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Quiros, cooperating with prosecutors, expects to plead guilty in EB-5 fraud case
Ariel Quiros arrives outside federal court in Burlington for his arraignment on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case in 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The accused mastermind of a massive...
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Quiros ‘trying to do the right thing,’ his attorney says of expected guilty plea
Ariel Quiros, center, leaves federal court in Burlington after being arraigned on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The attorney for...
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Prison chief blasts contractor for death of Black inmate
Kenneth Johnson died at a prison in Newport after complaining that he could not breathe. The Vermont Department of Corrections blames a health care contractor for his death. Vermont State Police photo...
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VSP: Morgan man, 59, dies in Friday crash
Gary Megrath at the Caledonia County Courthouse in St. Johnsbury on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger State troopers are investigating a Friday motor vehicle crash that killed a...
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Scott signs police reform bill banning chokeholds, mandating body cameras
Gov. Phil Scott discusses the state’s Covid-19 response at a press conference on July 1, 2020. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott on Monday signed police reform legislation that will...
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Newport man accused of robbing Derby brothers at gunpoint
Vermont State Police vehicle.. VSP photo Authorities say a Newport man robbed two Derby brothers at gunpoint inside their mobile home on Monday, in what the alleged gunman described as a dispute over...
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USPS gets complaint about Rutland postmaster’s social media posts
The Rutland post office. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger RUTLAND — The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General has received a complaint detailing the Rutland postmaster’s alleged sharing of...
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Group accuses state of breaking deal, not fixing ‘dangerous conditions’ at...
Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Essex. Photo by Mark Johnson/VTDigger Roughly three months after the state agreed to make changes to the treatment of youth at Vermont’s only juvenile...
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Rutland County prosecutor opts out of shooting probe, questions current system
Rutland County State’s Attorney Rose Kennedy. File photo. Rutland County State’s Attorney Rose Kennedy has rescued herself from a review of whether an officer-involved shooting in Rutland City that...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Recent rulings from the Supreme Court
Editor’s note: SCOV Law Blog editor Andrew Delaney writes an occasional summary of Supreme Court cases issued over the past week or so. This is the posting from July 11. No opinions issued last week,...
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Covid-19 creates roadblocks to sentencing in Montpelier murder case
Jayveon Caballero was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2017 death of Markus Austin. Covid-19 has sidetracked the sentencing in the first murder case in Montpelier in nearly 100 years, with the...
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Calling for racial justice, rally in Newport celebrates Black life
A woman at the Newport rally for Black lives on Saturday holds her fingers in the air as she counts the names of Black people killed by police. Photo by Justin Trombly/VTDigger NEWPORT — The Black...
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Hundreds in Burlington paint Black Lives Matter on Main Street
Volunteers paint “Black Lives Matter” on Main Street in Burlington on Sunday, July 19, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Carly Freeman was one of hundreds of volunteers who flocked to Main Street...
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Burlington police make fewer traffic stops, but racial disparity remains
Acting Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Burlington police are stopping and searching fewer drivers on city streets, but continue to stop Black drivers at higher rates...
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State looks to renew deal with Mississippi prison as inmate numbers fall
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, run by CoreCivic. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger Despite a drop in the state’s prisoner population, corrections officials say they are negotiating to extend a...
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Bennington takes legal action against summer camp at SVC
Mark Nesbit, who lives next to Southern Vermont College, identifies a large white tent as the source of most of the noise he hears coming from the summer camp held on campus. Nesbit can see the tent...
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Dying Black inmate who repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe told to ‘knock it...
Kenneth Johnson died at a prison in Newport after complaining that he could not breathe. The Vermont Department of Corrections blames a health care contractor for his death. Vermont State Police photo...
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Brattleboro reaches common ground on police review
Black Lives Matter protesters march past a Brattleboro police cruiser. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger BRATTLEBORO — After weeks of public discord, local leaders and social justice advocates have...
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Authorities probe alleged escape plot involving Vermont out-of-state inmates
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, run by CoreCivic. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger Authorities are investigating reports that Vermont prisoners held in a privately run facility in Mississippi...
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Bennington reaches agreement with summer camp
The entrance to the Southern Vermont College campus in Bennington. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger BENNINGTON — After weeks of back-and-forth, the town of Bennington has reached an agreement with the...
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