Vermont police

Vermont State Police troopers are working to determine if bias played a role in damaging Black Lives Matter-themed artwork painted on roads in Jericho and Underhill. On Monday, a state police trooper discovered evidence that vehicles had burned out their tires over the artwork. Two of the locations, on Browns Trace and Pleasant Valley roads, had “Black Lives Matter” painted…

Vermont State Police are helping to search Lake Champlain for a missing kayaker from Quebec. Police say 79-year-old Laurent Messier, of St-Armand, Quebec, was reported missing by his wife around 8 p.m. Monday. He had left his lakefront home around 2:30 p.m. that day and planned to kayak to Venise-en-Quebec. His empty kayak was spotted by a crew in a…

The death of a 28-year-old Vermont woman has been ruled a homicide. The Burlington Free Press reports the death certificate for Hanna Keyes, of Winooski, shows the cause and manner of death was compression to her neck and chest when she was assaulted by another person. Authorities found Keyes’ body on Nov. 2 after her employer requested a welfare check…

A former Vermont police officer was in a St. Albans courtroom Monday, pleading not guilty to an assault charge stemming from the way he handled a handcuffed suspect in March. Defense attorney Rebecca Otey entered a not guilty plea on behalf of her client, Jason Lawton, 31, of Cambridge.

Vermont police are investigating after one person was injured by the explosion of what’s described as a “small homemade destructive device.” Brattleboro police say there is no known concern for the safety of the public.

Montpelier Police and the Vermont Department of Children and Families are investigating the death of a 4-year-old boy who was found on the bottom of a swimming pool.

Vermont police are investigating after a body was found at a trailhead in the town of Hinesburg. Police say the body was found on Gilman Road late Thursday. The name of the deceased is not being released pending notification of relatives.

Vermont police are investigating after a body was found at a trailhead in the town of Hinesburg. Police say the body was found on Gilman Road late Thursday. The name of the deceased is not being released pending notification of relatives.

Vermont police say a registered sex offender who spent 17 years in prison for child sexual misconduct has been arrested for touching another child.

Police in Vermont have taken into custody a 17-year-old driver following a chase that reached over 100 mph.

A Brattleboro, Vermont man was charged Saturday with two counts of domestic assault and three counts of animal cruelty, according to local police. Police arrested Wayne Griffis for allegedly pepper spraying inside a Western Avenue residence and assaulting a female, her son, and their dog, authorities say.

Confiscated beer left two Vermont police officers the subjects of an internal affairs investigation, the Burlington Police Department announced Tuesday. The chief of police in Burlington said two of his officers took beer away from minors last month, issuing them civil tickets for underage alcohol possession. Now those officers are under investigation for possibly drinking some of the beer off-duty,...

A former Vermont police officer who stole heroin from a police evidence locker for a woman he was dating has been sentenced to six months in prison.

Vermont police say the owner of a Middlebury massage therapy business recorded customers with hidden cameras.

Court records indicate a former Vermont police officer accused of stealing heroin from a police evidence locker for a woman with whom he was having an intimate relationship has changed his plea to federal drug charges.

Law enforcement agencies from across Vermont gathered Friday morning to pay tribute to a longtime police officer who lost his battle with cancer.

Lt. Mike Cram served the Winooski Police Department for 12 years before his death last weekend

A medical problem meant South Burlington’s police dog had to retire from the force just as he was beginning his training.

After Rumble, a German Shepherd puppy, started training to be a police dog, his elbow was found not to have been fully formed. His partner, South Burlington Police officer Sarah Bellavance, adopted him as a pet.

The University of Vermont Police are looking for help finding a stolen rhinoceros horn.