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Donovan, for third time, refiles a major case dropped by Chittenden County...
Attorney General TJ Donovan. File photo by Jacob Dawson/VTDigger Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan has again interjected himself into a murder case dropped by Chittenden County State’s Attorney...
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Scott refuses call by advisory panel to vaccinate inmates ‘as soon as possible’
Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport on lockdown in a 2018 incident. Photo courtesy Vermont Department of Corrections Gov. Phil Scott is standing by his position against the widespread...
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Attorney general slow-walks discovery of documents in EB-5 fraud case
Attorney General T.J. Donovan, testifying to a legislative committee in 2019, has taken one step after another to slow down a lawsuit filed four years ago by defrauded EB-5 investors. Photo by Glenn...
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Walden man held on charges of attempted murder, burglary
Michael Buck, 30, left, of St. Johnsbury and Chip Schneider, 30, of Walden are accused of burglarizing a property in Barton last week. Schneider is also accused of attempted murder in a shooting the...
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ACLU urges Vermont Supreme Court to rule for transparency in prison records case
The Vermont Supreme Court is hearing a case concerning private contractors and the state’s Public Records Act. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger Vermonters should be able to know whether the private...
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Scientists discredit theory that drug swap caused Newport prison outbreak
Mike Smith, secretary of the Agency of Human Services, offered a theory at a press conference Friday that diverted narcotics being passed mouth-to-mouth by inmates could be causing Covid spread in the...
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Leahy backs gun trafficking bill, views gun violence as ‘public health epidemic’
Sen. Patrick Leahy speaks at a June 2019 press conference in Burlington. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Spurred by a pair of mass shootings in the past week, U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has...
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Judge calls for one trial for two alleged EB-5 fraudsters
William Kelly pictured in a file photo from May 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger William Kelly and Bill Stenger will stand trial at the same time before the same jury later this year on criminal...
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Former Randolph principal accepts plea deal for sexually exploiting student
Former Randolph Union High School Co-Principal David Barnett, right, stands with his attorney, Brooks McArthur, as Barnett is arraigned in April 2018 in Orange County Superior Court in Chelsea on a...
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House approves bill aimed at preventing sexual misconduct in corrections system
Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility. Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDigger Legislation stemming from a scandal in Vermont’s only prison for women would outlaw sexual contact between Department of...
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Rutland jail, women’s prison are among the costliest prisons in the country
The Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility in Rutland is among the most expensive in the country, according to an analysis done for the state. Photo by Jim Therrien/VTDigger The Rutland jail and...
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Bill would eliminate statute of limitations for civil claims of childhood...
Sarah Robinson, deputy director of the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, was among the people who testified Friday in favor of the legislation. Supplied photo Proposed legislation...
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Scott calls for change following reports of misconduct by National Guard soldier
Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard Greg Knight at Camp Johnson in Colchester on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott called Friday for systemic changes...
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Burlington police transformation director under fire for plagiarism
Kyle Dodson addresses the press in September 2020 in Burlington’s Roosevelt Park. Mayor Miro Weinberger is in the background. Photo by Grace Elletson/VTDigger Burlington city councilors are...
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Prison health care contractor faces lawsuit over claims of harassment, bullying
Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans, where a mental health worker alleges she was harassed, bullied and fired. Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDigger A mental health worker is accusing the...
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Lawsuit alleges public defenders did an incompetent job in drug case
Dylan Cote posted this photo of himself to Facebook in September 2018, a few months after his release. The two police officers pulled their cruisers onto Interstate 91 south of Barton, tailing their...
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Suspended state police trooper accused of dragging woman down a hallway
Nicholas Cianci, 25, a Vermont State Police trooper, is accused of physically assaulting and threatening a woman with whom he was in a relationship. A Vermont State Police trooper has been accused of...
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Pilot project proposed to help keep probationers out of prison
Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, in a prepandemic photo, supports a new approach to dealing with offenders being placed on probation. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger If courts and correction officials...
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Asian American community hears ‘silence’ from leaders, media in week after...
Life LeGeros of Duxbury and his family display signs condemning anti-Asian bias during a demonstration along the Waterbury Roundabout. The action followed shootings in Georgia that killed six women of...
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Owner of several McDonald’s faces legal action alleging harassment
McDonald’s sign. Photo by Kelvin Studdard/Pixabay The federal government is taking legal action against the owner of 10 McDonald’s restaurant franchises in Vermont and New Hampshire, alleging the...
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