Suspect attacking woman in presence of her children, police say
Burlington police say a homeless man is being held without bail after allegedly assaulting a woman, threatening a firefighter with a knife, and resisting arrest Friday evening on North Avenue near Gosse Court.
According to police, firefighters witnessed 29-year-old Wayne M. Butchino III violently assaulting a woman while the pair were accompanied by young children.
When the ranking firefighter confronted him, Butchino allegedly threatened the firefighter with a large hunting-style knife. A passing motorist stopped to help, and the two men restrained the suspect for more than two minutes until police arrived.
Police said Butchino continued to resist officers during his arrest. Investigators recovered the knife at the scene. He was ordered held without bail pending a July 20 arraignment and is expected to face charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, domestic assault in the presence of a child, and resisting arrest.
Final charges will be determined by the Chittenden County State’s Attorney’s Office.
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Categories: Burlington, Crime
Sarah will make sure he is out in time to have dinner with the rest of the “campers”.
Now, if he is in jail, he is no longer homeless.
These are the idiots that your Tax money is paying for. Keep that in mind when you vote not to vote for Democrats. Democrats allow them to come from other states and get free benefits here. No one should be receive benefits unless they are born and raised in this state. We hand out $33 million a year to hotel motel programs for people just like this. Democrats are domestic terrorists!
Thanks for the passing Samaritan who took risk upon himself, both physical and legal,
to assist in taking a this dirtball down. Mayor Emma-Hyphen needs to organize another press stunt about how “Burlington is back”.
Burlington is back!
Shame the fireman didn’t have a gun and shot him dead. It would have saved us from feeding and housing him in jail and take the pressure off of Sarah to make a decision.
Sarah George would then have made the decision to charge the firefighter with murder or some related offense. Dont worry, we taxpayers wont be feeding and housing him in prison for long, as he is probably already out on no cash “bail”.