A spontaneous argument outside the food court escalated into a shooting. The South Burlington cops are looking for Tyshane Smith, age 18.

Did police use excessive force when tasering a teenager trying to jimmy a car door with a screwdriver? You be the judge….

No need to ask those pesky voters what they think about not having enough police coverage thanks to last June’s “Defund the Police” vote, the Burlington City Council decided - with just one dissenter.

All quiet on the State House front as semi-auto toting state police guarded the Capitol. At least no-one asked for (unlike Nancy Pelosi) crew-manned machine guns.

Darren Pronto is being held on first-degree-murder charges for slashing the throat of a woman as she was walking along a river in Bennington.

At the beginning of the meeting, a Montpelier city councilor was praising a resident calling for them to “Defund the Police” At the end of the meeting, the same city councilor said she’s sure glad the police are ready for the presumed Jan. 17 pro-Trump armed rally.

Even if the City Council agrees, the lengthy hiring and training process will mean Burlington police may not be able to cover early morning shifts with active patrols.

It’s the “armed” in “armed protest” that has Vermont police - and some media - very concerned about the alleged event to take place on or before Inauguration Day next week.

Vermont Public Safety Commissioner Michael Schirling, Capitol Police Chief Matt Romei and Montpelier Police Chief Brian Peete held a press conference Monday afternoon to discuss an announcement that an armed gathering of protesters is expected at state houses across the country, Jan. 17. Here’s what reporters learned.

Vermont police are planning for possible gatherings of armed citizens at the Vermont State House January 17. Vermont is an “open carry” state so police don’t mind if protesters are carrying. But they won’t tolerate people pointing guns at other people.