We were shocked and saddened,” said one resident of Newport, Vt., of the slaying of the US Border Patrol agent David Maland last week.

Authorities are investigating the death of a person whose body was found in a burning home in Danby, Vermont. Firefighters responded to the blaze on Old Otis Road after it was reported around 7:25 a.m.

The Department of Vermont Health Access’s efforts to stop fraud is reported to have fallen short of its duties. Police say one person was found dead after a house fire in Danby.

Agent David “Chris” Maland died in a shooting following a traffic stop, the FBI said. A second person killed in the incident was a German national in the country on a current visa, authorities said.

A suspect has been charged in the U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vt., in the shooting death of U.S. Border Patrol agent David Maland in Vermont on Monday afternoon.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday afternoon in Vermont, state police said. Federal authorities are investigating.

"On Monday, January 20, Border Patrol Agent David C. Maland passed away in the line of duty. Agent Maland succumbed to injuries caused by gunfire following a traffic stop in Coventry, Vermont. U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s thoughts and prayers are with Agent Maland’s family during this difficult time."

A 21-year-old Washington state woman was arrested Friday for allegedly shooting a US Border Patrol agent to death in Vermont earlier in the week, according to federal authorities.

Federal agents are investigating after a US Border Patrol agent was shot and killed Monday afternoon on the highway in Vermont.

RUTLAND — Vermont State Police apprehended a suspect involved in a retail theft at The Home Depot on US RT 4 on Jan. 25. At 4:37 p.m., troopers from the Rutland Barracks were called to the home improvement retailer where they investigated the theft.

Teresa Youngblut, 21, of Washington State was identified Friday morning as the second suspect in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent in Orleans County this week.