for the assault charge and the possibility of life in prison for maiming.
Police allege the attack occurred Tuesday night, August 26, following a brief road rage dispute at the intersection of Mallett’s Bay Avenue and Pine Street in Winooski. According to affidavits filed by Detective Corporal Stephen Bova of the Winooski Police Department, multiple 911 calls reported a crash and a violent altercation between two motorists around 8:30 p.m.
Officers arriving on scene found 46-year-old Ronnie Bushway II of Colchester sitting on a curb, bleeding heavily from his face and eyes. Witnesses told police they saw a man exit his vehicle after a minor collision, strike Bushway, and then flee in a black Volkswagen Jetta.
Bushway told police the other driver tailgated him through Winooski before passing and “brake checking” him. Both men stopped their cars, and Bushway said he confronted the other driver, who walked over, punched him in the face, and then drove his thumbs into Bushway’s eyes. Bushway told officers the pain was “a ten out of ten” before losing his vision.
He was rushed to the University of Vermont Medical Center, where doctors performed emergency surgeries. According to police, surgeons believe Bushway’s left eye will need to be removed, and his right eye may only regain minimal vision.
Investigators obtained dash camera footage from Bushway’s vehicle showing the altercation, as well as cell phone video from a bystander. The recordings, combined with a license plate captured on camera, led police to identify Williams as the suspect.
Police arrested Williams without incident Wednesday morning, August 27, at his workplace, The Bern Gallery in Burlington.
Deputy State’s Attorney Eliza Novick-Smith is prosecuting the case. Victim advocate Nietra Panagoulis has been assigned to support Bushway and his family.
Williams remains in custody pending court proceedings.
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Categories: Public Safety
I’m curious how Sarah George will deal with this one.
She won’t.
Hard to say. Both are white. We have to look deeper into any victimhood credentials to see who will have the upper hand.
Probably pay his bail, bust him out of jail, buy him a steak and then hold some kind of candlelight vigil in solidarity with how criminals are misunderstood..
What does the Bible say? An eye for an eye? Fair punishment.
Fair punishment?! See the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:38-39).
What must be inside of someone to this particular violence toward someone, it’s very disturbing. It just seems so much more malicious and just plain evil than getting in a fight and beating someone up.
There is something going on in Vermont and it’s really not a healthy spirit that seems to have overcome so many in our state.
Now if Vermont had any sanity they would recognize this as a particularly hateful crime. It’s really worse than shooting somebody. Any much more so than calling somebody names, that seems to trigger “hate crime”.
This is like cartel creepy evil.
This is why we the people should utilize the constitutional carry. People are insane and it’s a dangerous world out there. Obviously have pepper spray, too.
Exactly. Big Pharma with their prescription drugs are the gateway drug. Never had this problem until those drugs got massively prescribed. Same with mental health.
The Bern Gallery is a recreational cannabis dispensary in Burlington.
Just steps away from Church Street though unrelated to the crime epidemic there,
you might wonder if robbing someone of their eyesight is somehow related to the old adage, “you are what you eat“, or in this case, what you inhale? What’s interesting is that the Winooski Police Department didn’t capture Aaron Williams until the following day at work. If they had arrested him within the hour, might he have been charged with gouging while under the influence?
I was wondering why they didn’t state his place of work. Many times it’s what they don’t say that is the most
important. We have a major drug problem, which is worse is up for debate, neither are good for the soul and well being.
Once again the free speech commentary ads way more the msm ever will.
Guy, thank you!
Who knows what will set people off! I didn’t put a TRUMP sticker on my car because I was afraid it would be damaged in a parking lot. The derangement syndrome is real!
I’ve been praying to save both his eyes, and his eyesight.
Update: There is nothing here about total blindness, or surgery that removed the most damaged eye. Pray for Ronnie’s recovery! https://www.mynbc5.com/article/winooski-road-rage-bushway-williams/65935544
so they are tying their hands..
https://www.wcax.com/2025/08/29/vt-sheriff-suing-criminal-justice-council-over-fair-policing-policy/
Angelo
THC withdrawals are real and this is what it leads to.
I can remember taking psychology at uvm, they talked about the science of frontal lobotomy, they would swish the scapul behind the eye back and forth until the patient “relaxed”. I was horrified, this is not science, how could it be?
Watching this great video, I’ll take red necks, Jesus Christ, my Bible and while I don’t carry, it’s still a good idea.
This really talks about the lies in this world? Maybe if you bring God back on your life, less anxiety, longer lives, better relationships. It’s an interesting journey when you search for the truth.