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Suspect arrested in Burlington bus station assault
William Schenk during a court apprearance in 2016. Photo by Zach Despart, Burlington Free Press, pool. BURLINGTON — City police have arrested a suspect in the Monday morning assault at the Cherry...
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Weybridge man denies sexual assault, exploitation of a minor
A 27-year-old Weybridge man pleaded not guilty to a series of charges surrounding sexual contact and text messages exchanged with a teenage girl in July and August. Travis Cram is accused of sexual...
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Church report accuses 40 Vermont priests of child sex abuse
The playground outside Burlington’s Christ the King Catholic Church. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger This story was updated at 1:01 p.m. The statewide Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington knew at...
View ArticleMicrophones, amplifiers stolen from Elley-Long Music Center
About $40,000 of recording equipment was reported stolen from the Elley-Long Music Center at St. Michael’s College in Colchester, where the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association is housed, according to...
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Newport officer injured in high-speed chase
Vermont State Police investigated an incident Wednesday night in which a Newport officer was injured in a crash during a high-speed chase. State police photo A Newport police officer sustained minor...
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Owners of Burlington’s Ridin’ High skate shop face federal marijuana charges
The Ridin’ High skate shop is located on the corner of Battery and Pearl Streets in Burlington. Photo by Alexandre Silberman/VTDigger BURLINGTON – The owners of the Ridin’ High skate shop are facing...
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Royalton sued over fatal 2017 crash
A guardrail on Back River Road in South Royalton pierced through the car Jeremy Potwin was driving on Aug. 4, 2017, striking James Arbuckle, killing him. Vermont State Police photo This article by...
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K9 officer who alleged age, gender discrimination settles for $175,000
Cpl. Michelle LeBlanc and K9 Casko. Vermont State Police Facebook photo A K9 officer who filed a lawsuit against the Department of Public Safety and several of her supervisors earlier this year for age...
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Federal judge issues gag order on gag order in EB-5 case
Rapid USAs Visas CEO Douglas Hulme (left), a representative of Shen law firm (center) and Jay Peak CEO Bill Stenger (right). VTDigger filed a motion to intervene Thursday in a federal case over alleged...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: State reciprocity not always the case in attorney discipline
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. In re: Palmisano 2017 VT 94 We’ve jumped in the wayback machine again to find an unsummarized opinion. Remember the fall of...
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High Court rules against UVM police in affidavit case
The entrance to the Vermont Supreme Court at 111 State St., next to the Statehouse. Photo by Roger Crowley/for VTDigger BURLINGTON — The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Vermont Law...
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Judge flip-flops and releases order on deposition of Jay Peak insider
Rapid USAs Visas CEO Douglas Hulme (left), a representative of Shen law firm (center) and Jay Peak CEO Bill Stenger (right). A federal judge Friday morning released an order she had previously sealed,...
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Alleged sexting sheriff off the hook? Accused abuser can’t find anybody to...
Bennington County Sheriff Chad Schmidt appears on a local access television program in 2018. Still image from GNAT-TV broadcast A Pownal man accused of repeatedly beating a woman wants to file a...
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The Deeper Dig: What changes after the church abuse report
From left, Bishop Christopher Coyne and members of the church’s lay committee, Mike Donoghue and Mark Redmond. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The Deeper Dig is a weekly podcast from the VTDigger...
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Donovan joins 17 AGs opposing ‘fast track’ deportations
Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan, speaking before a joint legislative committee. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan joined peers from 16 other states and...
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Troopers tried to stop a car in Lyndon — it led to a 100-mph chase
Vermont State Police investigated an incident Wednesday night in which a Newport officer was injured in a crash during a high-speed chase. State police photo What began as an attempted traffic stop in...
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Bourgoin gets 30 years to life in wrong-way crash that killed 5
Steven Bourgoin reads a statement, including an apology to the victims’ families, during his sentencing hearing in Burlington on Monday. Bourgoin was convicted in the deaths of five teenagers in a...
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State EB-5 records missing
Vermont Solicitor General Benjamin Battles defended the Vermont Attorney General’s Office in a records case brought by VTDigger. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The state cannot account for four...
View ArticleGood Times owner faces up to three years on marijuana selling charge
BURLINGTON — A man accused of selling marijuana under the table at his Church Street business across from City Hall has accepted a plea deal. Court documents show that Derek Spilman, who owned Good...
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Ex-teacher’s aide admits to child porn charge
BURLINGTON — A former first grade paraeducator at Colchester’s Union Memorial School has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. Bradley Smith Bradley Smith, 66, of Jericho, entered a guilty...
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