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UPDATED: Federal judge rules for SEC in Quiros EB-5 case
Ariel Quiros. File Photo by Hilary Niles/VTDigger (This story was updated and expanded Nov. 21 at 9:15 p.m. and Nov. 22 at 6:10 a.m.) A federal judge has issued a scathing ruling against Jay Peak...
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Williams honored for heroism in Barre shooting
From left: Barre City Police Chief Tim Bombadier, U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, Scott Williams, Gov.-elect Phil Scott, Barre Mayor Thom Lauzon. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerTop state and Barre officials...
View ArticleMan faces charges after gunshot incident in Saxtons River
Editor’s note: This article by Chris Mays was first published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Nov. 21, 2016. SAXTONS RIVER — Several firearms were taken from a local man accused of shooting inside a...
View ArticleMontpelier man cited over offensive chalk graffiti
A Montpelier man who faces a police citation accusing him of writing offensive chalk graffiti earlier this month has been the subject of other concerns. Roy Steven Emrick is due in court Dec. 8 after...
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Fell defense: Media have made fair trial unlikely in Vermont
U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford has been hearing arguments in Rutland over whether to move the Donald Fell retrial. File photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDiggerTwo days of hearings related to Donald...
View ArticleKorean woman’s death in Middlebury woods ruled a suicide
The death of a young woman whose body was found in Middlebury one month ago has been ruled a suicide, according to the office of the chief medical examiner. Sun Mi Shin, a 28-year-old Korean national...
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Saxtons River shooter was paranoid about the government, police say
Editor’s note: This story by Chris Mays first appeared in the Brattleboro Reformer on Nov. 22. SAXTONS RIVER – A man suspected of shooting up his home and others nearby had become paranoid about the...
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Receiver seeks $1.95M for helping to clean up EB-5 mess at Jay Peak
Michael Goldberg, left, the receiver for the Jay Peak and Burke ski areas, and Gov. Peter Shumlin. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerThe receiver for two troubled ski resorts in the Northeast Kingdom...
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SCOV Law Blog: Dispute over a discharge hearing
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Andrew Delaney. State v. B.C., 2016 VT 66 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr Once a criminal defendant has been found incompetent...
View ArticlePhysician alleges illegal firing at Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Editor’s note: This article by Rick Jurgens was first published in the Valley News on Nov. 23, 2016. LEBANON, N.H. — A physician who conducted medical research for Dartmouth-Hitchcock has sued the...
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Vermont ACLU hopes to send a message on traffic stop profiling
Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette testifies in January at the Statehouse. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerRUTLAND — Attorneys representing an African American man in a civil rights suit stemming...
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Medical marijuana, hemp businesses expand in Vermont
Timothy Fair, a Burlington criminal defense attorney who has formed Cannabis Solutions.Over the past two years a number of new marijuana-related businesses have registered in Vermont. The companies...
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Next attorney general says defending rights will be a priority
TJ Donovan on Church Street in Burlington. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerIncoming Attorney General TJ Donovan is preparing to fight potential federal changes to immigration laws. Immigration...
View ArticleSchool bus tips partway over in Newbury; none seriously hurt
Vermont State Police are investigating a school bus accident in Newbury. Twenty-nine elementary and high school students were on the bus Monday morning when it rolled partly onto its side. Four were...
View ArticlePrisoner’s death under investigation at Northwest State
Vermont State Police are investigating the death of a prisoner at Northwest State Correctional Facility. David Bissonnette, 38, died Nov. 22, according to a news release from police. Medical staff at...
View ArticleInmate death in August determined to be of natural causes
RUTLAND — A Marble Valley Correctional Facility inmate who died in August at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center succumbed to natural causes, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in New...
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Prison policy seen as short-circuiting addiction recovery
Tom Dalton is program coordinator for Safe Recovery, an organization that gives drug addicts access to basic health services such as disease screening and clean needles, while also helping connect them...
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Police say missing 1,200-pound steer is stolen goods
State police are investigating the theft of a 1,200-pound steer from a farm in New Haven. Farm owner Watson Scott said he last saw the steer early on the morning before Thanksgiving. “He was laying...
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Jay Peak loses $6.5 million going into ski season
Jay Peak TramJay Peak lost $6.5 million during its “off-season,” the court-appointed receiver overseeing the property says. A lack of cash reserves carried over from last ski season by the resort’s...
View ArticleU.S. attorney’s office adds civil rights lawyer
The U.S. attorney’s office has hired a new lawyer in its Civil Division to enforce the nation’s civil rights laws in Vermont. Julia Torti, who grew up in Vermont and has been working for a civil rights...
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