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Former South Royalton principal pleads guilty to recording girls
Dean Stearns, left, the former principal of South Royalton School, speaks to his attorney, Michael Shane, after his change of plea on Tuesday. Photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley News Editor’s note: This...
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Under pot legalization, private smoking clubs a hazy area
Christine and Chris Antoniello, owners of Harmony Underground in Brattleboro. Courtesy photo After marijuana became legal in Vermont on July 1, Chris and Christine Antoniello, the owners of Harmony...
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Vermont’s child protective system needs fixing, but path forward is unclear
Judge Brian Grearson, right discusses the judiciary branch budget along with Sen. Tim Ashe, left, at the Statehouse in 2015. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger A working group tasked with recommending...
View ArticleMan awaits sentence after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting 2 children
This story by Jordan Cuddemi was published by the Valley News on Dec. 12. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 49-year-old White River Junction man pleaded guilty this week to repeatedly sexually assaulting two...
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As deportations increase to Vietnam, one Vermonter fights his own
Thao Vo, pictured with his fiancée Desiree Mora and her daughters, is facing deportation. Courtesy photo Last Friday, Thao Vo got the word from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement: twenty years after...
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Two Burlington teens arrested for burning Trump flag
Ivanka Trump and President Donald Trump at a meeting in the White House on April 24, 2017. White House photo BURLINGTON — The Burlington Police Department has arrested two teenagers for burning a New...
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Bomb threats at UVM and WCAX are part of an apparent national hoax
A member of the state police bomb squad speaks with a police officer at the edge of a perimeter set up around Essex High School in April 2017 following gun and bomb threats. File photo by Morgan...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Considering what is evidence in a VOP hearing
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. State v. Stuart, 2018 VT 81 I happen to like probation violation hearings.RELATED STORIESSCOV Law Blog: Taking a turn for the...
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Mural vandal cases sent to restorative justice panel
A tarp covers the portion of the downtown Burlington mural that was defaced in November. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDigger The two people arrested earlier this month for vandalizing the controversial...
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Suspect in Shrewsbury murder pleads to illegally possessing ‘Tommy Gun’
Frank Weir. Photo courtesy Vermont State Police BURLINGTON – A Shrewsbury man accused of fatally shooting his longtime girlfriend more than two years ago has reached a plea deal in a separate case...
View ArticlePolice arrest 10 in Brattleboro, 5 in Springfield after opioid overdose spike
Police arrested 10 suspected drug dealers in Brattleboro this week and five people elsewhere in southern Vermont earlier in the fall following an uptick in opioid overdoses in the area. Vermont State...
View ArticlePolice investigate suspicious death in Arlington
Vermont State Police are investigating the death of a 42-year-old woman in Arlington. Investigators with the state police responded to a report of a dead body on Warm Brook Road Friday morning,...
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Q&A: Former leader calls for legislative oversight of Vermont National Guard
Members of Bravo Company, Task Force Green Mountain, are given the opportunity to talk with Vermont Adjutant General Martha Rainville during her visit to the Vermont troops at Ali Al Salem, Kuwait in...
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Former Dartmouth student faces ICE deportion
Xi Liu was arrested in a New England-wide sweep on Nov. 30. Lebanon Police photo This story by Jordan Cuddemi was published by the Valley News on Dec. 14. HANOVER — Homeland Security officials recently...
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Police ask for help finding ‘armed and dangerous’ man in Northeast Kingdom
Lucas Putvain. Photo supplied by Vermont State Police Vermont State Police say they are looking for man they described as a “armed and dangerous” who sped away from them in Derby last month and escaped...
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Dozens turn out seeking to expunge old convictions
Windsor County State’s Attorney David Cahill, right, helps Joseph Day of White River Junction fill out paperwork at an expungement clinic in June so Day can have a past misdemeanor marijuana conviction...
View ArticleFacebook taunter loses game of ‘hide and seek’ to Burlington police
A Burlington man who goaded the Burlington police into a game of hide and seek via Facebook soon found himself found by law enforcement and in custody for suspicion of violating court ordered terms of...
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Police investigating ‘armed takeover’ threat towards Statehouse
The Statehouse in Montpelier in January 2014. Photo by Roger Crowley/for VTDigger Capitol Police are investigating a post threatening an “armed takeover” of the Vermont Statehouse. Chief Matthew Romei...
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Burlington bicyclist, with 11-year-old in tow, charged in late-night thefts
Jackie Walters of Burlington was charged in three late-night thefts. Burlington police photo BURLINGTON — City police have arrested a man for stealing packages from doorsteps in the middle of the...
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McAllister to be retried in prostitution case, prosecutors say
Norm McAllister listens during his sexual assault trial in July 2017 in St. Albans. Pool photo by Gregory J. Lamoureux/County Courier Prosecutors say they have decided to retry former state senator...
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