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Vermont must find new facility for its out-of-state prisoners
The company that incarcerates Vermont prisoners in Michigan has told the state it will not extend the current contract when it expires in June. Currently, 265 Vermont men are held at the GEO Group’s...
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Two latest Shumlin appointees sworn in for Superior Court
Gov. Peter Shumlin speaks Wednesday at the Statehouse flanked by two new Superior Court judges he swore in: Elizabeth Mann and David Fenster. Photo by Jasper Craven/VTDiggerIn one of his last acts in...
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Year in Review: Top criminal justice stories of 2016
A display at Harwood Union High School in Duxbury before a celebration of the lives of five teens killed in a crash blamed on a wrong-way driver. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger Wrong-way...
View ArticleBennington family stole $100K from Medicaid
Editor’s note: This story by Derek Carson was first published in the Bennington Banner on Dec. 28. BENNINGTON — A Bennington family has been convicted of multiple felonies arising out of what police...
View ArticleMan arraigned in sex slavery case that began in Rutland
(This story is by Bob Dunn, of the Berkshire Eagle.) PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A New York man who is accused of luring two women to Berkshire County — one of them from Rutland — for the purposes of selling...
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Lessons from Colorado: DUI enforcement proves a challenge
The Colorado State Patrol is responsible for a fifth of all arrests for driving under the influence in that state. Wikimedia Commons photoEditor’s note: Reporter Elizabeth Hewitt spent a week in...
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Quiros fights on, others look to settle in SEC case
Ariel Quiros. File Photo by Hilary Niles/VTDigger. Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros continues to challenge an investor fraud lawsuit brought against him by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission....
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SCOV Law Blog: Amending a child custody decision
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. Wener v. Wener, 2016 VT 109 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr It cannot be said too often: Grownups can choose to...
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Defense agrees wrong-way I-89 driver is competent for trial
BURLINGTON — The man accused of killing five teenagers in a crash on Interstate 89 is on track to stand trial for an alleged quintuple homicide despite a history of mental health issues. Prosecutors...
View ArticleRutland drug kingpin convicted
The kingpin of a major cocaine and heroin distribution ring in the Rutland area was convicted by a federal jury last Friday. Joell Joyce, or “Prince,” a 27-year-old African American from Brooklyn, was...
View ArticleArmed suicidal man in standoff with Montpelier police
Montpelier police are asking residents of Parkside and Upper Hubbard Park drives to remain in their hopes. The man has made suicidal threats and may be armed. The Vermont State Police tactical services...
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Jury draw set as Fell continues fight on death penalty
Donald FellRUTLAND — The retrial of Donald Fell is scheduled to begin early this year, but a motion filed last week seeking to appeal U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford’s ruling on the...
View ArticleShumlin pardons son of former candidate for vice president
Gov. Peter Shumlin has pardoned the son of a former candidate for vice president. John Zaccaro Jr., the son of Geraldine Ferraro, was convicted of selling cocaine while he was a student at Middlebury...
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Judiciary preview: Juvenile justice, mental health in prison, possibilities...
Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, on the Senate floor Wednesday. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger Prisons and Facilities Tim Ashe, the presumptive president pro tem of the Senate expects the Senate...
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Shooting in Georgia leaves one dead, another hospitalized
Vermont State Police vehicle. Photo by Dan Schwartz/VTDiggerEditor’s note: This story is by Daniel Schwartz, a freelancer for VTDigger. One man is dead and another has been transported to a hospital...
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Shumlin pardons 192 people for marijuana possession
In his final days in office, Gov. Peter Shumlin pardoned 192 people convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana. The batch of pardons brings the total the outgoing governor has issued during his...
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Justices hear challenge to Shumlin on high court appointment
Justice Marilyn Skoglund asks a question from the bench Tuesday during oral arguments at the Vermont Supreme Court. On the left is Chief Justice Paul Reiber. Pool photo by Stefan Hard/The Times Argus...
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Georgia shooting suspect denies charges, claims self-defense
Ethan Gratton, 26, of Georgia, appears in Vermont Superior Court in St. Albans on Tuesday for his arraignment on second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder charges. Pool photo by Gregory...
View ArticlePolice: Dead man’s injuries consistent with fall from bridge
BURLINGTON — An autopsy has confirmed that 22-year-old Nicholas Cusson-Ducharme, who died Saturday, was killed by injuries consistent with falling from the Blue Bridge, which connects Burlington and...
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Suspect in Lebanon church arson rages in court
Anthony Boisvert screams that he also attempted to hurt family members as the Lebanon police prosecutor reads aloud seven felony charges being brought against Boisvert in a video arraignment at the...
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