Crime and Public Safety

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (667+ words) Vermont's legal community raised $20,033 and donated thousands of essential items during this year's Vermont Legal Community Fighting Hunger Food and Diaper Drive, helping provide more than $192,316 worth of food to residents across the state. "Food insecurity affects Vermonters in every…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (607+ words) VermontBiz The Vermont State Police is identifying the individuals involved in Thursday’s police shooting on Vermont Route 2A (St. George Road) in Williston. The man who was shot is Michael McGovern, 52, of St. George. A second officer with the Williston Police…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (395+ words) MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s landmark youth criminal justice law called “raise the age” is paying off by keeping young people from committing more crimes, according to a new report delivered to state leaders. In 2020, Vermont raised the age at which…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (281+ words) Vermont recorded the seventh-highest grocery shoplifting rate in the country at 80.1 incidents per 100,000 residents, about 1.4 times the national average of 58. The state averaged 518 incidents a year from 2021 to 2025, between one and two every day, peaking at 793 in 2024 before easing to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (287+ words) WILLISTON, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) - 13 people who were arrested for trespassing at an ICE office facility in Williston this past July will be prosecuted, confirmed the office of Attorney General Charity Clark on Wednesday. 13 people cited for trespassing at Williston ICE building Chittenden…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (54+ words) A federal grand jury has indicted six people in a drug conspiracy spanning multiple states. Two defendants have also been charged with kidnapping and torture in Vermont. A federal grand jury has indicted six people in a drug conspiracy spanning…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (330+ words) Latest Lawsuits Build on Coalition’s Efforts to Block Trump Administration’s Illegal Offshore Wind Deals “It is plainly unlawful to use federal funds to pressure companies into foregoing critical renewable energy projects,” said Attorney General Clark. “The federal government should be…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1352+ words) BURLINGTON, Vt. — Moose, the brindle lab mix who unleashed a years-long reign of terror in the suburbs of this city, has been sentenced to death. If only the executioners can find him. The 65-pound mutt has been involved in at…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (316+ words) A man from Hartford faces legal trouble in Vermont after allegedly selling a significant amount of cocaine base and fentanyl to undercover law enforcement agents. Shameik Camara has been charged by criminal complaint with knowingly and intentionally distributing a Schedule…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (821+ words) Carly Berlin covers housing and infrastructure for Vermont Public, in partnership with VTDigger. Last year, Steve Koren slept on a friend’s sofa for nearly six months while searching for an apartment he could afford on his Social Security disability payments…...