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April 4, 2026

Shaftsbury Barracks / DUI - Drugs

VSP News Release-Incident

 

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

       

CASE#: 26B3001428

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Benjamin Prandini                             

STATION: Shaftsbury                    

CONTACT#: (802) 442-5421

 

DATE/TIME: April 3, 2026, 2121 hours

INCIDENT LOCATION: Branch St, Bennington

VIOLATION: DUI - Drugs

 

ACCUSED: Kameron C. Knapp                                              

AGE: 21

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Bennington, VT

 

 

 

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: On April 3, 2026, at approximately 2121 hours, Troopers observed a vehicle with an unreadable rear registration plate and conducted a traffic stop. Contact with the operator, identified as Kameron C. Knapp (21) of Bennington, VT, prompted an investigation. Mr. Knapp was arrested on suspicion of DUI - Drugs and processed at the Bennington Police Department. He was cited and ordered to appear in Vermont Superior Court - Bennington Criminal Division, on June 1, 2026, at 0830 hours.

 

 

COURT ACTION: Yes

COURT DATE/TIME: June 1, 2026, 0830 hours            

COURT: Vermont Superior Court - Bennington Criminal Division

 

MUG SHOT: Attached

 

 

 

 

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