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VTDigger sues state over EB-5 records
Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell speaks Thursday about alleged fraud in a string of development projects in the Northeast Kingdom funded with immigrant investors’ money. Looking on is Gov....
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ACLU argues against criminal prosecution in KKK fliers case
The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont is arguing against the criminal prosecution of a man who faced charges for distributing Ku Klux Klan leaflets at the homes of two women of color. William...
View ArticleQuiros laptop to be searched
A federal judge has approved a process to search information from Ariel Quiros’ personal laptop to determine if he used it to conduct any business associated with investor fraud allegations leveled...
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Final Vermont Attorney General forum on bias-free policing draws 75 in...
BENNINGTON — A working group formed by Attorney General William Sorrell to gather input concerning bias in the public’s interactions with law enforcement wrapped up a series of forums in Bennington...
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SCOV Law Blog: Applying zoning ordinances
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Andrew Delaney. In re Burns Two-Unit Residential Building, 2016 VT 63 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr The thing I find most...
View ArticleFour Canadians charged in ATM fraud scheme
Four men from Quebec are facing charges related to an alleged scheme to use stolen information to fraudulently get cash from ATM’s in the Burlington area. Mathieu Baaklini, 21, Safwan Bensalma, 21,...
View ArticleBank robber pleads guilty to eight counts
Editor’s note: This article by the Brattleboro Reformer staff was first published Oct. 28, 2016. BRATTLEBORO — A man accused of robbing People’s United Bank in December 2015 could spend up to 15 years...
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Vermont Human Rights Commission alleges discrimination by Thrifty car rental
The Vermont Human Rights Commission has found “reasonable grounds” to believe a West African man was discriminated against when he tried to rent a car. The commission found a Thrifty Car Rental...
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Former Windsor police officer wants charges against him dropped
Editor’s note: This article by Jordan Cuddemi was first published in the Valley News on Oct. 29, 2016. Windsor police officer Ryan Palmer outside of Windsor Superior Court in White River Junction on...
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Vermont ACLU joins VTDigger lawsuit for state EB-5 records
Gov. Peter Shumlin and Pat Moulton, who was then secretary of commerce and community development, at an event in Brattleboro in July. File photo by Mike Faher/VTDiggerThe Vermont chapter of the...
View ArticleRandolph firefighter accused of burning down his house
Police say a volunteer firefighter torched his East Randolph home as part of a plan to move from Vermont because of frustration with the school system. Jason Gregoire, 30, allegedly set fire to the...
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Quiros wants EB-5 class action lawsuit dismissed
Jay Peak: Tram Haus Lodge Attorneys for Ariel Quiros are pushing to have a class-action lawsuit against their client tossed out, in part, because they say claims of investor fraud in development...
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Quiros’ brokerage: Email search for ‘Ponzi’ would find many hits
The Hotel Jay is the signature project of the Jay Peak Resort expansion. The developers used EB-5 immigrant investor money to build the five-story hotel. File photo by VTDiggerThe dispute over the term...
View ArticleVermont State Police investigate stray bullet report in Huntington
Law enforcement officials are investigating a possible stray bullet incident in Huntington. Huntington resident Carl Ashley called police after hearing a loud noise while inside his home Monday. He...
View ArticleStowe man denies fraud allegations
A Stowe man is denying allegations that he committed fraud in a 2011 business deal. Daniel Burgess, 50, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in Burlington Monday after a grand jury indicted...
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SCOV Law Blog: A case of sufficient supervision
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Andrew Delaney. Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr In re PRB File No. 2016-042, 2016 VT 94 Every once in awhile, the SCOV likes a...
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State preps for expansion of youth justice system
Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington. Photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDiggerThe state is preparing to implement a law making some young adults eligible to be treated as youths, rather than adults, in court. Under a...
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Toxicology report is in, but not public, in wrong-way driver case
Steven Bourgoin is arraigned in a makeshift courtroom Oct. 14 at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. Pool photo by Glenn Russell/The Burlington Free PressAn analysis for substances...
View ArticleJudge nixes woman’s chance to clear record of elder assault
RUTLAND — A judge has denied a defense request for a deferred sentence in the case of a caregiver who assaulted an elderly woman at a residential care home in Rutland late last year. The judge said...
View ArticleCars, church vandalized with paint in Burlington
BURLINGTON — Police are investigating an incidence of vandalism early Wednesday in the downtown area where close to 20 cars, the First United Methodist Church and street signs were defaced with blue...
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