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Lawyers make closing arguments in Milton football assault trial
Lawyers delivered closing arguments in Chittenden County Superior Court Thursday in a trial over accusations that Milton town and school officials were negligent when a high school football player was...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Defendant in Thanksgiving deer jacking claims evidence not...
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Jacob Oblak. State v. Bovat, 2019 VT 81 Can a police officer peek into your garage window looking for evidence of a crime? It depends. At 4...
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Barre man accused in Vermont’s first federal hate-crime prosecution
Stuart Kurt Rollins is accused of threatening to burn down his neighbors’ home and other faces other charges as well. BURLINGTON – A Barre man accused of threatening to burn down the house of a...
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Milton student wins $280,000 in negligence lawsuit against school district
A jury ruled in favor of a former Milton High School student Friday in his lawsuit against the town and school district for their negligence in a 2012 sexual assault. After two days and 10 hours of...
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NY prosecutors to drop charges in mistaken hemp arrest
A photo posted to the NYPD 75th precinct’s Twitter feed showing officers with what they thought was 106 pounds of marijuana. Brooklyn prosecutors are expected to drop felony marijuana charges against...
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Scott administration begins push to close Woodside juvenile facility
The entrance to the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Colchester. Photo by Sara Priestap/Valley News This article was updated at 8:28 p.m. on Nov. 25. Gov. Phil Scott’s administration wants...
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Man accused of posing as a doctor found guilty of child porn charge
Nam Vu Bui. A Texas man accused three years ago of lying about being a doctor to trick a Middlebury College student into allowing him to do a supposed cervical cancer screening has been convicted of a...
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Milton assault case damages may be appealed, lawyer says
Attorney Jerry O’Neill is considering an appeal in a case where a Milton student was assaulted. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The lawyer representing a student who filed a $2.5 million lawsuit...
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St. J man allegedly stabbed girlfriend, took preteen hostage in standoff
The house on Caledonia Street in St. Johnsbury where a man is accused of stabbing his girlfriend and taking a preteen hostage Tuesday. Photo by Justin Trombly/VTDigger ST. JOHNSBURY — A 44-year-old...
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Judge allows Stenger to travel to Canada and Japan for work
Bill Stenger arrives at federal court in Burlington for his arraignment on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case in May. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger RUTLAND — A judge is allowing Bill Stenger,...
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DCF faces second lawsuit alleging children were taken without proof of abuse
Ken Schatz, commissioner of the Department for Children and Families, which is facing a federal lawsuit filed by parents whose children were removed from their home. Photo by Grace Elletson/VTDigger A...
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Toddler’s drowning leads to charges against father and his girlfriend
Heaven Lindon McEwan in an undated photograph. (Courtesy Teresa Terrazas) This article by Anna Merriman was published by the Valley News on Nov. 26. HARTFORD — A Windsor man and his girlfriend were...
View ArticleToddler’s drowning leads to charges against father and his girlfriend
Police say the couple lied to them about their alcohol consumption and other actions that July evening. Read the story on VTDigger here: Toddler’s drowning leads to charges against father and his...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: High court decides cases on reciprocal discipline for lawyers
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. In re William E. Conner, Esq. 2018 VT 60 and In re Michelle Sherer, Esq. 2019 VT 70 Here’s a short entry order from last...
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Barre man accused of federal hate crime ordered detained
Stuart Rollins is accused of threatening to burn down his neighbors’ home and faces other charges as well. BURLINGTON — A Barre man facing a federal hate crime charge for allegedly threatening to burn...
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Goldberg seeks to quiz lawyers over alleged fraudulent sale of Jay Peak
Jay Peak Resort. VTDigger photo Jay Peak’s receiver is trying to force attorneys for the Canadian company that formerly owned the resort to answer questions about what they knew about the alleged...
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Migrant Justice plans protest over traffic stop leading to farmworker’s...
Will Lambek, left, and Enrique Balcazar, both of Migrant Justice, speak at a rally outside federal court in Burlington about a lawsuit the organization filed against federal immigration authorities....
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Man who confronted officers with gun sentenced to 12 months on federal charge
The reverse of the Great Seal of the United States outside the Federal Building in Burlington. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A man who wielded a gun at police officers in Pownal last year — and was...
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Protesters rally against detention of farmworker after sheriff’s stop on I-89
Rosie Alfaro of Migrant Justice speaks during a protest at the Chittenden County Sheriff’s Department in South Burlington Tuesday. The gathering was to protest the recent detention of farmworker Luis...
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Deaths of Bristol couple ruled a homicide-suicide
Vermont State Police investigate on Tuesday at the Guilmettes’ home that sits back from Upper Notch Road in Bristol. Photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDigger BRISTOL – The deaths of a couple in their 70s found...
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