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Police: Trucker who drove 10 miles the wrong way on I-89 faces DUI charge
A tractor-trailer was photographed driving south in the northbound lane on Interstate 89 near Exit 5 in Williamstown on Tuesday. Photo provided by Vermont State Police A tractor-trailer truck driver is...
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Burlington police deny excessive use of force in response to lawsuits
Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo discusses the department’s use of force policy before the Burlington City Council on May 13. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON – Police are denying use...
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Ex-trooper facing assault charges released pending trial
Former Vermont State Police trooper Roel Diaz (center) appears Wednesday at Windham County criminal court in Brattleboro. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger BRATTLEBORO — A former Vermont State Police...
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Police arrest suspect in Church Street knifepoint robbery
A Burlington police cruiser parked along Church Street. Photo by Flickr user Richard Ellis/ yercombe. BURLINGTON — Police have arrested a man in connection with a knifepoint robbery on Church Street...
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UVM reports rise in campus thefts and break-ins
A view of the University of Vermont campus from inside the Waterman building in Burlington on Thursday, June 6, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerBURLINGTON – University of Vermont Police have...
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Judge rejects latest request by City Hall Park renovation opponents
Fencing is erected on Wednesday at City Hall Park in Burlington in preparation of a year-long renovation. Photo by Alexandre Silverman/VTDigger This post was updated at 5:55 p.m. BURLINGTON – A Vermont...
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Attorney general urges broader use of police body cameras
Attorney General TJ Donovan testifies in the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Statehouse in Montpelier in January. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger After body camera footage shed light on several...
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Police: Homicide of Williston man in Hinesburg was ‘targeted event’
Near the scene in Hinesburg where police are investigating a “suspicious” death. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDigger This story was updated with the victim’s name and other details at 9 p.m. Friday....
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Dozens of cannabis plants found growing in Statehouse gardens
A cannabis plant found on the Statehouse grounds. Photo courtesy of Capitol Police Chief Matthew Romei On Monday, the Capitol Police got a unique call — someone had planted cannabis on the Statehouse...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Defamation suit dismissed on absolute privilege grounds
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by SCOV Law editor Andrew Delaney. Couture v. Trainer, 2017 VT 73 Dad sued mom and aunt because he claimed that they coached daughter in saying...
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Quiros defense mulls motion to move criminal case out of Vermont
Ariel Quiros, center, arrives outside federal court in Burlington for his arraignment on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case on May 22. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON — The attorney...
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Two Burlington men arrested in connection with spree of credit card thefts
Eris Breeyear, left, and Tyler J. Sears. Photos courtesy BPD Burlington Police arrested two men Thursday as suspects in connection to a slew of cases of stealing and identity theft over the past weeks...
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Kia dealership that hired alleged fraudster McKibbin has fraught record of...
The Berlin City Auto Group dealership in Williston on June 27. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger When Stowe resident William McKibbin was first criminally accused of auto loan fraud this spring, his...
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Becoming a lawyer in Vermont, law school optional
Rep. Nader Hashim, D-Dummerston, of the House Judiciary Committee listens to testimony on a proposed waiting period for firearm purchases at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, March 27, 2019....
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East Haven man faces 9 charges after rampage at Barton saloon
The alleged assault on state police officers occurred outside the Lake House Saloon in Barton. Vermont State Police file photo Vermont State Police say they were attacked by 51-year-old man outside a...
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Attorneys argue over DNA testing for fertility doctor in fraud lawsuit
The Rousseaus say their daughter, now in her 40s, used Ancestry.com and 23andme.com seeking information about her biological father. Creative Commons photo BURLINGTON — A federal judge is weighing...
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Rejecting treatment keeps White River Junction sex offender in prison
Lucinda Smith, left, listens with her attorney Leah Henderson in Windsor Superior Court in White River Junction on Monday. Smith admitted to violating her probation while serving a sentence for sexual...
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Alleged auto loan fraudster McKibbin back in Michigan
William McKibbin — the man accused of multi-million dollar auto loan fraud who recently turned up in Stowe — has returned to Michigan, where the Michigan attorney general has taken measures to...
View ArticleBurlington turns over hospital video of altercation to police union
BURLINGTON — City officials have provided the police union with surveillance video of the altercation between Douglas Kilburn and Officer Cory Campbell as captured by University of Vermont Medical...
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Lawsuit seeking Corrections documents heads to courtroom
Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger A public records lawsuit filed earlier this year by VTDigger against the Vermont Department of Corrections has...
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