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AG’s office says Bellows Falls police officer did not tip off target
A Bellows Balls Police Department officer was cleared by the attorney general following a Vermont State Police probe. YouTube photo The Vermont Attorney General’s Office says it found no “credible...
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State’s attorney declines to prosecute UVM students cited in alleged arson
Harris residence hall at the University of Vermont, where police say fires were set early Sunday morning. UVM photo Sawyer Loftus is a news reporter with the Vermont Cynic, where a version of this...
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Woman who embezzled $2.2 million sentenced to 4 years in prison
A former employee embezzled $2.2 million from the farm supply business. BURLINGTON — A St. Johnsbury woman who embezzled $2.2 million from her employer over a decade to fuel a gambling addiction was...
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Abuse case tied to former Vermont photographer closes without criminal charges
The Washington (D.C.) Hebrew Congregation has been sued by a group of parents over alleged child sex abuse. Congregation photo A child abuse investigation in Washington, D.C., involving former Vermont...
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Convicted murderer on the run captured in Rutland
William Wheelock. A convicted murderer recently released on furlough in Bellows Falls who removed his electronic monitoring device has been taken into custody after nearly a week on the run. William...
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Primary defendant in Norwich assault sentenced to 18 months probation
Norwich University in Northfield on Tuesday. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BARRE — The student who faced the most serious charges for the dorm-room attack of a classmate at Norwich University this...
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Judge rules for state in lawsuit against DCF
The view from the jury box at the Windsor County Courthouse in Woodstock. Photo by Rick Russell for VTDigger WOODSTOCK — After two weeks of testimony, a judge has ruled in the state’s favor in a case...
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Lawsuit against treatment facility in kidnapping case hung up in court
Valley Vista’s headquarters in Bradford. The organization maintains 99 inpatient treatment beds for substance use disorder at two locations in Vermont. Courtesy photo This story by Anna Merriman was...
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Mississippi prison reverses mail search policy after Vermont inmate complaints
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, run by CoreCivic. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger Officials at a Mississippi prison where about 260 Vermont inmates are being held have reversed course on a...
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Man accused of illegally smuggling rare birds across Vermont border
Jafet Rodriguez was charged Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, with smuggling endangered parrots across an international border. The birds were placed in quarantine. U.S. Border Patrol photo Federal authorities...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Court weighs teen’s wishes on visitation
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by SCOV Law editor Andrew Delaney. Wright v. Kemp, 2019 VT 11 Kiddos don’t get unfettered discretion to decide whether or not they want to see their...
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‘Second Amendment sanctuary’ effort seeks Vermont support
A nonbinding Gun Owners of Vermont resolution supports “the safe and responsible use of firearms” for such purposes as hunting, promoted here in a sporting goods store display. Photo by Kevin...
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Lawyer asks judge to throw out Montpelier murder conviction
Jayveon Cabellero, of Barre, left, appeared in Washington County criminal court with his defense attorney, Maggie Vincent, for his arraignment in 2017 on a second-degree murder charge for the January...
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City Hall arson case exposes gaps between criminal and mental health systems
Burlington City Hall. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON — A man accused of setting a fire in City Hall earlier this week has been ordered into the custody of the Department of Mental Health...
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Vermont Senate proposes criminal penalties for robocallers
Sen. Randy Brock, R-Franklin, right, confers with Sen. Michael Sirotkin, D-Chittenden, in a Senate Finance Committee meeting last year. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A Senate committee is poised to...
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Attorneys for EB-5 defendants may seek to delay October trial
The site on Bogner Drive in Newport where AnC Bio Vermont was planned but never built. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger BURLINGTON — Attorneys for the developers accused of fraud in a failed...
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Deadly encounters: Why do deaths at the hands of police keep rising in Vermont?
Macadam Mason was asking for help on June 20, 2012 — the day he was killed. The Thetford man called nearby Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and spoke to the health care staff there, threatening to...
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Daughter and grandson charged with second-degree murder in death of 85-year-old
Rutland District and Family Courthouse, where Rutland Superior Court meets. Photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDigger A nurse was charged last year for stealing an elderly woman’s pain medication and giving...
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Officers cleared in Rutland shootout that killed ex-mayor’s son
State police investigators inspect the scene of an officer-involved shooting last October near the Rutland train station. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger RUTLAND – Prosecutors say four police officers...
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Leroy Headley pleads not guilty to second-degree murder
Leroy Headley appears in Vermont Superior Court for his arraignment Tuesday. Headley was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Anako Lumumba in 2018. Pool photo by Ryan...
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