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St. Albans City Council backs police chief after punching incident
St. Albans Police Chief Gary Taylor, far left, answers questions from resident Elaine Robtoy during a public comment period at the city council meeting on August 12. Photo by Alexandre...
View ArticleTwo teenagers arrested in connection with shooting incident in Braintree
This story was published by the Valley News on Aug. 12. BRAINTREE — A 16-year-old boy from South Carolina and a 17-year-old girl from Sharon have been charged after police said the boy fired a handgun...
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Federal probe into fired Coventry town clerk continues
Cynthia Diaz, then Coventry’s town clerk and treasurer, is shown in her office at the Coventry Community Center in 2017. File photo by John Lazenby The FBI’s investigation into former Coventry town...
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Defendant plays ‘get out of jail free card,’ says sexting sheriff taints case
Bennington County Sheriff Chad Schmidt appears on a local access television program in 2018. Still image from GNAT-TV broadcast BENNINGTON — Accused domestic abuser Michael Crawford refers to them as...
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Transgender ex-inmate’s lawsuit against DOC officials clears hurdle
Southern State Correctional Facility. Photo by Phoebe Sheehan/VTDigger A federal magistrate judge is recommending a lawsuit brought by a transgender former prisoner be allowed to move forward on a...
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Border Patrol agents apprehend 18 people in Lebanon area
ICE agents apprehended 18 people without immigration documentation in the Lebanon, NH, area between July 29 and Aug. 1. Photo of an ICE agent in Minnesota earlier this year. This article by Jordan...
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59 arrested for sale of opiates in statewide drug sweep
Police arrested 59 people across the state for charges related to distributing drugs over the last several weeks. Police photos Dozens of people across the state are facing charges for distributing...
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More trouble for Max Misch: Video at NY bar prompts probe
Max Misch in a video apparently taken in recent days at a bar in New York. His terms of release on guns charges include remaining in Bennington County. A white nationalist from Bennington, whose...
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New court rules set recording restrictions for media and public
Judge Kevin Griffin presides over the Steven Bourgoin murder trial in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington on in May. Pool photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A new set of media rules from the Vermont...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Inmate sues his lawyer for not getting him out of jail sooner
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. Stephan Palmer v. Mark Furlan and State of Vermont 2019 VT 42 The facts of this case are fairly straightforward. The legal...
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Vermont Dems allege former staffer embezzled $18,500 from party
Brandon Batham’s Twitter profile pic. His account has now been deleted. The Vermont Democratic Party has filed a police report alleging that a former staff member embezzled more than $18,500 from the...
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Man gets 10 years to life for juvenile sex assaults
Richard Dinsmore This article by Jordan Cuddemi was published by the Valley News on Aug. 15. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 50-year-old White River Junction man was sentenced to serve 10 years to life in...
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Misch faces more charges after weekend arrest, but remains free on conditions
Max Misch appeared in court on July 22 on a charge alleging he violated his release conditions by purchasing a firearm from a store in Bennington. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger A racist online...
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Police search for suspect in Burlington bus station assault
In 2015, William Schenk pleaded no contest to charges he targeted women of color with KKK fliers. His conviction was later overturned by the Vermont Supreme Court. Pool photo by Zach...
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Federal judge sides with letter carrier in case against USPS
West Hartford Postmaster Rosi O’Connell works at the post office in 2011. Photo by James M. Patterson/Valley News This article by Jordan Cuddemi was published by the Valley News on Aug. 19. BURLINGTON...
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Union criticizes WCAX story on prison employee staffing
Department of Corrections Commissioner Mike Touchette speaks during a legislative hearing on the criminal justice system at the Statehouse on July 18. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The union that...
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Convicted former businessman ordered new conditions of release
A former businessman who defrauded businesses and individuals through his two companies has been given new conditions of release following a court hearing on Tuesday. Former Woodstock business...
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Jury finds Rutland officer did not use excessive force
Dashcam footage from Officer Misty Klementowski’s cruiser shows Officer Ryan Ashe returning to his cruiser after the altercation with Kevin Elnicki. BURLINGTON – A jury has found that a Rutland police...
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California changed its law on police shootings. Should Vermont do the same?
Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan in April, 2018, cleared state police troopers in the shooting of Nathan Giffin, one of three fatal shootings by Vermont State Police within a six-month span. Photo...
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Rescue crews search Lake Champlain for missing man
Rescue crews are searching for a man who went missing on Lake Champlain, seen here from Battery Park in Burlington. Photo by Roger Crowley/VTDigger Rescue crews recovered the body of a fisherman in...
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