VSP News Release-Incident
STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
NEWS RELEASE
CASE#: 25A4000420
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Rodzel
STATION: St. Johnsbury Barracks
CONTACT#: 802-222-4680
DATE/TIME: December 21, 2024, and December 23, 2024
INCIDENT LOCATION: Kinney Drugs, Memorial, Dr St. Johnsbury
VIOLATION: Retail Theft (x2), Criminal DLS (x2), Violation of Conditions of Release (x2)
ACCUSED: Jason Korpi
AGE: 46
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Sheffield, VT
VICTIM: Kinney Drugs
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: St. Johnsbury, VT
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:
On January 17, 2025, at approximately 1225 hours, Troopers from the St. Johnsbury Barracks were notified of a retail theft at Kinney Drugs on Memorial Dr in St. Johnsbury. Troopers learned that an unknown male on in the early hours of December 21, and December 23, 2024, stole in total 16 bundles of firewood from Kinney Drugs.
Through the review of security camera footage, it was determined the male was Jason Korpi, and he drove to the scene and loaded the wood into his vehicle. Korpi was under criminal license suspension and had conditions of release to not operate a motor vehicle on a public highway.
Korpi was located on January 31, 2025, and issued a criminal citation to appear in Caledonia County Criminal Court on March 24, 2025, at 0830 hours. He was charged with two counts of Retail Theft, two counts of Criminal DLS, and two counts of Violation of Conditions of Release.
COURT ACTION: Y
COURT DATE/TIME: March 24, 2025, at 0830 hours
COURT: Caledonia County Criminal Court
LODGED - LOCATION: N/A
BAIL: N/A
MUG SHOT: NOT AVAILABLE
*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.
