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Black man from Barre has been missing for a year; activists want FBI’s help
Police said Ralph “Rizz” Jean-Marie, 38, has been missing since April. One year ago, Ralph Jean-Marie went missing. On April 13, 2020, he walked away from the Hollow Inn in Barre, where he was living,...
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Trooper denies excessive force, though new documents show other troopers...
Vermont State Police Trooper Robert Zink has been charged with assault, accused of striking a handcuffed suspect. Vermont State Police photo A Vermont State Police trooper has pleaded not guilty to...
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Bennington seeks public comments on new procedures for its police department
Bennington Police Department. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger New and clearer guidelines have been issued for the conduct of Bennington police officers, and town officials now want to know what...
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Marshfield man still on the run; police continue their search
Harley Breer. Screenshot from WPTZ footage from 2011 when he was convicted of domestic assault. Police are still looking for Harley Breer, who’s notorious in central Vermont, five days after he cut...
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Central Vermont man turns himself in after 5 days on the run
Harley Breer. Screenshot from WPTZ footage from 2011 when he was convicted of domestic assault. A Central Vermont man who was on the run for five days after allegedly assaulting a neighbor, cutting...
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Former UPS store owner, in court over mask mandate, wants a new trial
Former franchise owner Andre “Mike” Desautels speaks with a supporter in this file photo. Courtesy Newport Dispatch The former Newport UPS franchise owner, facing fines for flouting the state mask...
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LGBTQ ‘panic’ defense ban secures support for Senate floor vote
Sen. Jeanette White, D-Windham, center, discusses a bill before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, March 14, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger After weeks...
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Prison proposals would close women’s facility, but expand corrections capacity
The Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington on Sunday, March 24, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A consulting firm hired to examine Vermont’s corrections system has...
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Prosecutor questions whether fatal shooting in Rutland was accidental, as...
Rutland District and Family Courthouse, where Rutland Superior Court meets. Photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDigger Prosecutors say they are not buying the story from an 18-year-old from Rutland that a fatal...
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Vermont National Guard severs ties with guardsman accused of sexual assault
More than 100 Vermont Army National Guard soldiers deploy to multiple locations on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Daniel Blodgett is no longer a member of the Vermont...
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‘This is the way the world is’: North End Studios founder accused of sexual...
Ben Bergstein at the North End Studios’ Winooski location in January 2019. Photo by Oliver Parini It began with lewd comments about her body. At a 2016 community dinner in Burlington’s Old North End,...
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FBI agent rams vehicle driven by a suspect, who was chasing an informant in a...
The reverse of the Great Seal of the United States outside the Federal Building in Burlington on Wednesday, September 25, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A Massachusetts man is behind bars on...
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People have until June to weigh in on plan for border surveillance towers
From left: State Rep. Brian Smith, R-Derby; Derby Line Village trustee Keith Beadle; state Rep. Lynn Batchelor, R-Derby Line; state Attorney General TJ Donovan; U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt.; and state...
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Weekend and night court proposal floated in $13.5M plan to address case backlog
A sign on the door of the Vermont Supreme Court in March 2020 says that non-emergency hearings have been postponed. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger A four-year, $13.5 million plan to help Vermont’s...
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Report finds striking disparities that affect people of color in Chittenden...
The 2020 ECOS annual report presents two very different versions of Chittenden County: one for white residents, and another for Black, Indigenous and other people of color. The report, published...
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Child survives Charlotte boating accident that kills grandparents
Lewis Creek in Charlotte, Vermont. Photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDigger Two grandparents died when their boat capsized Monday afternoon on Lewis Creek in Charlotte, according to the Vermont State Police. A...
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Windham County NAACP finds its ‘liberal bastion’ home still faces problems
Windham County NAACP president Steffen Gillom, left, and vice president Wichie Artu talk at a recent Covid-19 vaccine clinic the branch coordinated in Brattleboro. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger...
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Man robs Barton bank at gunpoint, flees with cash, state police say
A security camera image shows the suspect in a robbery Tuesday of the North Country Federal Credit Union branch in Orleans. Police are looking for a man who robbed a Barton bank at gunpoint Monday...
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‘It’s about giving people access to justice,’ senator says of bill aimed at...
Liberty House is the new name for the Burlington building once known as St. Joseph’s Orphanage. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Recent testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee was the most...
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Vermont racial justice leaders mournfully celebrate guilty verdict in Derek...
Activist Harmony Edosomwan speaks alongside the organizers of a rally against police brutality on June 7. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Racial justice and political leaders in Vermont mournfully...
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