by Joseph Gresser
NEWPORT — Judge Lisa Warren ordered a man who reportedly threatened Barton residents with a machete to be held without bail. Kyle J. Lowe, 41, whose address was given as Prouty Beach Campground in court records, underwent a mental health screening before pleading innocent to misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and simple assault on a protected professional with attempted bodily injury.
Vermont State Police Trooper Anthony Rice said in an affidavit that he was called to Barton on Friday at around 6:40 p.m. to look into a report that a man with a machete was threatening members of the public near a Main Street residence. The affidavit said a man called 911 and said a shirtless, bearded man clad in shorts was swinging a machete around. …
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