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A Vermont man is facing charges after he threatened a family with a gun during a road rage incident on Cape Cod Tuesday afternoon, according to police.
St. Johnsbury resident Tracy Douse, 42, has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, disorderly conduct and three firearms charges in connection with the incident, Chatham police said in a press release.
Around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Chatham police received a call from a driver who reported that he and his family had been involved in a road rage incident, police said. He told police that, while traveling on Route 28, he and his family were threatened by another driver who was armed with a gun.
The caller gave police a description of the driver and his vehicle, and officers soon located the driver, police said. They pulled the vehicle over and arrested the driver — who was later identified as Douse — and found a loaded handgun inside his vehicle.
Douse was arraigned in Orleans District Court on Wednesday and held on $50,000 bail, according to court records. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The 10-to-12-year-old all-stars from Champlain are headed back to regionals.
The Vermont state champions, who secured back-to-back state titles last weekend, are in Bristol, Connecticut, for the Little League Softball New England Region Tournament.
Champlain, which consists of players from St. Albans and Georgia, blanked Connecticut Valley 10-0 in the winner-take-all Vermont championship game. To open regionals, Champlain will take on the Massachusetts state champion on Sunday, July 21 on ESPN+.
More: Champlain all-stars roll to back-to-back Vermont Little league softball state titles
The full bracket/schedule for the tournament:
Game 1: Vermont vs. Massachusetts, 4 p.m. (ESPN+, subscription required)
Game 2: Connecticut vs. Rhode Island, 8 p.m. (ESPN+, subscription required)
Game 3: New Hampshire vs. Winner Game 1, 4 p.m. (ESPN+, subscription required)
Game 4: Maine vs. Winner Game 2, 7 p.m. (ESPN+, subscription required)
Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 4, 10 a.m. (ESPN+, subscription required)
Game 6: Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3, 4 p.m. (ESPN+, subscription required)
Game 7: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 10 a.m. (ESPN+, subscription required)
Game 8: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7 p.m. (ESPN+, subscription required)
Game 9: Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, noon (ESPN)
Championship game
Game 10: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, noon (ESPN)
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A Vermont man was arrested Tuesday and is facing gun charges in connection with an alleged road rage incident in Chatham.
Tracy Douse, 42, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, possession of a large capacity firearm, possession of a large capacity feeding device, illegal possession of ammunition, and disorderly conduct, according to Chatham police.
Police said a driver reported Tuesday afternoon that he and his family were threatened by a man with a gun during a road rage incident on Route 28 in West Chatham.
Police said the driver provided descriptions of the man the vehicle allegedly involved. Officers later observed the car and conducted a traffic stop. They arrested the man, later identified as Douse, and recovered a loaded handgun from the vehicle, the department said.
Douse was arraigned in Orleans District Court, according to police.
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – The ACLU of Vermont is suing the Scott administration for allegedly withholding public records and open meeting violations.
The lawsuit was filed to obtain public records related to the Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee that the ACLU says were wrongfully withheld by the Vermont Department of Health.
It also aims to challenge the administration’s closed-door alteration of the committee’s recommendation to the Legislature.
The ACLU hopes the records could shed light on what they call political interference by the Scott administration to undermine the Legislature’s response to Vermont’s opioid epidemic.
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