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Taxpayers may fund Quiros’ defense as current legal team moves to exit fraud...
Ariel Quiros, center, arrives outside federal court in Burlington for his arraignment on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case on May 22, 2019. His attorney Seth Levine, who is now requesting to...
View ArticleChild abuse reports drop, raising alarm
VTDigger posts regular coronavirus updates on this page. You can also subscribe here for daily coronavirus news. Please send your Covid-19 questions to coronavirus@vtdigger.org At first glance, the...
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Police say ex-mayor’s son shot and killed cousin
Sgt. Kenneth Mosher’s dashboard camera captured footage of the shootout that killed Christopher G. Louras in Rutland in October 2019. Vermont State Police say they have determined that Christopher G....
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Judge finds Quiros ‘significantly in arrears’ in legal fees, releases...
A federal judge has allowed Seth Levine, left, to withdraw as attorney to Ariel Quiros, center, who here is seen arriving outside federal court in Burlington for his arraignment on charges pertaining...
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Worker at women’s prison tests positive for Covid-19, prompts facility-wide...
The Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington on Sunday, March 24, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger VTDigger posts regular coronavirus updates on this page. You can also...
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As Vermont drug deaths drop, Brattleboro hits a record high
Used drug needles can be disposed of in special receptacles in downtown Brattleboro. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger BRATTLEBORO — Vermont recently reported its opioid-related death rate decreased...
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High court delays criminal jury trials until September, civil trials until...
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View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: This post-conviction relief appeal took 25 years to settle
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Ember S. Tilton. In re Gregory S. FitzGerald 2020 VT 14 On May 11, 1993, Amy FitzGerald was found dead in Vermont and the autopsy showed she had...
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No additional Covid-19 positive tests at women’s prison after 1 staff case
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Vermont AG files first Covid-19 non-compliance lawsuit against Rutland gym
Attorney General TJ Donovan has brought a suit against Club Fitness in Rutland for allegedly being opened during the governor-ordered shutdown. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger This story was updated...
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State moves juvenile detention facility back to Woodside
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Cyberattack KOs Vermont Legal Aid’s computer system
The Vermont Legal Aid office in Burlington. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger A ransomware attack shut down Vermont Legal Aid’s computer network system, locking up all the data stored on it. And...
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Everett Simpson trial on kidnapping charge delayed
This article by Anna Merriman was published by the Valley News on May 18. BURLINGTON — The trial for a 42-year-old Vermont felon accused of kidnapping a New Hampshire woman and raping her in a White...
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Corrections changes stance on inmate testing after ACLU blasted policy
Covid-19 test specimens are sent to the Vermont Department of Health Laboratory in refrigerated containers. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger VTDigger posts regular coronavirus updates on this page....
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Hartford veteran sues over missed burn-pit cancer diagnosis at VA
This article by Anna Merriman was published by the Valley News on May 19, 2020. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Over four years and multiple consultations with physicians at the White River Junction VA Medical...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Is a rehab center primarily a health care or a residential...
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Ember S. Tilton. In re Confluence Behavioral Health, LLC, 2017 VT 112 This is a story of a nice person (or group of people) who wanted to help...
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Ten inmates in Mississippi returning to quarantine in Vermont
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UVMMC doctor charged with child pornography
An emergency room doctor at the University of Vermont Medical Center is facing federal child pornography charges after he was arrested last month for allegedly hiding a camera in a staff bathroom....
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Essex police officer pleads not guilty to domestic assault charge, placed on...
Franklin County Superior Court building in St. Albans. Photo by Peng Chen/VTDigger An Essex police officer pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of domestic assault. Matthew Walker, 27, of Swanton,...
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Inmate’s lawsuit settled with more Covid-19 precautions for prisoners in...
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