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Sharon animal control officer resigns after allegedly shooting German...
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 8:14 a.m. to reflect the latest story by Darren Marcy that appeared in the Valley News on May 17. An earlier version reflected a story that first appeared in...
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Ex-St. Albans cop admits punching handcuffed woman in the face, awaits...
Former St. Albans police officer Sgt. Jason Lawton. Pool photo by Gregory Lamoureux/County Courier A former St. Albans police officer, captured on video punching a handcuffed woman in the face while...
View ArticleVermont man involved in softball field killing headed to prison on probation...
Editor’s Note: This story by John Lippman first appeared in the Valley News on May 19. A Springfield-area man who had been out on probation after he pleaded guilty for his involvement in the death of...
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As summer looms, Burlington police focus their patrol on reducing downtown...
Mayor Miro Weinberger discusses a plan to increase public safety in downtown Burlington during a press conference on Thursday, May 19. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON — City police have...
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Vermont teacher accused of secretly recording girls in home bathroom and at...
Norman Merrill. Photo via Green Mountain Union High School A teacher at Green Mountain Union High School in Chester has been arrested on federal charges of producing and possessing child sex abuse...
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Texas police say jealousy appears to be the motive in shooting death of...
Anna Moriah Wilson. Photo via Dartmouth College Athletics Police are searching for a woman they say shot and killed 25-year-old cycling star and East Burke native Anna Moriah Wilson in Austin, Texas,...
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Burlington man dies at Bolton Potholes
People cool off at the Bolton Potholes in Bolton on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A 21-year-old man from Burlington died on Saturday after leaping from rocks at the Bolton...
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Vermont Supreme Court affirms murder conviction in Montpelier ambush-style...
Jayveon Caballero at an arraignment hearing in Washington County criminal court. Pool photo by Stefan Hard/Times Argus The Vermont Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the murder conviction for...
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Suspect in Fern Feather killing ordered held without bail
Seth Brunell attends his arraignment where his attorney entered a plea of not guilty in the April 12 stabbing of Fern Feather, a transgender woman from Hinesburg. Brunell was ordered held without bail...
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Man accused of possessing pipe bomb on Springfield street that has seen spate...
A pipe bomb police said they discovered in the bedroom of Anibal Castro Jr., 33, on April 6. Castro told police his girlfriend had written "BYE BYE!!" on the bomb. Photo courtesy of Bureau of Alcohol,...
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With policing bills reduced to studies, justice reform advocates see a...
Burlington police officers listen during a press conference about a new police chief in January. Vermont lawmakers passed a wave of police reforms immediately after the murder of George Floyd two...
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Madeleine Kunin: We must find an end to this horrific slaughter
The Rev. Mara Dowdall reflects on gun violence in December 2016 in Burlington, at an anniversary vigil for the Sandy Hook school shooting that took place Dec. 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut. There,...
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Montpelier police seize weapons in investigation of ‘potential threat’ to...
Montpelier High School seen in June 2019. Montpelier Police Chief Brian Peete said Wednesday afternoon that they have seized firearms but made no arrests during an investigation that started more than...
View ArticleTwo more arrests far from Vermont in a murder-for-hire case
The number of people accused in a murder-for-hire plot that led to the death of a Danville man more than four years ago continues to increase, with arrests this week in California and Nevada. Serhat...
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Police seek help solving murder of New Hampshire couple with Vermont ties
Stephen and Djeswende “Wendy” Reid were murdered in Concord, New Hampshire, on April 21. Authorities are still searching for answers. Obituary photograph Updated at 9:23 p.m. More than a month after...
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Attorneys tell judge competency not at issue for Nathan Carman in murder,...
Nathan Carman appeared at a hearing in probate court in Connecticut in August 2018. File photo by Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant BURLINGTON — A lawyer for Nathan Carman told a judge Friday she “firmly”...
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Vermont motor vehicle fatalities on the rise, alongside national trends
Lt. Allen Fortin, a highway safety officer, speaks at a press event on Monday, May 23, promoting summer driving safety. Photo courtesy of Vermont Highway Safety Office Vermont’s highway fatalities...
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Prosecutors allege cover-up of multimillion-dollar fraud was motive for...
Serhat Gumrukcu in 2014. Photo via Instagram Updated at 6:59 p.m. Prosecutors say a California business investor wanted a Vermont man dead because he feared the victim would go to the FBI with damning...
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Leicester man allegedly threatened to kill 2 adults, 2 children at campground...
Leon Forrest. Police photograph A Leicester man has pleaded not guilty to a slew of criminal charges after police said he threatened to kill two adults and two children who were related to his...
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Training grenade found in Colchester elementary school prompts evacuation
Malletts Bay School is an elementary school serving third- through fifth-graders in Colchester. Photo via Malletts Bay School An elementary school in Colchester was evacuated Wednesday afternoon after...
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