Machete man flees, caught by cops: VSP 2%

By Guy Page19%

8/8/2026, 6:36:46 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 3 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation) and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.6% saturation with 21 hits. Analysis detected 37 faulty-reasoning hits from 154 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 4.9% and a BS Rank of 2% (30,062 of 30,510 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 98.50% of the article peer group.

A Newport man was arrested and ordered held without bail Friday evening after Vermont State Police said he threatened passers-by with a machete in Barton Village and later fought with police. 
Troopers from the Derby Barracks responded at about 6:45 PM August 7 to. 
Newport police and Orleans County sheriff’s deputies also responded. 
Police said the man, identified as Kyle Lowe, 41, of Newport, fled into woods near the Barton River. 
A state trooper and Newport police officer located him near the river at about 7:30 PM. 
After several minutes of attempts to negotiate with Lowe, police said he ran, prompting a brief foot pursuit into a cornfield near Elm Street. 
As officers closed in, Lowe allegedly turned and attempted to tackle a pursuing trooper. 
He was taken into custody after a brief struggle. 
No injuries were reported. 
Lowe was processed at the Derby Barracks and ordere 
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Vermont State Police

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