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Poor cell service impaired investigation
Vermont State Police are seeking information following a reported weapons incident at South Beach on Lake Willoughby late on Independence Day.
At 11:32 p.m. on July 4, troopers from the VSP Derby Barracks and deputies from the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department responded to reports of an individual threatening others with a weapon at the popular lakeside destination. Due to poor cell reception in the area, callers were disconnected before further details could be gathered.
By the time law enforcement arrived on scene, all involved parties had fled, and no injuries were reported. Authorities continue to investigate and are urging anyone with information to contact Trooper Aaron Leonard at 802-334-8881 or via email at aaron.leonard@vermont.gov. Anonymous tips may also be submitted by texting VTIPS to 274637 or online.
Suspicious death under investigation in Pittsford
The Vermont State Police are also investigating a suspicious death that occurred in the early morning hours of July 9 in the Rutland County town of Pittsford. A 911 call at 2:10 a.m. from a residence on Hollister Quarry Road reported a death at the scene. First responders confirmed the individual was deceased. The identity of the victim has not been released pending family notification and further investigation.
The case is being handled by the VSP Major Crime Unit along with crime scene and victim services personnel. An autopsy is planned at the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington to determine the cause and manner of death.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the VSP Rutland barracks at 802-773-9101 or submit an anonymous tip online.
Burke man cited for illegal firearms attempt
Timothy Murawski, 58, of Burke, has been cited for allegedly making a false statement on a federal firearms transaction form and for being prohibited from possessing firearms due to a dishonorable military discharge. The FBI flagged the denied transaction in early June, prompting an investigation by the Lyndonville Police Department. Murawski is scheduled to appear in Caledonia Superior Court on August 4, 2025, at 8:30 a.m.
Bradford man cited for DUI drugs, weapons possession
On June 27, police stopped 2012 Subaru Forester driver Kaegan Pearsall on I-91 South in Bradford for traveling 102 mph, police say. Officers detected signs of drug impairment and seized THC products and brass knuckles. Pearsall was evaluated by a Drug Recognition Expert and later released with a citation for DUI Drugs, Excessive Speed, and Possession of Brass Knuckles. He is scheduled to appear in Orange County Court on August 27, 2025.
Lewd conduct charge filed in East Corinth ice cream incident
Kevin Magoon of Milton, New Hampshire, has been charged with lewd and lascivious conduct following an investigation into a June 14 incident at the East Corinth General Store’s ice cream shop. State Police cited Magoon on July 9. He is due in Orange County Superior Court on August 6, 2025, at 8:30 a.m.
Body identified as woman last seen in VT in 1974
The New Hampshire Cold Case Unit has identified a body found in 1974 in Marlborough, New Hampshire as a woman who was last seen in Vermont, the Journal-Opinion reports.
Nancy Gale Erickson had been living in Tampa, Florida with family before abruptly moving to Vermont.
On Oct. 2, 1973, she was arrested in Bellows Falls for stealing a car in Putney. She said at the time that she was on her way to visit friends in White River Junction.
She received probation and remained in her job at the Brattleboro Retreat and living at the Community House. She abruptly left her job and residence on Oct. 30, 1973 and was never heard from again.
Her body was found in New Hampshire in April 1974.
“With this identification, investigators are seeking the public’s help looking into Nancy Erickson’s death. They are interested in hearing from anyone who knew Ms. Erickson or had contact with her. This includes former employees of the Brattleboro Retreat or residents of the Community House in 1973, students at Corning Community College in New York, and staff at Tampa General Hospital (1972–1973). Anyone with relevant information is urged to contact the New Hampshire Cold Case Unit Tip Line: (800) 525-5555, email: coldcaseunit@dos.nh.gov, or, submit a tip online at: http://www.doj.nh.gov/criminal/cold-case.”
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“Poor cell service impaired investigation”
This is exactly the type of incident I would stage if I was trying to force a cell-tower through. The proposed Westmore tower is the height of a 15-story building. If it’s built, any landowner (including myself) who promotes or sells their property as having access to unspoiled vistas will be rendered a liar. It’s also “the thin end of the wedge” in terms of future development. There are other solutions, as described in this article:
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/westmore-residents-are-battling-a-tower-near-lake-willoughby-43846521
The following was published in yesterday’s Newport Daily Express:
Nothing Sacred, Nowhere Safe
No one asked for it. No one needs it. It will not improve cell phone service, the climate, or our quality of life. And yet, once again, a monstrosity is about to rise above another scenic Vermont landscape: possibly the state’s most beautiful, the woods and hills around Lake Willoughby.
With the drying up of the Green New Scam subsidy trough, I suppose it was inevitable that unscrupulous landowners and investors would root up some juicy new truffles. This time it will involve blasting semi-nude bathers at North Beach (or in the case of South Beach, fully nude bathers) with an unknown radiation, possibly fifth-generation radiofrequency, or 5G (the tower is to be rented to persons not yet identified). I don’t swim at either beach, but still, the planned structure will be too darn close to my house.
Again and again, we are told that it will not be intrusive or aesthetically offensive. Who is best qualified to make that judgement?
As a masterpiece of nature and a treasure-trove of local history, Lake Willoughby exists for the enjoyment of all, not the profit of a select few. The company building the tower is based in Massachusetts. Perhaps they could improve their aesthetic sense by living away from billboards, overdevelopment and blight for a few years.
Ellin Anderson
Brownington
P.S. Let me know who gets arrested for criminal threatening at the nude beach. The Vermont State Police are too clever not to catch them.