THANKS FOR JOINING US AT 10, I’M BRIAN AND I’M ALICE KANG A RICHFORD MAN IS BEHIND BARS TONIGHT, ááACCUSED OF TRYING TO RUN OVER… SOMEONE HE KNEW… WITH A ááTRUCK. VERMONT STATE POLICE… ARRESTED 27- YEAR-OLD ANTHONY MASON. HE’S FACING …ááATTEMPTED MURDER and ááHATE CRIME costs. ACCORDING TO POLICE… MASON WENT TO THE VICTIM’S HOME ON TROY STREET THIS MORNING… ááDRIVING TOWARDS HIM… AND HIS áDOG… WHILE THEY WERE ON THE ááPORCH. POLICE SAY MASON CRASHED INTO THE PORCH. HE ALSO áDAMAGED THE LAWN áANDá A DIRT BIKE WITH THE TRUCK. THE VICTIM IS BLACK. HE TOLD POLICE MASON SHOUTED RACIAL SLURS AT HIM. AND THREATENED TO KILL MASON WAS LATER ARRESTED AT HIS HOME.
Man charged with tried homicide in hate crime investigation
Vermont State Police say 27-year-old Anthony Mason tried to run over a person with a truck
Up to date: 10:54 PM EDT Might 5, 2021
A Richford man is going through costs, accused of attempting to run over a person with a truck in a hate crime.Vermont State Police say 27-year-old Anthony Mason tried to run over somebody he knew on the sufferer’s dwelling on Troy Road, Wednesday morning.Police say the sufferer accuses Mason of driving a truck by means of his garden, towards him whereas he was on the porch together with his canine. Mason allegedly crashed into the porch, the place they have been standing. He is additionally accused of driving over a dust bike, inflicting harm to each the garden and bike.The sufferer, who police say is Black, additionally advised police Mason shouted racial epithets and threatened to kill him.Vermont State Police arrested Mason at his dwelling in Richford. He is going through costs of tried second-degree homicide, grossly negligent operation of a motorcar, and illegal mischief. He’s additionally going through a hate-crime enhancement on these costs.Mason is being held for lack of $10,000 bail on the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans City. He’s scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon.
A Richford man is going through costs, accused of attempting to run over a person with a truck in a hate crime.
Vermont State Police say 27-year-old Anthony Mason tried to run over somebody he knew on the sufferer’s dwelling on Troy Road, Wednesday morning.
Police say the sufferer accuses Mason of driving a truck by means of his garden, towards him whereas he was on the porch together with his canine. Mason allegedly crashed into the porch, the place they have been standing. He is additionally accused of driving over a dust bike, inflicting harm to each the garden and bike.
The sufferer, who police say is Black, additionally advised police Mason shouted racial epithets and threatened to kill him.
Vermont State Police arrested Mason at his dwelling in Richford. He is going through costs of tried second-degree homicide, grossly negligent operation of a motorcar, and illegal mischief. He’s additionally going through a hate-crime enhancement on these costs.
Mason is being held for lack of $10,000 bail on the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans City. He’s scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon.
