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House approves measures on police use of force and training protocols
House Speaker Mitzi Johnson speaks on the Statehouse lawn in Montpelier on Aug. 24. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The Vermont House passed reform legislation Tuesday that sets guidelines for when...
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Convicted sex trafficker who operated in Burlington sentenced to 22 years in...
A convicted sex and drug trafficker who operated out of Burlington for several years has been sentenced to more than 22 years in prison. Brian Folks was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison....
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Searsburg remains identified via DNA: A New York woman who was murdered
These photos of Jessica Hildenbrandt were supplied by the Vermont State Police, who are investigating her murder. A year after human remains were discovered in a gravel pit near Searsburg, DNA...
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State police apologize, remove ‘inappropriate’ Facebook post
Vermont State Police Facebook post taken down, with an apology; it was based on the song “Because the Night.” Vermont State Police are apologizing and removed a posting from their Facebook page after...
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Mistake or intentional? Twitter ban lifted on critic of Corrections Department
A critic of Vermont’s Department of Corrections cried foul after being banned from the agency’s Twitter account. Twitter logo/VTDigger file photo The Vermont Department of Corrections says it believes...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: In a he-said-she-said situation, credibility is at issue
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by SCOV Law editor Andrew Delaney. State v. Larkin, 2018 VT 16 My buddy tells a particularly bad dad joke about a couple that’s getting divorced....
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Black femme organizers burn copies of Seven Days; newspaper condemns...
Harmony Edosomwan speaks to the more than 500 demonstrators who marched from Battery Park to City Hall in Burlington to protest police brutality, especially against people of color, on Sept. 1. Photo...
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Vermont State Police keeping juveniles’ names secret in case they go to...
Typically, the names of young drivers involved in car accidents have been disclosed by police. Now, Vermont State Police have asked for a legal review, because some cases may go to family court, where...
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Weinberger announces new director of police transformation
Kyle Dodson will be taking a six month leave of absence from the Greater Burlington YMCA to work as Burlington’s director of police transformation, Mayor Miro Weinberger announced at a press...
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Senecal: Justice Ginsburg’s genius was that she taught us how to row
Lisa Senecal of Stowe is a columnist for VTDigger. A fourth-generation Vermonter who grew up in Orange, she is a writer, co-founder of the Maren Group and chairperson of the Vermont Commission on...
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State raid, federal convictions don’t end Brattleboro drug house woes
Police have responded to 33 Oak St. in Brattleboro about 150 times since a drug raid there a year and a half ago. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger BRATTLEBORO — Neighbors of the seemingly stately...
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Media groups condemn Burlington protesters burning newspapers
More than 500 demonstrators listen to speakers after marching from Battery Park to City Hall in Burlington to protest police brutality on Sept. 1, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Two Vermont...
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Judge tosses bid by Rutland gym owner to collect from state over Covid-19...
Superior Court Judge Robert Mello. Pool photo by Gregory J. Lamoureux/County Courier A Vermont judge has thrown out a bid by a Rutland gym owner seeking to recoup money and collect damages for...
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In Hinesburg, town administrator target of harsh message as racial justice...
Hinesburg Town Hall. Wikimedia photo Editor’s note: This article is by Julia Bailey-Wells, a reporter with the Community News Service, a collaboration with the University of Vermont’s Reporting &...
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No charges coming in jail guard probe; state extends Mississippi prison contract
Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George speaks to media in December 2019 after attending a community meeting on reports of sexual abuse of inmates and drug abuse by staff at the Chittenden...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: How to prove ‘repeated’ in a charge of repeated sexual assault
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. State v. Bellanger, 2018 VT 13 The facts of this case can be summarized very briefly. Shawn Bellanger was charged with several...
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Activists raise doubts about Burlington mayor’s newest police reforms
Kyle Dodson, the new director of police transformation in Burlington, spoke to nearly 100 people gathered for a rally against racial injustice in Burlington on June 26. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger...
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Montpelier murder leads to 25-year-to-life prison sentence
Jayveon Caballero, left, appears in May 2017 with his attorney, Maggie Vincent, for his arraignment on a second-degree murder charge for the January shooting of Markus Austin. Pool photo by Stefan...
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White supremacist Misch facing hate crime charge in Bennington
Max Misch was charged Monday with disorderly conduct for an incident in August during the painting of a Black Lives Matters mural. An additional hate crime charge is from a separate incident on Sept....
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Criminal jury trials will resume in December; halted since March by pandemic
Criminal trials, like this one in 2019 in Barre, will resume in December, Vermont court officials have announced. File photo by Ellie French/VTDigger Criminal jury trials are set to resume in Vermont...
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