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Ex-sheriff’s deputy, accused of trading money for sex and nude photos,...
A 2011 photo of Caledonia County Deputy Stephen Bunnell, when he was an officer for the St. Johnsbury Police Department. Photo courtesy of the Caledonian Record A former deputy with the Caledonia...
View ArticleVermont State Police to donate used body armor, military vests to Ukraine
Vermont law enforcement agencies plan to donate body armor and military vests to military units in Ukraine, and are also soliciting donations of similar items from the public, Vermont State Police...
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Judge welcomes former Sears Lane campers to continue suit against city of...
The Sears Lane encampment in Burlington in October 2021. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON — A superior court judge opened the door Thursday for two residents of the dismantled Sears...
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Following symbolic veto override, Senate agrees to Scott’s compromise on...
Rifles on display at Parro’s Gun Shop in Waterbury. File photo by Jim Welch/VTDigger The Vermont Senate on Friday advanced a firearm background check bill, S.4, that met Gov. Phil Scott’s demands...
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Watered-down qualified immunity bill advances after facing ‘unified front’ of...
Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led a bill in the Vermont Senate to end qualified immunity for police officers. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Vermont...
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‘I’m not that person anymore’: Proposal seeks to expand eligibility to clear...
L.W., who requested her full name not be used, hopes that a proposed criminal record expungement bill being considered by the legislature passes. Seen on Friday, March 11, 2022. Photo by Glenn...
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Lyndonville woman charged after allegedly trying to ditch gun in fatal shooting
Vermont State Police respond to a shooting in the parking lot of Northeastern Vermont Regional Hopsital in St. Johnsbury on March 1. Photo by Riley Robinson/VTDigger Police say a Lyndonville woman...
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Jury trial planned for avowed white nationalist on domestic assault charges
Max Misch on July 22, 2019. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger BENNINGTON — A Bennington white nationalist who is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges is scheduled for a May jury trial in...
View ArticlePolice probe homeowner’s shooting of intruder in Westminster
Updated at 11:21 p.m. Vermont State Police say a homeowner in Westminster encountered two intruders on Monday morning — a man and a woman — and shot at them, wounding the man. Daniel J. King, 40, of...
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Judge tries to get 4-year-old murder case in Burlington on track for trial...
Aita Gurung appears in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington on Dec. 20, 2019. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger In a more than four-year-old case in which one prosecutor is pushing forward with a...
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Town of Pawlet contends Banyai in contempt of court, seeks foreclosure on...
Daniel Banyai speaks to a group at Slate Ridge in Pawlet. Facebook photo The Pawlet town government is again asking Vermont’s Superior Court to hold Slate Ridge owner Daniel Banyai in contempt of...
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Police: Broken key enabled burglary at Burlington mayor’s house
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger listens during a press conference on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 5:31 p.m. A burglar who pilfered items from Burlington Mayor...
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Police arrest New York man on murder charge in shooting death of St....
Vermont State Police respond to a shooting in the parking lot of Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury on March 1. Photo by Riley Robinson/VTDigger A Brooklyn, New York, man has been...
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Stowe’s ex-fire chief demanded the town pay him $900K to not sue after his...
Kyle Walker. Courtesy photo The attorney for Stowe’s ex-fire chief, who was accused by a woman of sexual assault while he was on duty as a police offer, demanded $900,000 to settle claims with the...
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Online child exploitation tips jumped 37% during two years of the pandemic
One evening last December, a team of law enforcement officers carrying a search warrant knocked on an apartment door in Claremont, New Hampshire. After speaking with the tenants, the police seized...
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Prosecutor alleges murder suspect ‘hunted’ the St. Johnsbury man he’s accused...
Jerry Ramirez, 35, of Brooklyn, New York, is arraigned Thursday, March 17, on a murder charge in the shooting death of a St. Johnsbury man. Ramirez took part in the hearing by video from a jail where...
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Bill to expand eligibility to seal criminal history moves forward
Rep. Selene Colburn, P-Burlington, left, of the House Judiciary Committee, joined by Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, in Burlington on Feb. 4, 2020. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger More criminal...
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House advances drug reform bill, but what exactly would it change?
Rep. Martin Lalonde, D-South Burlington, shown here in 2020, outlined the drug reform bill on the House floor last Friday. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The House has advanced a measure that would...
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With the defendant now dead, judge weighs sealing child sexual assault case
Michele Dinko, who complained of having been sexually assaulted by Forte when she was 12, testified in person at the Bennington Superior criminal court on Monday, March 21. Screenshot The...
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Former UVM Medical Center doctor gets 8 years in prison for child sex abuse...
Eike Blohm. Image via Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations BURLINGTON — A federal judge has sentenced a former emergency room doctor at the University of Vermont Medical Center to more than...
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