Felon Indicted for Firing at US Marshals After High Speed Chase

A felon facing federal firearms charges in Vermont has now been directly indicted for allegedly firing a handgun at deputy U.S. marshals following a high-speed chase that began in Dalton on Oct. 24 and ended in East Ryegate. In a second indictment delivered by a grand jury on April 3, Douglas Reynolds Jr., 37, faces a total of five felony counts. Three charge him with being a felon in unlawful possession of a .357 magnum revolver and a .22-caliber rifle on the day of the chase, using a gun “while willfully and forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, and interfering with an officer and discharging the .357 magnum to commit “forcible assault with a deadly weapon.” The two other counts charge Reynolds with possessing a .22-caliber handgun, revolver, rifle, and ammunition on Jan. 17, 2024, when police in Vermont found him slumped over in his car outside of the Bradford Mini Mart. Arraignment on the new charges is scheduled for April 25.