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Waterbury summer camp dispute headed to court
Waterbury Municipal Manager Bill Shepeluk (center), Gov. Peter Shumlin and Sen. Peter Welch in Waterbury in 2015. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger This story by Josh O’Gorman was published in the...
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Four face murder charges in Burlington shooting death
Police are holding four people in connection with the shooting death of Benzell Hampton in Burlington on Tuesday. Top left: Lesine Woodson; bottom left: Brandon Sanders; center: James Felix; right:...
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Public safety head calls Burlington police chief’s pressure ‘completely...
Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo, center, speaks during a press conference in Burlington last week. Del Pozo was answering questions after the death of Douglas Kilburn was determined to be a...
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Family center ‘muddied the waters’ on eliminating child abuse statute of...
The Senate Judiciary Committee last month. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A bill that would remove the statute of limitation for civil suits related to child sex abuse in Vermont — both in the...
View ArticleSCOV Law: The narrow scope of restitution in a criminal case
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. State v. Baker 2017 VT 91 Although this opinion is 16 pages long, the meat of it is pretty straightforward. The issue is in a...
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2-year-old dies after being pulled from White River in Chelsea
While its personnel left in an ambulance with a 2-year-old child pulled from the First Branch of the White River in Chelsea, a Dartmouth-Hitchcock helicopter leaves the staging area north of the ball...
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Drug charges dropped after allegations the investigating officer lied
A police sergeant found a felony amount of heroin and crack cocaine when he pulled over Beth Preus (foreground) and Jose Inostroza, but body cam footage leaves unclear whether he obtained permission to...
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Human rights panel accuses Corrections Department of bias over delayed care
Latonia Congress is being held at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington. File photo The Vermont Department of Corrections and the prison system’s private medical provider...
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Two additional suspects arrested as accessories in Burlington shooting
The scene of the shooting on North Willard Street in Burlington is taped off by police. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDigger Two additional suspects have been identified in the shooting death of 23-year-old...
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Judge tells lawyers in firearms magazine ban case to be ‘trial ready’ in...
Gun magazines on display wall at Parro’s Gun Shop in Waterbury. Photo by Jim Welch/VTDigger A judge has told attorneys in the legal fight over the constitutionality of the high-capacity magazine ban...
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Burlington police union sues city for footage of hospital altercation
Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo, center, speaks during a press conference in Burlington on April 10. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON — The Burlington police union has sued the city,...
View ArticleWell-known Barnard blacksmith pleads guilty to sex assault charge
This story by Jordan Cuddemi was published by the Valley News on April 23. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 46-year-old Barnard man who has served four years in jail while awaiting trial in a sexual assault...
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Former Springfield police chief settles with town over firing
Springfield Police Chief Douglas Johnston was fired in February. Springfield Police Department photo This story by Jordan Cuddemi was published by the Valley News on April 23. SPRINGFIELD — Former...
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2 deny charges in shooting death of Burlington man
Johnny Ford, 32, appears via video at his arraignment in Vermont Superior Court Thursday. Pool photo by Ryan Mercer BURLINGTON — Two suspects pleaded not guilty Thursday to second degree murder...
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Killer in Dartmouth professors stabbing case seeks early release from prison
James Parker is escorted by Grafton County sheriff’s officers Richard Tyler, left, and Sgt. Arthur Boutin. Parker was being taken from Grafton County Superior Court in North Haverhill, N.H., after his...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Following the rules for teacher appeals
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. Northfield School Board v. Washington South Education Ass’n., 2019 VT 26 This opinion can be boiled down pretty simply: If there...
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Former state police K9 officer alleges age, gender discrimination
Corporal Michelle LeBlanc and K9 Casko. Vermont State Police Facebook photo A Vermont State Police officer has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Public Safety and several of her supervisors...
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The Deeper Dig: Police body cameras bring clarity and questions
Every Burlington police officer uses a body camera when conducting police business, but many other law enforcement agencies — including most of the Vermont State Police — don’t. The Deeper Dig is a...
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Attorney general warned Burlington’s police chief after press conference
Attorney General TJ Donovan warned Burlington’s police chief over his comments about an investigation into his own department. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger BURLINGTON — Attorney General T.J....
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High court says Vermont lawyer can’t collect fees from state in public...
Brady Toensing argues a public records case before the Vermont Supreme Court in October 2018. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The Vermont Supreme Court says a lawyer can’t collect attorney fees since...
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