Moffit, Deven – 29 – Brattleboro, Vt.

Officer Washburn

On June 05, 2019, officers of the Brattleboro Police Department responded to a residence on Main Street in the town of Brattleboro, for a report of an assault. Subsequent investigation revealed that 3 individuals attacked an 18 year old male while he was in another residence on Main Street. It was also reported that a gun was involved in this incident. The 18 year old male victim sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries and was transported to the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital.
 
One of the 3 individuals that attacked the 18 year old male was identified as 19 year old Bobby Bethune. Bethune was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault, and Interference with Emergency Services, and later ordered held without bail. Bethune will appear in Windham County Superior Court: Criminal Division on 06/05/2019 to answer to the charge.
 
 
Update
 
On June 06, 2019, officers from the Brattleboro Police Department were able to locate a 2nd individual involved in the assault.  The male subject was identified as Deven Moffitt age 29 of Brattleboro.
 
Moffitt was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault, and Interference with Emergency Services, and later ordered held on $10,000.00 bail. Moffitt will appear in Windham County Superior Court: Criminal Division on 06/07/2019 to answer to the charges.
 
The investigation is ongoing and additional arrests are expected.

Detective Lieutenant Evans

***01/30/2019 UPDATE***
Police are continuing to actively investigate this incident.
- The victim was transported to an out of state hospital for further treatment related to her injuries.
- At this time it does not appear that this was a random incident.
- There does not appear to be an elevated risk of danger for the general public.
If anyone has information related to this incident they can notify the police department by:
Calling the Police Department at: 802-257-7950
Calling the Police Department tip line at: 802-251-8188
Calling or texting the statewide tip line at: 844-848-8477 (vtips.info)
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ORIGINAL RELEASE
On 1/29/19 at approximately 5:30pm, Brattleboro Police, Fire and Rescue Inc. personnel responded to a residence on Clark St. for a 19 year old female that had been assaulted. The female was assaulted in her residence by two men wearing ski masks. The two men allegedly struck her multiple times in the head with handguns, then fled the residence. The female received life-threatening injuries, and was transported from the scene by Rescue Inc. The investigation is ongoing. There are no suspects at this time. Anyone with information regarding this assault should immediately contact Lt. Evans at 802-257-7950.