An off-duty Vermont police sergeant getting ready to start his shift was attacked by a man with a meat cleaver in the lobby of his own police department this week.
Burlington police said the incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday when the off-duty sergeant arrived for work at the Burlington Police Department on North Avenue. He was in plain clothes, as he had not started working yet, when he entered the lobby.
When the sergeant entered the lobby, he reportedly saw a man stading in the lobby and recognized him from prior police interactions. WIthout comment, the man, identified by police as 34-year-old Eric Jones, of Burlington, held up a meat cleaver, pointed it toward the sergeant and raised it over his head…