Press Release

Sheriff Jennifer Harlow reports the arrest of Jeffrey Markum-Shelton after the incident described below


INCIDENT: Aggravated Assault
CASE #: 24OLC004919
DEPUTY: Daniel Locke
STATION: ORLEANS COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
CONTACT#: (802) 334-3333

DATE/TIME: 12-20-2024 / 2330 hours
LOCATION (specific): 542 Main Street Brton

VIOLATION: Aggravated Assault
FELONY/ MISDEMEANOR: Felony

ACCUSED: Jefferey Markum-Shelton
AGE: 42
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Newport Vermont

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: On 12-21-2025 the victim advised he had been at the Circle K in Barton, Vermont when a person known to him as Jeffrey Markum-Shelton came up to him and stabbed him in the left arm. The victim then drove to North Country Hospital where he received seven stitches to close up the wound.

COURT ACTION: Yes
COURT DATE/TIME: 02-11-25 / 0830 hours
COURT: Vermont Superior Court Orleans Criminal Division
LODGED - LOCATION: N/A
BAIL: N/A
MUG SHOT: N/A

*Please note court date and time are subject to change at the discretion of
the court. Please call the criminal court clerk to confirm arraignment time.

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