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Report: McAllister considering withdrawing plea deal
Norm McAllister, left, and his attorney Brooks McArthur leave the Franklin County courthouse last summer. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerFormer state Sen. Norm McAllister reportedly is...
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Fell’s defense wins access to files it hopes will shift blame
Donald FellRUTLAND — Donald Fell’s defense has gained the right to some legal files on his former co-defendant in the slaying of a North Clarendon woman. Fell and Robert Lee were charged with...
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Hazmat team helps police search home
Members of the state’s hazardous materials team work at a home in the settlement of East Arlington on Wednesday. Crews removed a significant amount of trash from the home. Photo by Edward...
View ArticleBurlington police say thief stealing catalytic converters
BURLINGTON — City police are warning residents that catalytic converters are being stolen off cars, primarily Toyotas and Hondas, sometimes from crowded parking lots and during daylight. The Police...
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Lawmakers mull tweaks to pretrial services
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Sears, D-Bennington. File photo by Laura Krantz/VTDiggerAs lawmakers explore ways to reduce the state’s incarcerated population, they’re mulling improvements to...
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SCOV Law Blog: A ‘business day’ in jail
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. Barron v. Menard, 2016 VT 123 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr David Barron is a guest of the State at one of...
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Putney man held in N.H. homicide, charged with manslaughter
Cody Yeaw, 25, of Putney, was lead into Cheshire County Superior Court on Thursday. He has been charged with manslaughter in the Jan. 7 shooting death of Robert Wesley in Alstead, N.H. Photo by...
View ArticleLandlord: Quiros owes $86,721 in back rent for Florida eatery
A Florida shopping center that says Ariel Quiros owes $86,721 in back rent for his now-shuttered Key Biscayne restaurant has received approval to throw him out. Quiros, facing state and federal...
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State police consolidate troops and management roles
The state police Westminster barracks, which opened in 2016, is part of a newly restructured troop area that stretches from Brattleboro and Bennington to Vergennes and Randolph. File photo by Randolph...
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Judge to rule on redaction of EB-5 records
Lia Ernst, a lawyer with the Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDIggerA judge will determine if state redaction of records about the state’s EB-5 program...
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AG won’t file charges against Hartford deputy chief
Editor’s note: This article by Jordan Cuddemi was first published in the Valley News on Jan. 13, 2017. HARTFORD — The Vermont Attorney General’s Office won’t file criminal charges against Hartford...
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Receiver seeks to refund nearly $18M to AnC Bio investors
Dignitaries break ground on the planned AnC Bio Vermont project in Newport in 2015. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerAbout 35 investors who each put up $500,000 to help fund a proposed $110 million...
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‘Grenon Group’ offers fixes for mental health crisis response
In the wake of a 76-year-old man’s fatal shooting by police in Burlington last year, a group of public officials, mental health experts, community members and others began meeting. The group, initially...
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Nominating Board reopening applications for high court seat
The Judicial Nominating Board meets to debate reopening applications for candidates to fill departing Justice John Dooley’s seat. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerThe panel responsible for selecting...
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Ashe argues for starting with ‘achievable’ ethics commission
Tim Ashe is Senate president pro tem. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerThe head of the Senate pushed back Tuesday on the Vermont secretary of state’s concerns that an ethics commission bill under...
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Lawsuit reveals intricacies of GAW Miners bitcoin scheme
(This story by Bob Audette was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Jan. 17, 2017.) BRATTLEBORO — Plaintiffs in a civil suit over bitcoin mining characterized the defendant as “the man behind the...
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Arlington church will host Q & A with police in wake of homicide
Members of the state’s hazardous materials team work at a home in Arlington on Wednesday. Crews removed a significant amount of trash from the home. Photo by Edward Damon/Bennington BannerEditor’s...
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Deputy to become Chittenden County state’s attorney
Gov. Phil Scott has announced the appointment of a new top prosecutor for Chittenden County. Sarah George, a deputy state’s attorney since 2011, will take over for TJ Donovan, who was elected Vermont...
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Father of deceased toddler settles with state for $500,000
Patricia Holden and her niece, Dezirae Sheldon. Holden’s brother is Dezirae’s biological father, Willis Sheldon. Courtesy photoA father whose 2-year-old died after being released from the child...
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Homicide rattles Arlington residents
ARLINGTON — Fears and concerns residents have lived with since an elderly Buck Hill Road woman was found stabbed to death in her home poured out during an informational session Thursday night in...
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