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Officials tight-lipped over assault at Spaulding High School
Spaulding High School in Barre. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Complaints of assault at Spaulding High School, which one official said are believed to be sexual in nature, have landed a student in...
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Middlebury teens’ plan to shoot up school thwarted, police say
Police say they thwarted a plot involving two 14-year-old Middlebury Union Middle School students to carry out a shooting this week on the school’s campus. Addison County State’s Attorney Dennis...
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Spaulding students charged over assault shared on social media
Spaulding High School in Barre is seen on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Two Barre teens are facing felony charges following an alleged attack on another student at Spaulding...
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Newport man pleads guilty in alleged kidnapping in Windsor
Tyler Marston, of Chester, listens to public defender Nikki South during his arraignment in Windsor Superior Court on Aug. 20. File photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley News This story was published by the...
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Car kills Winooski man walking dog in Burlington’s New North End
Emergency responders at the scene where a man was killed walking his dog across North Avenue in Burlington. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDigger BURLINGTON — A 61-year-old man from Winooski was struck and...
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Parents calling for gun waiting period say efforts won’t end with obituary
Rob and Alyssa Black standing in front of a poster commemorating 2004 Red Sox World Series championship team. The team was a favorite of their son Andrew Black. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger ESSEX...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: The use of hearsay in a CHINS appeal
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. In re B.C., 2018 VT 126 This is an appeal of a CHINS (Child in Need of Services) case, but the issue is really about evidence....
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Ex-teacher’s aide admits sending explicit photos to fourth-grader
ST. ALBANS – A former paraeducator in Highgate is heading to jail on Christmas after reaching a plea deal to charges she sent explicit photos of herself to a fourth-grade student as well as exposed her...
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Vermont’s Catholic Church settles priest misconduct lawsuit
Vermont’s 73 Catholic churches make up the state’s largest religious denomination. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger The Vermont Catholic Church suddenly and surprisingly has settled a priest misconduct...
View ArticleVermont State Police sergeant suspended, faces stalking charge
A Vermont State Police sergeant suspended with pay is due in court next month to face a stalking charge. Vermont State Police said in a release that Sgt. Raymond LeBlanc, 49, of Barre Town, is set to...
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Police: No suspect in Arlington killing
Vermont State Police crime scene unit. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDIgger Neighbors said Karen Boonchuilier, who died earlier this month in Arlington, was a mystery. Boonchuilier rarely left the house...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Public Records Act comes up against trade secrets exemption
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Eric Fanning. Long v. City of Burlington, 2018 VT 103 I’m going to start this post on a somewhat wonky, possibly pedantic law nerd kick. Just bear...
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State police can’t conduct background checks for private gun sales, officials...
Firearms on sale at a gun show in Barre. File photo by Terry J. Allen Vermont’s law enforcement agencies would not be able to carry out background checks on private firearms sales, the Department of...
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Drug ring leader who worked his up from ‘point guard’ gets 10-year sentence
The Federal Building in Burlington houses the U.S. District Courthouse. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger BURLINGTON – Prosecutors say Michael Villanueva worked his way up from a “point guard” to a...
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Burlington police won’t reveal name of driver in fatal pedestrian crash
A Burlington Police vehicle blocks North Avenue at the site of an accident in which a pedestrian was killed Dec. 20. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDigger Following the death of a pedestrian in a crash on...
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What Becky lost: A system’s broken promises
Rebecca Dunbar in her apartment in White River Junction on Oct. 19, 2018. Dunbar spent much of her childhood in foster care. Later she lost custody of her own children. Photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley...
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Vermont fertility doctor used his sperm to inseminate woman, lawsuit alleges
A lawsuit alleges Dr. John Boyd Coates III impregnated a woman with his own semen four decades ago. Stock photo via Pexels A couple seeking artificial insemination treatment from a Vermont gynecologist...
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What Becky lost: Despite knowledge of abuse, state failed to intervene
Rebecca Dunbar speaks to a economic services division councilor at the Vermont Agency of Human Resources in White River Junction on Oct. 19. Dunbar was applying for fuel assistance at the Vermont state...
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Police say 43 threats against schools were reported in 2018
The sign outside the Vermont State Police barracks in Williston. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger In the first year Vermont collected data on threats made against schools, 43 were reported, according to...
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Officer who led child abuse investigations cited for lewd conduct with a minor
Former Burlington police lieutenant Arthur Cyr, right, shakes hands with the city’s police chief, Brandon del Pozo, upon being recognized for 20 years of service in Nov. 2015. Photo via BPD Twitter....
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