Inmate Charged With Assault at St. Johnsbury Correctional Facility

ST. JOHNSBURY — An inmate at Northeast Correctional Complex was charged with simple assault on February 28. Marcus Stone, 35, of Barre, was cited to appear May 12 in Caledonia Superior Court for allegedly assaulting another inmate, Benjamin Wiater, 23, of Calais, at the facility. Wiater had been sentenced out of Washington County for an offense of sale of drugs with death resulting. He has been held in the St. Johnsbury jail since January, with a scheduled release date of Jan. 12, 2026. Stone was also sentenced out of Washington County for unlawful trespassing into an occupied residence. His maximum release date is Dec. 23 of this year.