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August 16, 2026

Berlin Barracks / Kidnapping and Unlawful Restraint

VSP News Release-Incident

 

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

       

CASE#: 26A3006917

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Job Moise                            

STATION:  Berlin Barracks                   

CONTACT#: (802) 229-9191

 

DATE/TIME: 08/16/2026 1324 hours

INCIDENT LOCATION: U.S. Route 2, Waterbury

VIOLATION: Unlawful Restraint, Kidnapping

 

ACCUSED:  Nubian Mohammed                                             

AGE: 33

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Colchester, VT

 

VICTIM: (The Vermont State Police does not release the names of victims of

sexual assault or domestic violence.)

 

 

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:

On the above date and time, Vermont State Police received a report that Nubian Mohammed had unlawfully restrained household members in Waterbury, VT. Mohammed was later located and taken into custody at the Residence Inn, Marriot in Colchester, Vermont. Mohammed was transported to the Berlin Barracks for processing and subsequently lodged at the Northeast Correctional Complex.

 

COURT ACTION: Y

COURT DATE/TIME: 08/17/2026 1230 hours            

COURT: Vermont Superior Court- Washington Criminal Division

LODGED: Northeast Correctional Complex    

BAIL: Hold Without

MUG SHOT: INCLUDED

 

 

*Please note:  court date and time are subject to change at the discretion of

the court. Please call the criminal court clerk to confirm arraignment time.

 

 

Trooper Job Moise

Vermont State Police

Berlin Barracks

(802)229-9191

 

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