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Police grants held up over federal and state immigration policy spat
Madeline Sharrow, a member of the central Vermont chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice, holds a sign at a December 2017 meeting of the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council where the panel...
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Protesters blocked from using ‘necessity defense’ to fight charges
Protesters gather outside federal immigration offices in Williston last July. File photo by Terry J. Allen BURLINGTON — A group of protesters who were arrested after blocking traffic in Williston to...
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Lawmakers consider steep increase to fines for using phones while driving
Jim Legans Jr./Creative Commons Lawmakers are looking to increase fines for people caught using smartphones or other mobile devices while driving. The House Transportation Committee started hearing...
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Settle or get sued: Lawyer gives state Friday deadline in Simpson escape case
The headquarters of Valley Vista, which Everett Simpson escaped from last month before allegedly kidnapping and assaulting a woman. Courtesy photo BURLINGTON – An attorney has given the state until...
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Gun rights lawyers spar with state attorneys over magazine limit
Judge Mary Miles Teachout listens to arguments regarding a complaint challenging the state’s high-capacity gun magazine ban. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Center stage in the first hearing Tuesday...
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Man who struck and killed trooper on I-91 in 2003 seeks release from prison
Eric Daley testifies during his post-conviction relief trial in Windsor Superior Court on Monday in White River Junction. Photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley News This story by Jordan Cuddemi was published...
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Bennington agrees to police review, but says ‘we haven’t done anything wrong’
Allegations that information had been withheld about whether Max Misch, shown here inside the Bennington County courtroom last week, had illegally possessed high-capacity magazines is at the center of...
View ArticleIce fisherman’s body recovered from Lake Champlain
Vermont State Police divers found the body Wednesday believed to be that of Lee Wiktorski, 61, in Lake Champlain. Wiktorski, of Benson, was ice fishing on the lake near Orwell. The body was sent to the...
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Panel takes on Senate leader’s challenge to reduce prison population
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Mississippi currently houses about 230 Vermont inmates. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger The Senate Judiciary Committee has heard testimony that no single act...
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Senate committee tackles bill aimed at bias-based violations
Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A Senate panel got its first look at a proposed bill that would expand the authority of the...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: The rights of a child in DCF custody
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. In re MC, 2018 VT 139 Pro tip: If your sentence is 90 words long, that sentence is too long. This is a short opinion and...
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Closing a drug house easier said than done
Brattleboro Police say 33 Oak St. has exploded into a ‘hot spot’ topped only by two other local drug houses in less affluent neighborhoods. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger BRATTLEBORO — Ask neighbors...
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Ex-Springfield police chief sues over firing
Lt. Mark Fountain has been named acting police chief in Springfield, succeeding Douglas Johnston, who was fired in early February. Springfield Police Department photo Springfield officials have refused...
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Chance of parole or life behind bars: High court hears Herring appeal
The Vermont Supreme Court hears an appeal by Josh O’Hara, a lawyer representing Jody Herring, in Montpelier on Tuesday. Herring was sentenced to life in prison for a quadruple murder. Photo by Glenn...
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Sexual harassment fallout in a small town
Stuart Stevens at his home in Morristown. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Earlier this month, a Lamoille County judge issued a six-month restraining order against Stuart Stevens, a Stowe-based writer...
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Former Vermont National Guard chaplain sanctioned by Lutheran Church
Pastor Calvin Kemp of the Williamstown Lutheran Church. The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod is taking disciplinary action against Pastor Calvin Kemp for alleged sexual misconduct, though he remains an...
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NH man pleads not guilty in fatal crash, test finds marijuana in his system
This story by Jordan Cuddemi was published by the Valley News on Feb. 19. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 34-year-old Lebanon, New Hampshire, man has pleaded not guilty to driving while impaired by marijuana...
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Alleged dealer arrested, but drug house drama continues
Chyquan Cupe BRATTLEBORO — Police have arrested a 21-year-old Hartford, Connecticut, man on a half-dozen charges including aggravated assault some two months after they raided his former residence here...
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Three charged in largest fentanyl bust in Windsor County
Randall Green (left), John Barbera (top right), and Shannon Barry have been charged with trafficking fentanyl. Vermont State Police photos WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A traffic stop on Interstate 91 in...
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Judge denies McAllister’s bid to dismiss prostitution charge
Norm McAllister is sworn in at a hearing earlier this month to determine if he should be retried on a charge related to prostitution. Pool photo by Greg Lamoureux/County Courier A Vermont judge has...
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