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Bennington man arrested in 2019 Searsburg homicide
Deven Moffitt. Courtesy Vermont State Police Vermont State Police on Wednesday arrested a Bennington man following a nearly three-year investigation into the 2019 homicide of a woman whose remains...
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Girl, 15, accused of assault, is detained at adult prison because state has...
A 15-year-old has been detained since late last week at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington while waiting for a weight-of-the-evidence hearing that would determine her...
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Accused hitman in murder-for-hire plot denies federal charge, ordered detained
Jerry Banks. Photo via court filings BURLINGTON — A Colorado man arrested in a murder-for-hire plot will remain behind bars as federal prosecutors move forward with their case, accusing him of posing...
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Fisherman rescued after falling off Brattleboro bridge to avoid Amtrak train
Canoeists paddle the confluence of the Connecticut and West rivers on Thursday just hours after an unidentified fisherman fell off a railroad bridge to avoid a speeding Amtrak train. Photo by Kevin...
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Quechee man’s charges from Hartford apartment fire include arson, burglary
Editor’s note: This story by John Lippman was originally published in the Valley News on June 2. Danielle Garceau, right, and friend Ashlee Wilson, left, stand outside Windsor Superior Court in White...
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Jeffersonville man released into wife’s custody after alleged road rage shooting
Jermaine Morris sits for his arraignment on Thursday, July 2, 2022. Screenshot by Shaun Robinson/VTDigger A Jeffersonville man will be released into the custody of his wife after he turned himself in...
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Student charged with domestic terrorism over threat to Orleans high school
Lake Region Union High School. Image via Google Maps A Lake Region Union High School student has been charged with domestic terrorism and criminal threatening after threatening the school and its...
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Berlin man sentenced to at least 7 years in prison for sexually assaulting a...
Perry Thompson in criminal court in Chelsea in October 2015. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger A Berlin man charged nearly seven years ago with sexually assaulting a minor will be heading to prison...
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Bennington man held without bail in ex-girlfriend’s killing
Deven Moffitt. Courtesy Vermont State Police A Bennington man who has been in and out of jail in recent years pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge of second-degree murder in his ex-girlfriend’s...
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Former city councilor injured in Burlington shooting
Roosevelt Park. Google Maps screenshot A shooting at Burlington’s Roosevelt Park on Sunday evening injured a former city councilor, who said he was struck by shrapnel while sitting in his backyard....
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Stenger reports to federal prison to start 18-month sentence
Bill Stenger leaves the federal building in Burlington after pleading guilty in U.S. federal court to one charge in the EB-5 fraud case. Stenger reported to a federal prison on Tuesday to serve an...
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Judge extends order to keep firearms away from Montpelier student after...
Montpelier High School. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A Montpelier High School student who had been investigated by police for making a “potential threat” allegedly told another student that...
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Internal investigation of Essex Police officer found three instances of...
The Essex Police Department on Monday, June 6, 2022. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A police officer who was suspended last year is no longer working for the Essex Police Department after an internal...
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ACLU launches database to track problem officers
The Vermont chapter of the ACLU raised questions about the effectiveness of prosecutors’ practices of reporting police officers, prompting the creation of a new database. It followed on a VTDigger...
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Probe intensifies in search for Texas suspect in killing of top cyclist from...
Kaitlin Armstrong. Courtesy photo The search for the suspect wanted in Texas on a first-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of a world-class professional cyclist from Vermont last month has led...
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Norwich police chief’s sudden resignation leaves town reeling with department...
A Norwich police cruiser at the department's temporary location on Route 5 in 2017. Photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley News Editor’s Note: This story by John Lippman first appeared in the Valley News on...
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4 juveniles have been held at Vermont’s adult jails since Woodside closed in...
The sign marking the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Essex seen with its metal lettering removed from the concrete in September 2020. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 4:10...
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Johnson shooting suspect’s attorney suggests potential self-defense claim
George Goins in court on Thursday, June 9. Screenshot A Johnson man is facing attempted murder and other charges after police said he shot another man who lived in the same apartment building as him...
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As reckless gunfire increases in Burlington, leaders search for a cause and a...
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger addresses public safety concerns regarding recent incidents of gun violence in the city and across the state during a press conference in Burlington on Thursday, June...
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Violent crimes in Springfield have raised fears. But residents find hope and...
Will Hunter, left, helps one of his tenants to a seat on the porch of his house in Springfield on Thursday, June 9. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Will Hunter, who rents properties to people in...
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