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MEDIA RELEASE
INCIDENT TYPE: DATE/TIME REPORTED:
Traffic Crash – Pedestrian Fatal 12/14/2020 at 2229 hours
INCIDENT NUMBER: LOCATION:
20SB012000 1210 Shelburne Road
INVESTIGATOR: INVESTIGATOR CONTACT:
Det. Sgt. Eno geno@southburlingtonpolice.org
AUTHOR: CONTACT:
Chief Shawn P. Burke sburke@southburlingtonpolice.org
PEDESTRIAN VICTIM: AGE: VICTIM ADDRESS:
Jermee D. Slaughter 34 Plainfield, VT
OPR #1: AGE: ADDRESS:
Brittany Aunchman 26 Panton, VT
OPR #2: AGE: ADDRESS:
Hannah Kuckovic 18 Burlington, VT
DISPOSTION:
SUSPECT ARRESTED – ARRIAGNMENT TODAY
NARRATIVE:
The South Burlington Police Department Bureau of Criminal Investigations has made an arrest
in the pedestrian fatality which occurred on December 14th, 2020 on Shelburne Road.
Detectives carefully used physical evidence found at the scene, ambient video evidence from
the Shelburne Road corridor, and witness statements to identify the vehicle which first struck
Jermee Slaughter. The investigation has evolved to indicate that Slaughter was intoxicated and
potentially laying in the roadway at the time of the crash.
With assistance from the Vermont State Police the vehicle in question was located in Panton,
Vermont. South Burlington Police Detectives were able to identify the operator of the vehicle
in question as Brittany Aunchman 26 YOA of Panton Vermont. Aunchman was arrested and
charged with Leaving the Scene an Accident – Fatality. Aunchman was released on $1,000 bail
and will appear in Chittenden Superior Court – Criminal Division today.
The crime of leaving the scene of a fatal crash carries the potential penalty of a fine of not more
than $3,000.00 or a term of imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than 15 years, or
both.