STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
NEWS RELEASE
CASE#: 26A3007679
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME:
Detective Trooper Robert
Lemnah
STATION: Bureau of Criminal
Investigations Troop A West - Berlin
CONTACT#: 802-229-9191
DATE/TIME: 09/14/2026 at 0024
hours
INCIDENT LOCATION: Waterbury,
VT
VIOLATION: Aggravated Sexual
Assault, 1st Degree Aggravated Domestic Assault, and 1st Degree Unlawful
Restraint.
ACCUSED: Sean
Bacon
AGE: 34
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: No
fixed address
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,
the Vermont State Police received a report that a sexual and domestic assault
had just occurred in Waterbury. Troopers stationed out of the Berlin Barracks
responded to Waterbury and spoke with the victim, who reported having been held
against her will and assaulted. Troopers located the suspect, identified as
34-year-old Sean Bacon, and took him into custody on suspicion of first degree
aggravated domestic assault, first degree unlawful restraint, and aggravated
sexual assault. Bacon was ordered held without bail pending arraignment,
scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, in Washington County criminal
court in Barre.
No additional details are
available at this time. The affidavit of probable cause will be filed with the
court and made public following arraignment.
COURT ACTION: Y
COURT DATE/TIME: 09/14/2026 @
1230 hours
COURT: Washington
LODGED - LOCATION: Northeast
Correctional Center
BAIL: Held Without
MUG SHOT: NOT INCLUDED
