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SCOV Law Blog: Unreasonable search and seizure?
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Andrew Delaney. State v. Winters, 2015 VT 116 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr I’m usually pretty good about avoiding the really...
View ArticleUPDATE: Three-year-old found in frozen stream dies
A three-year-old was missing at a daycare in Waterbury Center on Thursday when family members arrived to pick up the child at Elephant in the Field, according to a report from the Vermont State Police....
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Burlington’s mayor, police chief look to data to ease opiate crisis
Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo and Mayor Miro Weinberger are spearheading a new effort to respond to opiate abuse. File photo by Morgan True / VTDigger BURLINGTON — Mayor Miro Weinberger and...
View ArticleJudiciary urges $1.8M investment in court security
Four Vermont judges have flagged courthouse security as a major issue in the state’s judicial system. The concerns were raised last week when the four judges appeared before lawmakers during hearings...
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Chemco building remains under consideration for justice center
Windham County Sheriff Keith Clark is proposing to convert the former Chemco building, vacant for a decade, into the Liberty Mill Justice Center. Photo by Allison Teague/The Commons Editor’s note: This...
View ArticlePolice: Woman shot dead in Shrewsbury
A woman was shot and killed in Shrewsbury late Monday, according to Vermont State Police. Troopers responded to a call shortly before midnight from Frank Weir, 54, who reported that he had been “in a...
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House committee wrangles details of license suspension bill
Helana Martin, left, testifies to the House Judiciary Committee last week. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger Helana Martin was 13 years old when an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and...
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After major drug enforcement operation, 31 facing charges
A police display shows those arrested this week as part of a sweep. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger RUTLAND — Nearly two dozen people are facing drug-related charges in southwestern Vermont after an...
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Waterbury Center daycare suspended after death of toddler
Three-year-old Parker Berry. The license for a daycare in Waterbury Center is on suspension after a toddler drowned last week. The Department for Children and Families suspended Elephant in the Field...
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Sorrell joins two ex-attorneys general to back pot legalization
Attorney General William Sorrell. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger Attorney General William Sorrell is calling on lawmakers to move forward with a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana. He...
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Stowe Reporter: Christmas eve Stone Hut fire on Mt. Mansfield traced to...
The charred interior of the historic Stone Hut near the top of Mount Mansfield. Photo by Michael Snyder, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation Editor’s note: This...
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SCOV Law Blog: In search of a permanent home
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Amy Davis. In re: A.M., Juvenile 2015 VT 109 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr The fall of 2011 bore a child by the initials A.M....
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Marijuana legalization bill heads to Senate floor
Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee work out details of a bill legalizing marijuana Monday. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger After hours of wrangling Monday, a Senate committee narrowly...
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Lebanon police ask homeless man to leave ski area
John Caswell, 60, reads from “Shellback,” his book of prose and poetry published by the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center inside a tarp shelter he built near the base of the ski jump at Storrs Hill...
View ArticleDoctor settles Medicaid and Medicare fraud case
A South Burlington doctor will pay $500,000 after settling a case that included allegations of Medicaid and Medicare fraud. The U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Vermont alleged that Dr. Gamal...
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Before vote on legal marijuana, several revisions are in play
A marijuana plant at a Colorado growing operation. Photo by Brent Levin/Creative Commons The day before legislation to legalize recreational marijuana hits the Senate floor, the debate is heating up....
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As pot vote nears, law enforcement groups reaffirm opposition
Creative Commons photo by Ken Hawkins via Flickr On the eve of a Senate vote on a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, several of Vermont’s most prominent law enforcement groups reiterated their...
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Updated: Senate OKs marijuana legalization bill
(Editor’s note: This story was updated and expanded Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m.) Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, reports the marijuana legalization bill before a packed Senate chamber Wednesday. Photo by...
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Supreme Court throws out conviction of black N.Y. man arrested during traffic...
Editor’s note: This article is by Edward Damon, of the Bennington Banner, in which it was first published Feb. 25, 2016. BENNINGTON — The Vermont Supreme Court has thrown out the conviction of a man...
View ArticleHomeless man living at ski area gets help from shelter
Editor’s note: This article is by Tim Camerato, of the Valley News, in which it was first published Feb. 25, 2016. LEBANON — John Caswell, a homeless man who was living in a tarp shelter he built on...
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