2 arrested after woman found bound with duct tape in St. Johnsbury

PEACHAM, Vt. (WCAX) – Police have arrested two individuals after a girl was noticed inside a truck in St. Johnsbury along with her head coated and her arms sure with duct tape.

Vermont State Police say Mack Varnum, 45, and Nichole Cloutier, 36, each of Peacham, face a number of costs together with kidnapping, illegal restraint and aggravated assault. Varnum additionally faces a cost of tried homicide.

The report of the sure girl got here in Thursday at about 11:30 a.m. Investigators say she was freed by first responders, handled on the hospital and launched.

The sufferer informed the police she was picked up on the facet of the street in Peacham by Varnum and Cloutier in Varnum’s truck, after which restrained and sure. She informed investigators they drove her across the Peacham and Danville space for a number of hours that method, whereas threatening her life.

At one level, she informed police she was left alone within the truck and he or she managed to interrupt free sufficient to drive away within the truck. That’s when she drove herself to Bay Avenue in St. Johnsbury Village, the place she was noticed.

Friday, police arrested Varnum and Cloutier at Varnum’s residence in Peacham. They had been held with out bail and are due in courtroom Monday.

Through the arrest of Cloutier and Varnum, police additionally discovered Janita Ledoux, 35, of St. Johnsbury, on the residence. She was arrested on an impressive warrant violation of circumstances of launch unrelated to this case.

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