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Prison guard sex case involves allegations of blackmail plot
Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield. File photo by Phoebe Sheehan/VTDigger WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — An ex-Springfield prison corrections officer is denying charges that before he resigned...
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Windsor courthouse to install technology for video arraignments
A defendant appears for arraignment in court by video link from Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in October 2015. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger This story by Jordan Cuddemi was published...
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Legal professionals recommend against Judge Hoar retention
Judge Samuel Hoar. Photo courtesy The Other Paper A significant portion of the legal professionals who surveyed the work of Judge Samuel Hoar recommended he not be given another six-year term on the...
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Nectar’s argues it should not be held responsible for shooting
The sign above the entrance to Nectar’s in Burlington, where Chelsi Parker was shot in February. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDigger BURLINGTON — After a shooting outside of the bar last year, Nectar’s is...
View ArticleDefendant in drug deal gone bad denies federal firearms charge
BURLINGTON — A New Hampshire man was arraigned Wednesday in federal court, charged with being in possession of a firearm despite a criminal history during an ill-fated drug deal at the Holiday Inn in...
View ArticlePolice: NH mom says infant may have been injured in ‘tug of war’
This story by Jordan Cuddemi was published by the Valley News on March 13. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 22-year-old mother who was recently released from the prison system in New Hampshire after serving...
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Judge who was criticized tells committee he’s reflecting on his manner
Judge Samuel Hoar. Photo courtesy The Other Paper A judge under review for another six-year term says he needs to do a better job communicating and to examine his own implicit bias in the wake of...
View ArticleHouse explodes in South Londonderry
A guest house in South Londonderry was leveled by an explosion and fire on Thursday. No one was injured in the blast. The explosion appeared to be from the center of the building and spread to the rest...
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Man arrested, charged with murder, in strangulation death of Rutland woman
Shawn LaPlant, of Rutland, appears at his bail review hearing in Rutland criminal court Friday afternoon for the second degree murder of Alicia Harrington. Pool photo by Robert Layman/Rutland Herald...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: A conflict of interest in CHINS case?
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Amy Davis. In re L.H., L.H. and L.H., Juveniles 2018 VT 4 One requirement to becoming a licensed attorney in most (if not all — I haven’t checked)...
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Committee recommends another term after Judge Hoar apology
Judge Samuel Hoar. Photo courtesy The Other Paper Editor’s note: A VTDigger report Thursday about a judicial retention hearing for Judge Samuel Hoar was published in error. The story was based on a...
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Burlington officer on leave pending investigation of man’s death
Insignia of the Burlington Police Department. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDiggerThe Burlington Police Department has put an officer on administrative leave as the Vermont State Police investigate the...
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Vermont State Trooper recovers from drug overdose after traffic stop
A Vermont State Trooper had to be revived by multiple doses of Narcan after he apprehended a man in a routine traffic stop. Acting Sgt. Brett Flansburg stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation in...
View ArticlePolice report counterfeit $100 bills in Newport
Newport police and the U.S. Secret Service are investigating eight cases of counterfeit $100 bills used at area businesses. Jordan Maybloom, a public relations agent working for the department, said...
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Waterbury camp discrimination case talks continue out of court
Waterbury Municipal Manager Bill Shepeluk. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger Settlement talks will continue for another month in a case involving a boy with a difficult upbringing kicked out of a...
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Panel weighs bill to recognize Canadian domestic violence orders in Vermont
The House Judiciary Committee. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A proposed bill would authorize police in Vermont to enforce domestic violence protection orders issued in Canada. Canada already...
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Daycare center operator charged in infant’s overdose death
Marissa Colburn of Pittsford wears a pink T-shirts, emblazoned on the front with a red rose and on the back with an image of her late infant and the words, “Justice For Harper Rose.” Photo by Alan...
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Quiros’ former legal team seeks to nix $837,500 insurance payout
Bill Stenger, left, and Ariel Quiros at a ribbon cutting. File photo by Hilary Niles/VTDigger Former attorneys for Ariel Quiros, described by federal regulators as the “mastermind” of the largest...
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ICE protesters found guilty by jury of disorderly conduct
Protesters gather outside immigration offices in Williston last July. Photo by Terry J. Allen for VTDigger BURLINGTON — Two protesters were found guilty Tuesday of disorderly conduct for their role in...
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Fact-check: Vermont’s police chief said cops risk death from opioid exposure....
Experts say Vermont State Police Colonel Matthew Birmingham and other law enforcement leaders are drawing false assumptions about the risk of an overdose. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger “Now there is...
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