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September 30, 2026

Shaftsbury Barracks / Multiple Charges

VSP News Release-Incident

 

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

       

CASE#: 26B3005325

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Benjamin Prandini                            

STATION: Shaftsbury                    

CONTACT#: (802) 442-5421

 

DATE/TIME: September 30, 2026, approx. 1043 hours

INCIDENT LOCATION: 264 Sunflower St, Pownal

VIOLATION: Furnishing alcohol to minors; Dispensing cannabis to a person under 21 years of age

 

ACCUSED: Skylar Ryan Kinney                                              

AGE: 24

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Pownal, VT

 

VICTIM: State of Vermont

 

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: At the above date and time, Vermont State Police were advised of a person under 21 years of age being supplied with cannabis and alcohol. Through investigation, it was determined that Skylar Ryan Kinney (24) of Pownal, VT, supplied cannabis and alcohol to a person under 21 years of age on several occasions. Kinney was issued a citation and ordered to appear at Vermont Superior Court - Bennington Criminal Division on November 23, 2026, at 0830 hours.

 

 

COURT ACTION: Yes

COURT DATE/TIME: November 23, 2026, 0830 hours           

COURT: Vermont Superior Court - Bennington Criminal Division

 

MUG SHOT: No

 

 

 

 

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