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More than half of Orange County’s sheriff deputies will leave with the...
George Contois, left, and Bill Bohnyak. Courtesy photos via Valley News Next week, Orange County will have a new sheriff. But what the sheriff’s department really needs would be new deputies, and some...
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Windham County side judge accused of collecting pay for hours she allegedly...
The Windham County Courthouse in Newfane, where civil cases are heard, and where side judges are based. U.S. Department of Agriculture photo An assistant judge in Windham County has been criminally...
View ArticleRutland man arrested on murder charge in weekend stabbing
A Rutland man is in custody and facing a murder charge following a deadly stabbing in Rutland on Saturday night. Brandon McRae, 36, is charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Trevor...
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Ex-prison superintendent wins suit against Department of Corrections for...
Mark Potanas in the solitary confinement unit at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield in early 2016, when he was superintendent there. File photo by Phoebe Sheehan/VTDigger A Vermont...
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Former Northeast Kingdom police chief faces charge of sexual assault on...
Jeffrey Noyes, 54, of Brighton is seen in a processing photo taken Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, at the Vermont State Police barracks in Derby. The former police chief of the Brighton and Canaan police...
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Lawsuit alleges mismanagement, sexual harassment and retaliation at Woodstock...
Filed by two former board members of the Woodstock Foundation against their former colleagues, the suit describes an abusive culture that was allegedly upheld by leadership of the Woodstock Inn, seen...
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‘Not enough oversight’: Scandals in Vermont sheriffs’ departments spur...
Clockwise from left: Outgoing Bennington County Sheriff Chad Schmidt, outgoing Caledonia County Sheriff Dean Shatney, outgoing Addison County Sheriff Peter Newton, outgoing Orange County Sheriff Bill...
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Alburgh man dies following fight at middle school basketball game
People throw punches and wrestle during what police called a "melee" at a middle school boys' basketball game in Alburgh on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Screenshot of video courtesy of @HalfBaked802/Twitter...
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Vermont Conversation: Kiah Morris continues her fight for justice
Kiah Morris, left, and the poster for the new documentary "Backlash." Photo by Lorianna Weathers The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on...
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Franklin County state’s attorney issues Brady letter against new county sheriff
Capt. John Grismore, center, can be seen kicking a man in custody at the Franklin County Sheriff's Office on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Screenshot courtesy of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office The...
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Defense attorney blasts Bennington County state’s attorney as rift goes public
Richard P. Burgoon Jr. accused Bennington County State’s Attorney Erica Marthage, seen here, of “bullying tactics” in a letter sent Monday to Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark. Marthage has...
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Manchester man arrested for allegedly assaulting police at the Jan. 6 Capitol...
William Arthur Nichols Jr., circled, was captured on body camera footage on Jan. 6. Photo via federal court records A Manchester man was arrested Wednesday on charges related to his alleged violence...
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Court sides with town of Marshfield in dispute over a political activism camp
Uprise Camp members gather to protest the use of fossil fuels and provoke climate change action. Photo courtesy of Henry Harris Henry Harris says he has operated a youth activism camp on his...
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Vermont is shutting down some prison work programs
The wood shop at the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport sits nearly empty on Thursday, Jan. 26. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger For years, incarcerated Vermonters have made furniture,...
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An ‘unknowing pawn?’: From prison, Bill Stenger claims state ‘covered up’ Jay...
Former Jay Peak CEO Bill Stenger arrives at his sentencing hearing for his role in the EB-5 fraud case in U.S. District Court in Burlington on April 14, 2022. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The...
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Contractor sues Burlington School District over high school demolition bid
Attorneys for a contractor that lost its bid to demolish Burlington High School argued in court on Friday that the winning bidder is not qualified based on the district’s own criteria. The judge heard...
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1 person hospitalized, 1 arrested in Burlington shooting
Officers from Burlington and Essex police use a police dog to track a shooting suspect on Riverside Avenue in Burlington. Photo by Patrick Crowley/VTDigger Updated Monday, Feb. 6, at 8:51 a.m. A...
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Competency questions delay sentencing for Aita Gurung in meat cleaver murder...
Judge John Pacht said during a hearing Monday that he would order a competency evaluation for Aita Gurung after his defense attorney raised the issue of whether her client understood the court...
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Despite state support, Vermonters struggle to find housing after prison
Veronica Chicoine outside the building in which she has an apartment in Barre on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger After leaving Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in...
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Suspect in Burlington shooting pleads not guilty to attempted murder
Officers from Burlington and Essex police use a police dog to track a shooting suspect on Riverside Avenue in Burlington. Photo by Patrick Crowley/VTDigger Tovi Mesick, 40, of Jeffersonville, as seen...
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Rutland Town looks to hotels to support stretched police force
The Quality Inn motel in Rutland. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger The town of Rutland has come to a financial agreement with the Days Inn, a hotel that provides rooms to unhoused Vermonters during...
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Police agencies respond to apparent hoax threats at Vermont schools
Law enforcement agencies respond to Montpelier High School on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Barre Deputy Police Chief Larry Eastman, who was on scene, said there was a “report of some kind of shooting”...
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In Slate Ridge case, judge tells Daniel Banyai to remove structures on...
Daniel Banyai, owner of the Slate Ridge paramilitary training facility in West Pawlet, appears for his contempt hearing in Environmental Court in Rutland on Friday, November 4, 2022. Photo by Glenn...
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After receiving report of off-duty racism and misogyny by Vermont troopers,...
Vermont Public Safety Commissioner Jennifer Morrison. Courtesy of the Department of Public Safety. Following a complaint that a group of state troopers had used racial slurs, misogynistic rhetoric and...
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Trooper resigns while under investigation for missing Rolex watch, other...
Giancarlo DiGenova. Photo courtesy of Vermont State Police A state trooper being investigated for allegations that he stole a Rolex watch from evidence storage resigned this week, Vermont State Police...
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3 Vermont minors have died from fentanyl-related overdoses since 2021
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, has been driving opioid deaths in Vermont for close to a decade. Studies have also shown that, nationwide, the number of child deaths linked to fentanyl is growing...
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Ice fisherman drowns in Lake Champlain
Grand Isle resident Wayne Alexander, 62, died after falling through the ice in Lake Champlain on Thursday night. Alexander was ice fishing on the lake on Thursday afternoon, and a relative went...
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1 dead, 1 injured in second fatal ice-fishing accident this week
An 88-year-old man from East Montpelier died Saturday morning after a side-by-side utility task vehicle plunged through the ice of Lake Champlain near Grand Isle, according to Vermont State Police. A...
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Police departments in southern Vermont hope to expand their ranks
A state police trooper directs traffic around Valley Street in Springfield on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. Photo by Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger. Across the state, dual reports of rising crime and police...
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Last Page: prosecutor, side judge retires after four decades
Joel Page, the former Lamoille County state’s attorney and assistant judge hung up his robe Feb. 1, marking 41 years of working day in and day out at the county courthouse in Hyde Park village. Photo...
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