佛蒙特州Craftsbury男子涉入室盗窃后与警方对峙数小时被捕：面临多项指控，5000美元保释
佛蒙特州警察局11月9日发布新闻通报，公布当天 Craftsbury 一带执法行动的案情：46岁的 Robert Witham Jr 被指入室盗窃，之后与警方对峙数小时，最终被捕。这起行动发生在位于佛蒙特州奥尔良县的 Craftsbury 镇，当天稍早该镇 Wild Branch 路曾因这项执法行动封闭数小时，之后已经重开。
通报称，11月9日约7时17分，州警接到 Dustan 路一处住所的入室盗窃报案。报案人 Mark Royan 与被告同为46岁、均为 Craftsbury 镇居民；他称 Witham 未经许可进入其住所，并从其农场摊位与住所内盗走数件物品。通报还说，Witham 另因11月6日报案的多起相关事件被 Derby 分局州警追查。
州警在案发区域搜寻时，看见 Witham 驾车经过报案人住所。州警先后在 North Craftsbury 路与 Wild Branch 路以标志警车示意其停车，Witham 两次均未停下；州警没有展开追逐。通报称，Witham 逃避拦截期间以远超佛蒙特州基本限速的速度疏忽驾驶。
之后，Witham 进入自己位于 Wild Branch 路的住所，把自己封在屋内数小时，拒绝服从执法人员要求其出屋的命令。警方为执行搜查令将其拘捕，Wild Branch 路为此封闭数小时，出动了大量执法力量。搜查期间，警方在 Witham 被拦截时所驾车辆内查获一支上膛枪支与一个30发步枪弹匣；Witham 还被指损坏了一架佛蒙特州警察局的无人机。
Witham 最终被捕，过程未再发生冲突，随后被送往 Derby 分局处理。两个案件合并计算，他被控的罪名包括：侵入有人居住的住宅盗窃、零售盗窃、两项疏忽驾驶、超速、两项试图逃避执法、大容量供弹装置、在机动车内持有上膛枪支、不法损害、侵入有人居住的住宅与侵入他人土地等。
通报称，Witham 以5000美元保释金被收押在北方州立惩教所，并须遵守法院规定的释放条件；他定于11月10日12时30分在 Newport 市的奥尔良县刑事法院就上述指控出庭受审。
参与此次行动的单位包括佛蒙特州警察局 Derby 分局、州警特种队伍（包括无人机项目与战术服务组）、奥尔良县警长办公室、佛蒙特州鱼类与野生动物部门、Hardwick 警察局与 Craftsbury 消防局；经办警员为 Aaron Leonard 与 Richard Berlandy，案件编号为 26A5006458 与 26A5006410。
关联：跟进：Craftsbury 的 Wild Branch 路已全面重开，执法行动结束后恢复通行
（来源：佛蒙特州警察局）
Vermont Man Arrested After Craftsbury Burglary Report and Hours-Long Barricade: Held on $5,000 Bail
Vermont State Police issued a news release on November 9 with the details of that day's law-enforcement operation in Craftsbury: Robert Witham Jr., 46, was accused of burglary and barricaded himself against police for several hours before he was taken into custody. The operation took place in the town of Craftsbury, in Orleans County, Vermont; Wild Branch Road there had been closed for several hours during the operation earlier that day and has since reopened.
According to the release, at about 7:17 a.m. on November 9 state police were advised of a burglary complaint at a residence on Dustan Road. The complainant, Mark Royan, also 46 and also of Craftsbury, reported that Witham had unlawfully entered his residence and stolen several items from his farmstand and residence. Witham was also being sought by the Derby barracks in connection with other related incidents reported on November 6, the release said.
While searching the area, troopers observed Witham drive by the victim's residence. Troopers in marked cruisers tried to stop him on North Craftsbury Road and again on Wild Branch Road, and he failed to stop both times; troopers did not pursue the vehicle. The release said that while attempting to elude troopers, Witham drove in a negligent manner well in excess of Vermont's basic-rule speed limit.
Witham then entered his own residence on Wild Branch Road and barricaded himself inside for several hours, refusing law-enforcement orders to come out. Wild Branch Road was closed for several hours while a significant law-enforcement response executed a search warrant to take him into custody. During the search of his property, police found a loaded firearm and a 30-round rifle magazine in the vehicle Witham had been driving, and Witham was also accused of damaging a Vermont State Police drone.
Witham was ultimately taken into custody without further incident and transported to the Derby barracks for processing. Across the two cases, the charges against him include burglary into an occupied dwelling, retail theft, two counts of negligent operation, excessive speed, two counts of attempting to elude law enforcement, large-capacity ammunition feeding devices, possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle, unlawful mischief, unlawful trespass into an occupied dwelling and unlawful trespass onto property.
The release said Witham was held on $5,000 bail at the Northern State Correctional Facility, with court-imposed conditions of release, and will be arraigned on the charges at 12:30 p.m. on November 10 in the Orleans Criminal Division in Newport City.
Responding units included the Vermont State Police Derby barracks, VSP special teams including the Unmanned Aerial Systems Program and the Tactical Services Unit, the Orleans County Sheriff's Department, Vermont Fish and Wildlife, the Hardwick Police Department and the Craftsbury Fire Department. The troopers named in the release were Aaron Leonard and Richard Berlandy, and the case numbers were 26A5006458 and 26A5006410.
Related: Update: Wild Branch Road in Craftsbury fully reopened after law-enforcement operation ended
(Source: Vermont State Police)
来源：佛蒙特州警察局
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图片来源：图：佛蒙特州 Newport 市的奥尔良县法院（资料图），本案定于11月10日在该市的奥尔良县刑事法院出庭。AlexiusHoratius 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Orleans County Courthouse in Newport, Vermont (file photo); the defendant is due to be arraigned in the Orleans Criminal Division in Newport on November 10. By AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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