Zane Davison, 32, of Hardwick pleaded guilty to second-degree aggravated domestic assault in Caledonia Superior Court, according to a June 26 report in the Caledonian Record. He was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison, all suspended in favor of a 10-year term of probation.
Hardwick Police and a Lamoille County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a Hardwick residence on August 25, 2025 for a 911 hang-up call. Officers found two family members hiding in the woods outside their home, trying to get away from Davison. They reported he had chased them with a hammer and threatened to kill them before smashing the interior of the residence, including the telephone and electronics.
Davison was not located that night. An arrest warrant was issued August 26 with bail set at $200,000 cash. The Morristown Police Department found Davison at Oxbow Park just after midnight on August 27 and took him into custody.
The charge was upgraded to second-degree aggravated domestic assault because of a prior domestic assault conviction. Davison’s probation conditions include no alcohol, electronic monitoring, anger management screening, no contact with the victims, no firearms, and participation in restorative justice programming.
Originally reported by Hardwick Gazette.
Photo: Artaxerxes (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo is illustrative and not from the scene.
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