Phone scam uses fake hostage scenario
BURLINGTON — Police are warning of a phone scam where callers seek to convince people their loved ones are being held hostage and will be killed if the victim doesn’t pay the scammers. Burlington...
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Burlington remembers the life and kindness of Amos Beede
Friends, family and community members gather Wednesday at a memorial for Amos Beede in Burlington. Photo by Kelsey Neubauer/VTDigger BURLINGTON — In January, Amos Beede noticed Anne Heather sipping...
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SCOV Law Blog: The long and short of the Burlington Telecom case
Editor’s note: This piece from the is by Andrew Delaney. Osier v. Burlington Telecom, 2016 VT 34 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr When is a public official personally liable for cost...
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Policing reform seminar draws officers, town officials from around the state
One year after a national task force issued guidelines for reforming and improving police work, state and town law enforcement and officials gathered in Montpelier Friday to learn what those reforms...
View ArticlePride Center of Vermont holds march in Burlington tonight for victims of...
The Pride Center of Vermont is holding a vigil for the victims of a shooting that killed 50 and wounded 53 at a gay bar in Orlando on Sunday. It was the nation’s deadliest mass killing since Sept. 11,...
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Nurse accused of sexually exploiting inmate
The Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield. File photo by Andrew Nemethy A nurse at one of Vermont’s largest correctional facilities is facing a criminal charge of sexual exploitation of...
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Judge sets ground rules for McAllister trial scheduled this week
Franklin County Sen. Norm McAllister sits at the Statehouse in December. File photo by Jasper Craven/VTDigger ST. ALBANS — The judge presiding over the sexual assault trial of state Sen. Norm...
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County sheriff’s office settles discrimination case for $30,000
A Grand Isle County Sheriff’s Department car. The Grand Isle County Sheriff’s Department has paid $30,000 to settle a case alleging that one of its deputies illegally discriminated against a Mexican...
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Defender general reassured about incident at private prison
Defender General Matt Valerio. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger After an investigation into an incident at an out-of-state prison that houses Vermont inmates, a leading state official said he is...
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Anti-stalking bill ceremony is chance to stand up as ‘survivor’
Toni-Lee Sangastiano speaks during a ceremony Tuesday where Gov. Peter Shumlin, right, signed an update to the anti-stalking law. Photo by Sarah Olsen/VTDigger As the governor marked the signing of an...
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Jury is set in McAllister sex assault trial
Sen. Norm McAllister stands outside the Franklin County courthouse waiting for it to open. Photo by Morgan True/VTDigger St. ALBANS — Prosecutors and defense attorneys selected a jury of seven men and...
View ArticlePolice: No explosives found at Lyndon State after threat
Vermont State Police have confirmed that no explosive devices were found on the Lyndon State College campus after a bomb threat Tuesday. Campus security searched the campus immediately after the...
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UPDATED: Accuser takes stand in McAllister trial to speak of being ‘in hell’
State Sen. Norm McAllister, R-Franklin, listens during his sex assault trial Wednesday in St. Albans. Photo by Gregory J. Lamoureux/County Courier (Editor’s note: This story was updated June 15 at 3...
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New standards on bias-free policing hailed as positive step
Vergennes Police Chief George Merkel is among those who attended the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council meeting Tuesday. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger PITTSFORD — Nearly three dozen people,...
View ArticleRockingham settles with architects over library renovations
Editor’s note: This article is by Maddi Shaw, of the Brattleboro Reformer, in which it was first published June 16, 2016. ROCKINGHAM — The town will receive $100,000 in a settlement from an...
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UPDATED: Sex charges dropped in McAllister trial
Sen. Norm McAllister, left, and attorney Brooks McArthur leave the Franklin County courthouse Thursday. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger (Editor’s note: This story was updated June 16 at 1:30 and...
View ArticleOrwell photographer denies child pornography charge
An Orwell photographer pleaded not guilty to one count of possessing child pornography Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Burlington. A federal grand jury indicted John Penwarden, 55, on the charge,...
View ArticleSix more arrested on charges related to making meth
Authorities arrested half a dozen people in northern Vermont this week on charges related to production and distribution of methamphetamine, according to the Vermont State Police. The arrests grew out...
View ArticleSpringfield-area man indicted in multiple armed robberies
A 31-year-old man from the Springfield area has been indicted on charges that he robbed two banks. Matthew Martin was arraigned Tuesday before Judge John Conroy, who ordered him back into custody and...
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SCOV Law Blog: Sorting out lewd and lascivious statutes
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. In re K.A., 2016 VT 52 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr My favorite class in college was forest ecology. The...
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