Newport man David Perry attacked and assaulted a Burlington police officer, seriously injuring the officer’s leg.
South Burlington man robs gas station at knife-point
South Burlington man Ian Gardner used a knife to force a Simon’s employee to open the cash register, police say.
House passes malice-free hate crime bill

The Vermont House of Representatives yesterday, March 17 reclassified felonies and misdemeanors, banned police use of chokeholds except to prevent death or bodily injury, and removed the motivation of malice from punishable hate crimes.
Crime writer Mayor in car crash

Vermont crime novelist Archer Mayor was involved in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 17 that sent the driver of the other car to the hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries, state police said.