A man who was charged with murder last week is facing new charges related to an assault on a woman in October 2021.
Following the arrest last week of Claude Mumbere, 29, of Colchester, a Winooski Police Department officer recognized him as a suspect in an Oct. 6, 2021, assault in Burlington, according to a press release issued Monday by the Burlington Police Department.
Mumbere is being held without bail as he faces charges of second-degree murder in connection to the death of Kelley Cusson, 31, of Burlington, at the Champlain Street Park in Burlington earlier this month.
According to a 2021 press release, another woman was reportedly struck “multiple times in the face and head with a cleated aluminum snowshoe.” The victim was taken to the University of Vermont Medical Center with face injuries. Police described the attack as “unprovoked and random.”
In addition to Winooski Police, a Vermont State Police trooper also identified Mumbere. Burlington Police matched a fingerprint from Mumbere to evidence collected at the scene, according to Monday’s press release.
Mumbere will be arraigned on the new charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Chittenden County Superior criminal court Tuesday morning.
