Crime

Vergennes Police Log: Alleged burglar arrested again

VERGENNES — Vergennes police on March 1 arrested a Waltham man for the second time in eight days and again charged him with number of offenses, including burglary and grand larceny.

Police said they were told on Feb. 28 that Auto Creek on West Street had been burglarized, with a Subaru Forester and a number of items stolen. Police said they used security footage to identify Jacob Burmania, 30, of Waltham as the alleged culprit and arrested him on March 1, a day later.

Police charged Burmania with burglary, aggravated operation without owner’s consent, violation of conditions of release, unlawful trespass, unlawful trespass of a motor vehicle, grand larceny, petit larceny, and resisting arrest. Burmania was ordered by a court to be held on $25,000 cash bail and cited to appear in Addison County Court’s Criminal Division on Monday.

That’s the same court where Burmania pled innocent on Feb. 21 to eleven counts of burglary, three counts of attempted burglary, eleven counts of possessing burglary tools, nine counts of petit larceny, one count of grand larceny, four counts of possessing stolen property, five counts of unlawful mischief, and 14 counts of unlawful trespass. He was released with conditions.

Those charges stemmed from a series of break-ins and attempted break-ins into businesses in and around Vergennes in recent weeks.

In other actions between Feb. 24 and March 2, Vergennes police conducted 19 traffic stops, seven cruiser patrols and one foot patrol; processed one fingerprint request; and also:

On Feb. 24:

• Resolved a custodial dispute on Second Street.

• Responded to a two-vehicle accident on Main Street.

• Calmed a verbal dispute between a sparring couple on First Street.

• Referred a social media complaint to the agency that had jurisdiction.

• Served paperwork in the Booth Woods neighborhood for the state’s attorney’s office.

• Went along with EMTs to Northlands Job Corps to help with a student having a mental health issue after taking medication. The student agreed to go to a hospital.

On Feb. 25:

• Returned a TV that had been stolen from city hall to the assistant city clerk, who came to pick it up.

• Conducted a background investigation on an individual seeking employment.

• Looked into a complaint of vehicle vandalism on Second Street and concluded it was unfounded.

On Feb. 26:

• Checked out a complaint that one Comfort Hill neighbor had pushed snow onto another’s property and concluded it was unfounded.

• Were told that a wallet had been lost on South Maple Street.

On Feb. 27:

• Asked a Green Street homeowner to have guests’ vehicles moved because they were blocking traffic.

• Acted as a go-between by allowing a former employee to drop off keys to a business so they could be picked up.

• Took a report of a minor two-car accident on North Green Street.

• Heard from a citizen about a spam caller purporting to represent the Vergennes Police Department.

On Feb. 28:

• Ordered a car towed off city streets while enforcing the overnight parking ban during a snowstorm. Police said they tried to reach the owner before calling for the tow truck.

• Took a report that a flag was removed from the front of a Main Street building and left on the ground.

• Checked out a report that a man was slumped over in the driver’s seat of a running vehicle parked on North Green Street. Police said he was fine and had just fallen asleep.

• Responded to a report of a parking issue on North Street, but the vehicle was gone when police got there.

On March 1 received an online report about a Feb. 28 incident in which an individual walking to Vergennes Union High School was allegedly offered a ride by a man in a vehicle. The individual ignored the offer and continued walking. No description of the man or vehicle was provided. Due to the late report and lack of details, police took no further action but ask anyone with similar concerns or knowledge of the incident to call Vergennes police at 802-877-2201.

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