STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
NEWS RELEASE
CASE#: 25B2002827
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Detective Trooper Mengbei
Wang
STATION: Royalton
Barracks
CONTACT#: 802-234-9933
DATE/TIME: 04/08/2025 between 1930 to 2000 hours
INCIDENT LOCATION: VT RT 100, Granville, VT
VIOLATION: Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon; Reckless
Endangerment, Unlawful Mischief
ACCUSED: Mark S. Balch
AGE: 34
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Granville, VT
VICTIM: Sonni Martindale
AGE: 50
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Duxbury, VT
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: The Vermont State Police received a
report of a shooting incident that occurred in early April 2025, on VT RT 100,
in the town of Granville, Addison County, Vermont. Subsequent investigation
revealed that Mark Balch, aged 34, discharged his firearms recklessly on
multiple occasions, with one shot striking the front fender of Martindale’s
moving vehicle. Martindale was uninjured in the incident. Balch was cited
to appear in Vermont Superior Court, Addison Criminal Division, on June 9, 2025,
at 12:30 hours.
COURT ACTION: Yes
COURT DATE/TIME: 06/09/2025, at 1230
hours
COURT: Vermont Superior Court Addison Criminal Division
LODGED - LOCATION: N/A
BAIL: N/A
MUG SHOT: Yes
Detective
Trooper Mengbei Wang
Bureau of
Criminal Investigation-Troop B East
Vermont
State Police-Royalton Barracks
2011 VT RT
107
Bethel, VT
05032
(802)
234-9933
(802)
722-4690 (FAX)
