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March 3, 2026

Derby Barracks / Request for information

VSP News Release-Incident

 

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

       

CASE#: 26A5001186

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Nathan Handy                            

STATION: Derby                      

CONTACT#: (802)334-8881

 

DATE/TIME: Sometime between 03/01/2026 and 03/03/2026

INCIDENT LOCATION: Hazen Notch Road in the Town of Lowell, VT

VIOLATION: Theft

 

VICTIM: Gerald Green

AGE: 70

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Lowell, VT

 

ACCUSED: Under investigation                                             

 

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT

On the above listed date and time, Troopers from the Vermont State Police – Derby Barracks were notified of a stolen shotgun from an address on Hazen Notch Road in the Town of Lowell. It became known through investigation that the shotgun stolen was a Savage 12G pump action shotgun approximately 40 years old. The owner of the shotgun, Green (70), advised the shotgun was stolen from inside his garage at the address on Hazen Notch Road sometime between 03/01/2026 and the early hours of 03/03/2026. Anyone with information on the incident or the stolen shotgun, is urged to contact the Vermont State Police Derby Barracks at 802-334-8881.