Police Investigate Hate Crime in Woodstock, VT

Vandalism reported at retired Woodstock chief’s home

Police investigate it as a possible hate crime

Police investigate hate crime in Woodstock, VT

The incident was reported on Saturday Sept. 27 just before 10 a.m. Police say homophobic slurs were spray painted onto the mailbox at a residence on College Hill Road.

Vandalism at retired Woodstock chief's home is being investigated as a possible hate crime

By Mike Donoghue, Vermont Standard Senior Correspondent Woodstock Police are investigating a potential hate crime after homophobic words were spray-painted on the roadside mailbox for retired Police Chief Joe Swanson and his husband Nicholas “Nico” Seldon on Saturday. Woodstock Officer Sanuj Arora was dispatched to the home shortly before 10 a.m. after the spray-painted words were discovered, police said. On ...