A Rutland man accused of stalking House Speaker Jill Krowinski is facing a new charge — this one related to allegations that he left Rutland County in violation of a court order and posted about it on Instagram.
Kyle Wolfe, 34, allegedly bragged on social media about making a trip to Chittenden County on March 2, and then that same day posted video and photos of himself at a recreation area in South Burlington, according to court records released Monday.
Wolfe pleaded not guilty Monday in Rutland County Superior criminal court to the charge of violating a release condition.
Judge David Fenster asked Wolfe, who was representing himself, if he wanted him to read the charge against him aloud in court or waive that reading. Wolfe replied that he would give up that right, stating that he was able to understand the document.
“I’m literate, thanks to the public school system,” Wolfe told the judge.
Moments earlier, Wolfe had pleaded not guilty to a separate charge of violating a no-stalking order that had been granted to Krowinski, a Burlington Democrat. Wolfe had already been in court to face that charge on Thursday, though he invoked his right to wait at least a day before entering his plea, leading to Monday’s arraignment on that offense as well.
Wolfe had initially been placed on conditions of release in December following his arraignment on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Those charges alleged he had gone to the Statehouse in Montpelier in October, threatened Krowinski and fought with Capitol police, who took him into custody. Police found an unloaded muzzleloader following a search of his vehicle.
That case was brought in Washington County, where the Statehouse is located.
A release condition in that case required him to stay in Rutland County. However, in a court filing made public Monday, Capitol Police Chief Matthew Romei wrote about posts Wolfe made on Instagram showing him in South Burlington on March 2.
In that filing, Romei included photos of the recreation area in South Burlington that matched the images depicted on Wolfe’s social media account.
The violation of release condition charge against Wolfe was brought by Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George, who attended Monday’s proceeding by video.
He was released Monday on mostly the same conditions on which he had previously been released.
Wolfe told Fenster he had a problem with one of the conditions imposed by the judge at the court hearing Thursday ordering him to abide by a 24/7 curfew in his Rutland apartment.
Wolfe said he needed to be able to go to a grocery store in Rutland and also had to travel to Fair Haven, where he does his laundry.
Fenster granted a change, allowing Wolfe’s curfew to be lifted for two hours on Sundays to travel and do his laundry and another hour on that day to shop for groceries.
