A handful of protesters made their voices heard against the Vermont Gas pipeline Tuesday.Using the WPTZ app? Tap here for the video. At a work site in Williston, activists who said they were there in support of Rising Tide Vermont staged about an hour and a half long protest on Redmond Road.When police arrived, two individuals Raymond Micklon, 53, and David Przepioski, 55, both of Craftsbury Common, were located sitting on top of a pipe that was suspended in the air by a crane. Other protesters stood by.Groups like Rising Tide Vermont have staged protests against the 43 miles of pipeline being laid by Vermont Gas between Colchester and Middlebury multiple times. Around 3:30 p.m. the protesters arrived at the site. Micklon and Przepioski jumped down into the ditch where the pipe was being laid, attached themselves to one another with intertwined bike locks, and sat back to back on the pipe. Police provided the protesters five minutes to leave the area, or else criminal charges would be brought against them for trespassing. According to police, all of the protesters except Micklon and Przepioski left the area peacefully. Because of how they were situated, the Williston Fire Department was called in by police to assist in safely removing the men from the scene. Micklon and Przepioski were both subsequently taken into custody. Both men are due in court on Oct. 2 to answer to the charge of unlawful trespass. The Williston Police Department received assistance from the Williston Fire Department, Essex Police Department, Richmond Police Department and the Vermont State Police.

A handful of protesters made their voices heard against the Vermont Gas pipeline Tuesday.



Using the WPTZ app? Tap here for the video.

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At a work site in Williston, activists who said they were there in support of Rising Tide Vermont staged about an hour and a half long protest on Redmond Road.



When police arrived, two individuals Raymond Micklon, 53, and David Przepioski, 55, both of Craftsbury Common, were located sitting on top of a pipe that was suspended in the air by a crane. Other protesters stood by.

Groups like Rising Tide Vermont have staged protests against the 43 miles of pipeline being laid by Vermont Gas between Colchester and Middlebury multiple times.



Around 3:30 p.m. the protesters arrived at the site. Micklon and Przepioski jumped down into the ditch where the pipe was being laid, attached themselves to one another with intertwined bike locks, and sat back to back on the pipe.



Police provided the protesters five minutes to leave the area, or else criminal charges would be brought against them for trespassing.

According to police, all of the protesters except Micklon and Przepioski left the area peacefully.

Because of how they were situated, the Williston Fire Department was called in by police to assist in safely removing the men from the scene.



Micklon and Przepioski were both subsequently taken into custody. Both men are due in court on Oct. 2 to answer to the charge of unlawful trespass.

The Williston Police Department received assistance from the Williston Fire Department, Essex Police Department, Richmond Police Department and the Vermont State Police.