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Street Gangs of BURLINGTON, VERMONT
Street Gangs of Burlington, VT
Street Gangs of Burlington, VT
Street Gangs of Burlington, VT
Street Gangs of Burlington, VT
In Burlington, Vermont in the MDU, there are a handful of townships which street gangs operate from. A street gang is a gang made up of children, teenagers and/or young adults not to exceed 50 gang members; more than 50 members constitutes its own entry under "Gangs".
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The following is a list of known street gangs in Burlington, Vermont in the MDU (and are not reflective, representative, nor associative of any existing or defunct gangs in the real world in any respective manner)
Church Street Jackals
Leader: Maya “Grin” Corbett
Members: Approximately 28
Territory: Downtown Burlington, Church Street Marketplace, surrounding bars and restaurants, side streets, parking structures, apartment corridors, retail districts, nightlife zones, and student-heavy areas
Allies: Limited relationships with independent fences and nightlife workers
Enemies: The Icebreakers; periodic disputes with The Green Line
Weapons of Choice: Compact handguns, folding knives, expandable batons, pepper spray, heavy flashlights
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​Brief Description
The Church Street Jackals are Burlington’s most visible nightlife and downtown street gang.
They thrive on crowds. Tourists. College students. Bar patrons.
Shoppers. Weekend visitors. People carrying phones, wallets, cards, laptops, bicycles, outdoor gear, and expensive clothing.
The Jackals specialize in theft, robbery, fraud, burglary, card theft, retail theft, fencing, nightlife extortion, and crimes against distracted or intoxicated victims.
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Their crimes often escalate. A stolen wallet becomes financial fraud. A missing key becomes a burglary. A stolen phone becomes account access. A bicycle becomes stripped parts and resale.
A tourist who wanders down the wrong side street becomes an opportunity.
Maya “Grin” Corbett leads through social awareness rather than brute force. She tracks crowd patterns, nightlife events, closing times, camera coverage, student activity, and which businesses are willing to pay to avoid trouble.
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Their colors are black, dark amber, and muted burgundy.
Their symbol is a jackal head with an exaggerated crooked grin, often paired with the initials CSJ.
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Their visual style blends dark streetwear, varsity-style jackets, hoodies, leather, burgundy or amber detailing, and subtle jackal insignia.
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Unlike Portland’s more polished nightlife predators, the Jackals are younger, rougher, more territorial, and more openly confrontational.
They do not see downtown Burlington as a tourist attraction.
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They see it as feeding ground.
The Green Line
Leader: Elias “Ledger” Pike
Members: Approximately 31
Territory: Greater Burlington outskirts, industrial-commercial roads, storage properties, rail-adjacent corridors, rural approaches, back roads, northern Vermont routes, temporary market sites, and scattered regional storage locations
Allies: The Icebreakers; selected rural buyers, contractors, resellers, storage operators, and out-of-state fences
Enemies: Church Street Jackals; competing independent fences and outside brokers
Weapons of Choice: Compact handguns, work knives, heavy flashlights, pry bars, improvised tools
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​Brief Description
The Green Line is Burlington’s criminal brokerage and fencing organization. ​They do not need to steal everything themselves. They make stolen property profitable.
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The Green Line maintains a wide network of buyers, sellers, corrupt contractors, resellers, small-time smugglers, rural storage operators, and criminal contacts capable of moving goods throughout Vermont and beyond.
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Their preferred merchandise includes:
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contractor tools
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generators
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electronics
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bicycles
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snowmobiles
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ATVs
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outdoor equipment
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vehicle parts
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marine equipment
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retail inventory
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antiques
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artwork
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specialty machinery
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commercial equipment
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If someone steals something valuable and does not know who will buy it, the Green Line usually does.
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Elias “Ledger” Pike is the center of that network.
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He remembers:
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who buys what
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who owes money
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which merchandise is too hot
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which locations are compromised
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which buyers can be trusted
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which sellers have tried to cheat the organization
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The Green Line’s defining racket is the Night Market.
These are temporary, invitation-only black-market sales held in locations such as abandoned warehouses, old mills, disused marinas, empty storage buildings, barns, roadside commercial properties, vacant industrial sites, and abandoned churches or parish halls.
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The location is circulated to trusted buyers shortly before the sale begins. A Night Market may operate for only a few hours.
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Their underworld rule is simple: You don’t go to the Green Line. The Green Line tells you where the market is tonight.
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Their symbol is a single green horizontal line crossing a stylized mountain silhouette, often simplified into: —GL—
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The Green Line does not control Burlington through street presence. It controls something more valuable: Who gets paid after the theft is over.
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The Icebreakers
Leader: Darren “Crackline” DeSaad
Members: Approximately 22
Territory: Burlington waterfront, Lake Champlain marinas, boat launches, rail-adjacent lakefront property, storage yards, seasonal docks, shoreline access points, and nearby waterfront commercial areas
Allies: The Green Line
Enemies: Church Street Jackals
Weapons of Choice: Marine knives, heavy flashlights, boat hooks, compact handguns, tire irons, improvised dock tools
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​Brief Description
The Icebreakers are Burlington’s principal lakefront theft and smuggling gang. They treat Lake Champlain as a transportation corridor rather than a boundary.
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During warmer months, the gang uses marinas, small boats, workboats, dock facilities, shoreline storage areas, and waterfront commercial traffic to move stolen goods and contraband. In colder months, they shift toward winter storage properties, frozen shoreline access, snowmobile routes, and isolated launch areas.
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The Icebreakers specialize in marine electronics, outboard motors, trailers, tools, high-value outdoor equipment, boat parts, fuel, cargo theft, waterfront fencing, and cross-lake movement of illegal goods.
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Darren “Crackline” Voss built the gang around local geographic knowledge. Members are expected to know which docks are active, which shoreline properties are watched, where cameras are located, what marinas are poorly secured, and which lake routes allow them to move without using major roads.
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Their colors are black, ice blue, weathered white, and steel gray.
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Their symbol is a cracked sheet of ice split by a black vertical wedge, often simplified into a jagged IB tag.
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Members favor cold-weather and marine clothing such as waterproof jackets, knit caps, insulated workwear, marine boots, snow gear, heavy gloves, and dark reflective outerwear.
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The Icebreakers’ reputation comes from one simple advantage: They know where the road ends—and where the lake begins.
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