The number of local burglaries has nearly doubled in the past year, and downtown businesses and organizations repeatedly have asked the selectboard to broaden municipal safety measures.
A recent armed robbery sparked local headlines exactly a year after residents, seeing the number of burglaries nearly double from 2021 to 2022, first asked municipal leaders for security measures yet to be taken.
Authorities took a person, whose name was not disclosed, into custody on Monday. If the death is ruled a homicide, it would be the fourth killing in Brattleboro in the past year.