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Crime & Police Reports

The latest press releases from law enforcement agencies in Vermont.

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Man denies firing shotgun as a threat

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Vermont State Police Trooper Logan Miller said a Brownington man called around 6:30 p.m. on May 12, to say his father showed up at his house and warned him that Michael A. Riendeau Jr., 45, of Newport Center, was on drugs and shooti... More »

Woman denies strangling man in fight over keys

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Vermont State Police Trooper Logan Miller’s affidavit says around 8:30 p.m. on May 4, a woman told police that a man and a woman were fighting in front of a house in Jay.  The caller said the man was asking for the police and the wo... More »

Aiken terrorism charge dismissed

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT—Judge Rory Thibault dismissed a charge of domestic terrorism filed against 25-year-old Cypher Aiken on August 30, 2025.  Mr. Aiken was charged after a series of texts sent to an estranged friend on August 28, was brought to the attent... More »

Felony domestic assaults denied in court

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by Joseph Gresser   NEWPORT — After Cruz Gary, 39, for whom court records provide no address, pled innocent to two felony charges of first-degree aggravated domestic assault and domestic assault, Judge Rory Thibault ordered him to be held without bail.  Accord... More »

Phone-check led to assault, police say

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Judge Rory Thibault released Michael Davis, 25, of Troy on conditions after hearing him plead innocent to a felony charge of first-degree aggravated domestic assault and domestic assault. The affidavit from Newport City Police Patro... More »

Derby Line man had child pornography, police say

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — The company that owns Snapchat, a photograph-sharing and messaging application, filed a report with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s Cyber Tipline that, after investigation, led to the arrest of a Derby Line ... More »

New Year’s Eve melee ends in charges

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Vermont State Police Trooper Anthony Rice’s affidavit says he got a report of a melee in Newport Center, just an hour before the start of 2026.  The caller told the dispatcher that there was a fight between her daughter, a man, his ... More »

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Ariana Rodger denies murder charge

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Forty-three-year-old Ariana Rodger, of Newport, was brought, shackled, into the third-floor courtroom of the Governor Lee Emerson  Courthouse on March 19.  She sat down next to Michael Shane, her lawyer, and listened as Judge Rory T... More »