Missing Bristol man found deceased in woods; circumstances not suspicious

BRISTOL — After looking for Walter Rusch for a week, family of the 63-year-old man found his remains in a wooded area near his Bristol home on Saturday morning, police report. His death does not appear to be suspicious, according to Vermont State Police Detective Sgt. Lauren Ronan. Rusch’s family reported him missing at 5:45 p.m. on Friday, April 16. He was last seen at home overnight Thursday into Friday but was gone by 6 a.m. He is believed to be on foot and might have been spotted walking in downtown Bri … (read more)

WHITING — Vermont State Police are asking members of the public to come forth with information they have on a shooting incident in Whiting Thursday morning. At approximately 5:15 a.m. on April 15 troopers from the New Haven state police barracks responded … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — Several people were seriously injured in a fiery minivan crash on Route 22A in Addison this past Saturday. On Feb. 27 at around 12:45 a.m. Vermont State Police responded to a report that a Dodge Grand Caravan had crashed into a tree off R … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police troopers stationed at the New Haven barracks were called to help look for a reported lost hiker on Jan. 21. Last Thursday at about 7:30 p.m. the Vermont State Police Shaftsbury barracks received the call about an over … (read more)

NEW HAVEN — The former commander of the Vermont State Police’s Tactical Services Unit has taken command of the VSP’s New Haven barracks. Lt. Cory Lozier succeeds former New Haven barracks leader Capt. Matthew Daley, recently named the new head of the VSP’ … (read more)

LEICESTER — A Leicester man was killed Wednesday evening when his car went off Route 7 in his hometown. Vermont State Police found Jeffery McGrath, 53, dead in his car at the scene of the crash. At around 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 7 state police received a report … (read more)

WHITING/CORNWALL — Vermont State Police are looking for the 19-year-old Whiting man to help them figure out how someone ended up in his truck leading them on a 100-mile-per-hour chase through Whiting and Cornwall after midnight on Saturday. On Aug. 29 at … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police were called to a one-car crash on Route 53 near South Hill Road in Goshen on this past Sunday, Aug. 23, at five minutes after 8 p.m.  Preliminary investigation indicated that Irving Felker, 51, of Yarmouth, Maine, was … (read more)

ADDISON — Vermont State Police cited a Bristol resident for reckless endangerment and aggravated assault for allegedly waving a pistol and threatening the occupants of a vehicle, including children, on the evening of Aug. 18 in Addison. Vergennes police o … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Two Green Mountain Power linemen were seriously injured Wednesday morning when the pole they were climbing in Middlebury broke and sent them plummeting as much as 50 feet to the ground. Jared Allen, 25, of Bristol and Josh McLean, 37, of Bran … (read more)

I was impressed by Angelo Lynn’s editorial in last week’s Independent (“Defunding police? Yes, but let’s not confuse the stage”). I was also caught by the irony that that issue (June 25, 2020) was such a good example of the problem before us. From all I h … (read more)

MONKTON — Vermont State Police will not say what, if any, discipline the department has imposed on a lieutenant and special teams commander stopped for excessive speeding and then spun his tires as he resumed his travels, according to officials. It’s the … (read more)

NEW HAVEN — Vermont’s Chief Medical Examiner has ruled that the death of a New York man struck by a tanker truck in New Haven last month was a suicide. Marcin J. Kosz, 40, of Lake George, N.Y., died instantly when struck by the truck on Route 7 near Town … (read more)

STARKSBORO — A 30-year-old man was injured after “a weapon was discharged inside the residence” at 38 Hillside Drive in Starksboro Friday morning in an incident Vermont State Police are calling a “weapons offense.” At 6:51 a.m. troopers from the VSP New H … (read more)

NEW HAVEN — A man Vermont State Police said was in the northbound lane of Route 7 in New Haven was struck and killed by a motorist late on Tuesday night. Police said the accident occurred near the intersection of Route 7 and Town Hill Road. VSP as of Wedn … (read more)