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State employee pleads not guilty to sexual assault charge
BARRE — A state employee has pleaded not guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman. John “Jake” Petrasch, 39, of Duxbury, appeared in criminal court in Barre on Thursday to...
View ArticleNew superintendents at two Vermont prisons
Two Vermont correctional facilities will have new leadership in place as of next week. Mark Potanas, the superintendent of Southern State Correctional Facility, is currently on paid administrative...
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Vermont State Police open barracks in Westminster
The new, 16,000-square-foot Vermont State Police barracks in Westminster. It replaces barracks in Brattleboro and Rockingham. Photo by Randolph T. Holhut/The Commons WESTMINSTER – For years, state...
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Jay Peak CEO asks for court filing extension
Bill Stenger thumbs through architectural renderings of pending developments at a press roundtable in September 2013. File photo by Hilary Niles/VTDiggerBill Stenger, the CEO and president of Jay Peak...
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SCOV Law Blog: Despite objection to zoning implementation, land subdivision...
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. Gould v. Town of Monkton, 2016 VT 84 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr Mr. Gould owns or owned some property in...
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Democrats to push for universal background checks this legislative session
Sen. Phil Baruth, center, speaks at a rally calling for universal background checks for gun sales. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger Democratic leaders have promised a renewed fight in the next...
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Putney grapples with policing decisions
A large crowd turned out Thursday night in Putney to discuss what to do about keeping police officers on the streets of Putney. Photo by Maddi Shaw/Brattleboro Reformer Editor’s note: This article by...
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Drug task force expands with help of federal money
Col. Matthew Birmingham of the Vermont State Police speaks at a news conference Monday in Williston. Photo by Morgan True/VTDigger WILLISTON — Officials say a $1.4 million federal grant awarded nearly...
View ArticleFour women plead guilty to bilking Medicaid of more than $100,000
Four northwestern Vermont women were convicted last week of defrauding Medicaid out of $100,000 over a five-year period, according to the attorney general’s office. The four women perpetrated a scheme...
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Family shocked by overdose deaths of two brothers
BURLINGTON — The overdose deaths of two brothers in one night last summer on the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl reflect a growing public health threat in Vermont and across the country. Dennis...
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Family sues UVM Medical Center for malpractice
The mother and sister of a man who died at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington are suing the hospital, alleging malpractice. Judith LaPoint and Lisa Napper say in their complaint...
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Xanax smuggler gets just over a year in prison
U.S. Border Patrol agents use snowmobiles to patrol the border in Vermont. Courtesy photo A man caught smuggling nearly 200 pounds of anti-anxiety pills across the Canadian border has been sentenced to...
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Burlington man charged with trafficking drug-addicted women
BURLINGTON — Timothy Galloway, 46, of Burlington, was arrested this week on charges that he coerced young drug-dependent women into sex for his personal gain. Police say Galloway was arrested without...
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State investigating death of Rutland jail inmate
RUTLAND — An inmate of the Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility in Rutland died Tuesday, five days after being hospitalized, according to a Corrections Department official. Mike Touchette, the...
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SCOV Law Blog: Vermont’s exceptions to the age of consent
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Andrew Delaney. State v. Graham, 2016 VT 48 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr Julianne Graham was charged with three counts of...
View ArticleCalls from lost monkey Facebook post inundate Bellows Falls police
Editor’s note: This article by Robert Audette was first published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Aug. 26, 2016. BELLOWS FALLS — The local police chief told the Reformer if he knew how the media was...
View ArticlePolice report finding ‘molotov cocktails’ in Colchester apartment
COLCHESTER — Police investigating a disturbance at the Fort Ethan Allen apartments early Monday said they found close to a dozen crude explosive devices in one residence. The disturbance was reported...
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DMV changing application process after discrimination case
The Department of Motor Vehicles in Montpelier. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger The Department of Motor Vehicles has settled a case with a Jordanian national who was detained by federal law...
View ArticleCommunity water system settles violations for $37,000
Pico Village Water Corp. has agreed to pay $37,000 to the state after failing to comply with its water supply permit. The nonprofit corporation owns and manages a small water system in Killington that...
View ArticleBystander reports lost child, helps capture escaping prisoner
Editor’s note: This article by Keith Whitcomb Jr. was first published in the Bennington Banner on Aug. 30, 2016. BENNINGTON — Police say a bystander who flagged down an officer to report a lost child...
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