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Corrections sees boost in inmates, length of stay in prisons
Inside Northwest State Correctional Facility. Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDigger As the legislative session began, lawmakers said reducing Vermont’s prison population would be a top priority this year....
View ArticleFormer Abenaki nonprofit grants director pleads not guilty to embezzling
The former grants director accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from an Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi group has pleaded not guilty, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Vermont. Louise...
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Three African American men appointed to Burlington Police Commission
The Burlington City Council is shown at an April meeting. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON – Three African American men were appointed by Burlington City Council to the city’s police...
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Disability group sues Vermont’s juvenile prison over ‘dangerous conditions’
A soccer ball is snared in razor wire at the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Essex. Photo by Sara Priestap/Valley News A lawsuit filed in federal court last week alleges that youth at...
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Barre killer gets 17½ years in girlfriend’s July 4 slaying
Randal Gebo was charged with killing his girlfriend, Cindy Cook. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger BARRE – A Barre man who strangled his girlfriend while they were camping over the Fourth of July...
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Fugitive found in Vermont ordered back to Michigan to face fraud charges
Co-workers at the Berlin City Auto Group’s Kia dealership in Williston say they had no idea sales manager William McKibbin might have been a fugitive. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Until last...
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3 farmworkers detained as immigration tensions escalate
Dairy farm workers Ismael Mendez-Lopez, Mario Diaz-Aguilar, and Ubertoni Aguilar-Montero, who Migrant Justice says were detained by immigration authorities in Newport last week. Migrant Justice photo A...
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Burlington police officers visit Alabama lynching memorial
The Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum and Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., where more than 800 steel slabs engraved with victims’ names commemorate counties where lynchings...
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Police: Fleeing suspect in child luring sting injures five officers
Police say several vehicles were badly damaged when a suspect tried to flee arrest. South Burlington Police photo A 33-year-old Burlington man is facing a slew of charges after police said he injured...
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Inmate dies at Southern State Correctional Facility
Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield, Vt. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerAn inmate has died at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield, according to the Department of...
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Judge rejects white nationalist’s challenge to state’s gun magazine limit
Max Misch speaks with his attorney, Susan McManus, inside the Bennington County courtroom Thursday afternoon. Pool photograph via Holly Pelczynski/Bennington Banner. A Vermont judge has denied a bid by...
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Judge orders Burlington to release body cam footage to officer
Burlington City Councilor Ali Dieng, foreground, questions Mayor Miro Weinberger and Police Chief Brandon del Pozo as the council considers the case of Douglas Kilburn during a council meeting on April...
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Body camera footage shows officer and Douglas Kilburn trading blows
BURLINGTON — Officer Cory Campbell’s body camera footage from his altercation with Douglas Kilburn at the University of Vermont Medical Center shows Kilburn punching Campbell before Campbell punches...
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Two crashes within an hour in Orleans County leave three dead
Photo by Tom Brown/VTDigger Three people died Tuesday in two separate crashes early Wednesday morning in Orleans County, according to the Vermont State Police. James Robitaille, 33, of Montgomery and...
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Ex-trooper seeking to rejoin force faces assault, stalking charges
Roel Diaz is seen in this Vermont State Police booking photo taken Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Police photo A former Vermont State Police trooper who was trying to rejoin the agency is now behind bars...
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Ex-state trooper denies assault charges; ordered held without bail
Roel Diaz is seen in this Vermont State Police booking photo taken Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Police photoBRATTLEBORO — A Vermont State Police trooper who resigned from the force nearly two years ago has...
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Amid a new generation of prosecutors, Sarah George stands out
Prosecutor Sarah George speaks about the victims after Steven Bourgoin was found guilty of five counts of second degree murder for the 2016 crash that killed five teenagers on I-89 in Williston in...
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State Police seek to boost recruitment with updated tattoo policy
Members of the Vermont State Police show the fabric sleeves the department will make available to state troopers to cover any tattoos that are visible on their arms. Courtesy photo The Vermont State...
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Vermont one of two states that complied with ICE search of driver database
Former DMV Commissioner Robert Ide, left, testifies along with Col. Jake Elovirta, director of the department’s enforcement and safety division, at the Statehouse in 2017. File photo by Elizabeth...
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Quiros’ house in Newport latest sale as receiver keeps moving Quiros’ assets
The home owned by Ariel Qurios at 986 Lake Road in Newport is under contract for $290,000. Photo from Century 21 Farm & Forest website The Vermont real estate holdings of the indicted former owner...
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