A second shooting at the Marketplace Garage in downtown Burlington this year left some people stranded early Saturday morning. St. Albans resident Robert Long was in the bars on Church Street until about 1 a.m. He went back to get his car from the garage when he was told he wasn’t allowed in due to the police investigation. “He said something along the lines of thinking about seeing your car in the morning,” Long said. He left without his car and made another trip home. Long’s car’s meter had expired while the garage was closed, and after the 40-minute trip back to Burlington later that day, he found two parking tickets on its windshield. Tickets were time stamped at 7:41 a.m. and 11:17 a.m. on Saturdays. The officer Long spoke to at the scene said to reach out if he should be towed or ticketed, but that officer has yet to respond to his email. Long also contacted parking services, which also did not respond. “It’s frustrating,” Long said. “It’s something I’m going to have to deal with even though I tried to pull my vehicle out of the parking lot.” NBC5 contacted the city on Monday regarding the parking tickets. Director of Public Works, Chapin Spencer, responded to our request since their department manages the garage: “We will certainly cancel all parking tickets issued to people who have not been able to get their car out of the garage in a timely manner due to This incident. We are reviewing tickets issued around this time and anyone who feels they received an unfair ticket as a result of the police investigation should contact Public Works or the City Attorney’s Office. The City apologizes to of anyone inconvenienced by this investigation.
A second shooting at the Marketplace Garage in downtown Burlington this year left some people stranded early Saturday morning.
St. Albans resident Robert Long was in the bars on Church Street until about 1 a.m. He went back to get his car from the garage when he was told he wasn’t allowed in due to the police investigation.
“He said something along the lines of thinking about seeing your car in the morning,” Long said.
He left without his car and took another trip home.
Long’s car’s meter had expired while the garage was closed, and after the 40-minute trip back to Burlington later that day, he found two parking tickets on its windshield.
Tickets were time stamped at 7:41 a.m. and 11:17 a.m. on Saturdays.
The officer Long spoke to at the scene said to reach out if he should be towed or ticketed, but that officer has yet to respond to his email. Long also contacted parking authorities, who also did not respond.
“It’s frustrating,” Long said. “It’s something I’m going to have to deal with even though I tried to retrieve my vehicle from the parking lot.”
NBC5 contacted the city on Monday regarding the parking tickets. The Director of Public Works, Chapin Spencer, answered our request since their department manages the garage:
“We will certainly be rescinding any parking tickets issued to people who were unable to get their car out of the garage in a timely manner due to this incident. We are reviewing tickets issued around this time and anyone who feels they have wrongfully ticketed as a result of the police investigation should contact Public Works or the City Attorney’s Office The City apologizes to anyone inconvenienced by this investigation.
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