Caller locked in room with child during house dispute

Heard on: Bennington Fire / EMS / Police

01:49

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Caller on my line is locked in a separate room with the (number withheld) that she's there with.

00:05

She thinks maybe the POI, who is (number withheld) , might have left.

00:10

He would be on foot, no access to a vehicle.

00:13

Wearing a dark t-shirt or sweatshirt, might be going to his girlfriend's house, which is about two doors down from Dollar General.

00:20

I've paged crisis.

00:21

I'm waiting for a callback.

00:26

10-4, you can show me the area.

00:28

416, when you come, if you don't mind coming all the way down Route 7A to East Arlington that way.

00:44

10-4,

00:52

10-4. 10-4, all those East Arlington roads, negative contact with the POI.

00:56

I'll be out at the residence.

01:10

That's right, 449 .

01:11

I can hear the male in the house.

01:13

I just asked the mother to hang up so the crisis can call her back.

01:39

Negative. I had to have her

01:46

call hang up so that Crisis could reach her.

8/18/2026 05:56 PM

Missing Person

Vermont Rte 7a, Arlington, VT 05250

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers coordinated a response to a possible domestic crisis at a residence near Vermont Route 7A in Arlington, where a caller reported being locked in a room with a young child and concerned about a 17-year-old leaving on foot. The teen was described as wearing a dark shirt and possibly heading toward a nearby home near the Dollar General in East Arlington, while crisis services were also contacted to reach the family.