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State blocking release of all inmate records at women’s prison
Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility. Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDiggerVermont’s Department of Corrections is blocking efforts by VTDigger to find out what’s going on inside the state’s only prison...
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Lawsuit alleges kidnap, rape could have been ‘prevented’ by Vista Valley, state
Valley Vista’s headquarters in Bradford. The organization maintains 99 inpatient treatment beds for substance use disorder at two locations in Vermont. Courtesy photo A New Hampshire woman has filed a...
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Attorney General investigates Highgate farm manure spreading
The Vermont Attorney General’s office is investigating allegations that manure spread on a large Highgate dairy farm in November polluted a stream in Franklin County. Jacques Parent, vice chair of the...
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Green Mountain College student arrested for shooting threat
Aaron Sanchez. Photo courtesy VSP A Green Mountain College student is facing a criminal charge for threatening to shoot faculty members and “the campus in general,” according to Vermont State Police....
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Jay prepares for grand list hit from possible low sale price for resort
The Jay Peak resort is for sale, with price estimates ranging from $80 million to $100 million. Jay Peak photo JAY — The town of Jay is bracing for a potential low-ball sale of the ski resort that...
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Bill would eliminate statute of limitations for civil claims of childhood sex...
Rep. Maxine Grad speaks as Rep. Martin LaLonde listens during a discussion last year. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger A proposed bill would eliminate statute of limitations in Vermont for a victim of...
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Women’s prison employee arrested for sexual assault, prostitution
Christopher Rich. Photo courtesy CUSI A Vermont Department of Corrections employee working at the state’s only facility for women has been arrested for sexual assault and procuring prostitution, though...
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Police investigating ‘suspicious’ death in Rutland County
A post on Facebook. Vermont State Police are investigating a “suspicious” death after finding the body of woman inside a vehicle Wednesday morning. State Police said Rutland City Police had received a...
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Defense lawyer says prosecution’s expert found Bourgoin insane
Steven Bourgoin appears in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington on May 8, 2017. Bourgoin is accused of causing a crash in October of 2016 that left five teenagers dead. Pool photo by Glenn Russell/The...
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State Police identify body in ‘suspicious’ death as missing mother
Maj. Dan Trudeau, commander of the Vermont State Police criminal division, speaks to members of the press in Proctor on Thursday. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger PROCTOR – Vermont State Police say they...
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Woman accusing prison guard of sexual assault had been an inmate
Christopher Rich. Photo courtesy CUSI The Vermont Department of Corrections employee who was arrested this week for sexual assault and procuring prostitution allegedly solicited and assaulted the...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Rule 11 and the plea colloquy
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by SCOV Law editor Andrew Delaney. In re Bridger, 2017 VT 79 Rule 11 in the criminal world deals with plea colloquies. If you don’t know what a...
View ArticlePress Release: Select Jay Peak EB-5 Documents to be Released Following...
For Immediate Release Friday, March 8, 2019 Contact: Rebecca Kelley, Office of the Governor 802-828-6403; rebecca.kelley@vermont.gov Natalie Silver, Office of the Attorney General 802-595-8679;...
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Protesters to call for release of women’s prison records
Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility. Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDigger Demonstrators are planning to protest outside the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility Sunday to call for the release of...
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VTDigger settles with state over batch of EB-5 records
Gov. Phil Scott shakes hands with Attorney General TJ Donovan, left, as he arrives to deliver his budget address at the Statehouse on Jan. 24. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger In a settlement with...
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Bellows Falls man injured in officer-involved shooting
John-Victor Wetherby. Police photoA Bellows Falls man was hospitalized after he was shot by a Vermont State Police trooper early Saturday morning. John-Victor Wetherby was treated for his injuries at...
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Vermont Catholic bishop sees progress in abuse scandal
Vermont Catholic Bishop Christopher Coyne speaks with a St. Albans parishioner at a statewide series of public comment meetings this winter. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerAsk Vermont Catholic Bishop...
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Trooper identified in Rockingham police shooting
Sgt. Eugene Duplissis of the Vermont State Police appears in his official department photo taken in fall 2017. Courtesy photoVermont State Police identified Sgt. Eugene Duplissis as the trooper who...
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Jay Peak receiver argues Saint Saveur Valley Resorts owes $80M in EB-5 fraud
Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver in the EB-5 fraud case, speaks at a Statehouse news conference Thursday. Photo by Michael Dougherty/VTDigger A bitter legal battle is playing out between...
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Drug charges may be thrown out over allegations that investigating officer lied
Northfield Police Chief John Helfant. Photo from Northfield Police website BARRE — The attorney for a Massachusetts man who entered into a plea deal on drug charges earlier this year says the case...
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