The Burlington man with 1600 interactions with police since 2012 has one more.
Winooski police say Michael Reynolds, 46, was drunk Wednesday March 20 at around 6 pm and refused to leave a Winooski business (left unnamed), according to police. While being taken into custody, he spit on and headbutted officers and called them racial vulgarities, according to the WCAX media report.
Reynolds had been charged with violating a trespass order and pushing people at a food shelf on February 27. At the time he was arraigned and released.
At the time, Reynolds had had over 30 incidents with police since Jan. 1 spit on an officer during his arrest outside of a food shelf, Burlington police said earlier this month.
Around 11:39 AM on Tuesday, February 27, people at the Feeding Chittenden food shelf told police that a man who had previously been issued a no-trespass notice had entered the building. He was said to have pushed many people and acted confrontationally. The man was identified as Reynolds. Reynolds was also violating conditions of release ordering him to stay away from a specific person who was present at the time of the call. Police found Reynolds outside the location when they arrived. Reynolds was arrested, during which action he assaulted an officer with bodily fluids, police say.
Reynolds has had more than 1,600 police engagements, nearly 1,400 in Burlington, more than any other individual in the Valcour records management system, dating back to 2012. He has had over 30 run-ins in 2024 already. Over the past several years he has been legally barred from nearly 150 locations in the Queen City. Reynolds’s criminal history includes: 10 failures to appear; 39 charges and 3 convictions for Violation of Court Orders or Conditions; 19 charges and 6 convictions for various felonies; 162 charges and 42 convictions for various misdemeanors; and 32 charges and 13 convictions for assaultive crimes. After the Burlington bust, Reynolds was arraigned and released once again on conditions.