PRESS RELEASE
DATE/TIME: 02/05/2024 1834 hours
LOCATION: Bay Street
VIOLATION: Violation of Conditions of Release
ACCUSED: Sabrina Monfette
AGE: 28
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: St. Johnsbury
VIOLATION: Violation of Conditions of Release and Possession of Cocaine
ACCUSED: Donald Hitman
AGE: 40
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: St. Johnsbury
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:
Officer's Report of Corporal George Johnson
On 02/05/2024 at approximately 1834 hours, I was on patrol traveling south on Bay Street in St. Johnsbury in the area of 311 Bay Street when I observed two individuals walking side by side heading towards the woods near 311 Bay Street. I drove up next to the individuals and recognized them as Donald Hitman and Sabrina Monfette. I am familiar with both Monfette and Hitman from past police involvements and was aware that there were court conditions of release preventing contact between them.
I contacted dispatch who confirmed that Hitman had active conditions of release stating that he must not have contact with Monfette and that he must stay three hundred feet away from her. Dispatch also confirmed that Monfette had active conditions stating she must not have contact with Hitman.
Both were arrested and searched incident to arrest. In Hitman's pocket a substance suspected to be cocaine and which later field-tested positive as such was found.
Court date 02/12/2024 at 0830 hours,
Caledonia court.
