BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A Burlington repeat offender who was denied state mental health treatment services last month, is back in jail again.
Patrick Ibbotson, 38, was arrested Wednesday on multiple charges including burglary. Ibbotson has more than 50 pending court cases in Chittenden County and has had more than 200 encounters with police in only the last year. Burlington Police say that since being released from jail last month, he has been linked to 14 incidents in Burlington and one in Williston.
During his most recent run-in with the law — when he was arrested six times in one week last month — Burlington Police say he stole someone’s phone on North Winooski Avenue and then later that night grabbed a woman “in a lewd and lascivious manner” downtown.
In one of his most recent court appearances last month, he learned that the Department of Mental Health won’t provide hospitalization. That comes after he was already found not competent for trial in another case.
The judge ordered that he have some type of release plan to protect both himself and the public.