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SCOV Law Blog: Defendant argues affidavit for search warrant unsupported
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. State v. Cleland, 2016 VT 128 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr In the summer of 2013 police got wind of Stuart...
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Scott to float legislation resisting Trump immigration order
Gov. Phil Scott, flanked by other state officials, discussed possible state actions in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerThe Scott...
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McAllister, attorney dispute events leading to plea deal
Sen. Norm McAllister, R-Franklin, stands outside the courthouse. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerST. ALBANS – Former state Sen. Norm McAllister said he pleaded no contest to sex-related charges...
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Automatic voter registration glitch puts system on hold
The Department of Motor Vehicles in Montpelier. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerA glitch in the state’s automatic voter registration system resulted in some non-citizens being incorrectly registered...
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Judge denies Fell appeal
Rutland District and Family Courthouse. Photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDiggerA judge has denied a motion that would have allowed defense attorneys in the upcoming retrial of Donald Fell to appeal an earlier...
View ArticleSteinway piano shop totaled by fire
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Firefighters from around the Upper Valley worked well into Thursday night to battle a major fire at Frederick Johnson Pianos in White River Junction. The blaze was reported in...
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SEC: Penalties against corporations would hurt EB-5 victims
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. VTDigger file photoFederal regulators say that...
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Ex-staff: Maple Leaf investigated by AG’s office, regulator
UNDERHILL — The Office of Professional Regulation and the Medicaid fraud unit in the attorney general’s office are both investigating complaints about Maple Leaf Treatment Center, according to two...
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More refugees to resettle in Vermont under court reversal of Trump ban
Supporters of refugee resettlement rally Saturday in Rutland. Photo by Adam Federman/VTDigger A federal court ruling in Washington state on Friday rescinded nearly all of the provisions of the Trump...
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Vermont backs two challenges to Trump immigration order
Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan is supporting Washington and Minnesota in fighting President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration. Donovan is among attorneys general from 15 states and the...
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Senate supports ethics bill calling for limited commission
Sen. Jeanette White, D-Windham, is chair of the Government Operations Committee. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerThe Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill that makes several changes to...
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Burlington weighs further community role in police oversight
Police Chief Brandon del Pozo listens as Christine Longmore, of the Burlington Police Commission, weighs in at Monday’s City Council meeting on a resolution to appoint a task force that would help...
View ArticleFentanyl dealer gets four years in prison
RUTLAND — A local man with a previous cocaine-dealing conviction has been sentenced to four years in prison for distributing the synthetic opioid fentanyl. When he was arrested in May, Donald Perkins,...
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Quiros EB-5 fraud trial set for September 2018
Ariel Quiros at a groundbreaking for AnC Bio Vermont in May 2015. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerIt will be more than a year before Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros stands trial in federal court on...
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New station chief focusing on opiates, mental health response
Lt. Anthony French is station commander of the Vermont State Police Westminster barracks. Photo courtesy of VSPWESTMINSTER — As he settles into his new role as commander of the Vermont State Police...
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Drugs suspected as three die in Brattleboro
Rescue Inc. Operations Chief Drew Hazelton speaks about emergency medical services in Brattleboro. File photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger(This story is by Bob Audette, of the Brattleboro Reformer, in which...
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VTDigger gets more information on redacted EB-5 documents, drops lawsuit
VTDigger has agreed to dismiss its lawsuit against the state for Jay Peak Resort records after the Vermont Attorney General’s office released documents and provided information about why a third of the...
View ArticleBennington man seeks to vacate sexual assault convictions
BENNINGTON — A local man sentenced to a lengthy prison term after being convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual assault on a 12-year-old girl is seeking to have his conviction and sentence vacated...
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E-cigarette seller faces $50,000 fine over marketing
Vermont Vapor in Castleton is closing because of an enforcement action by the attorney general’s office, according to owner Adam Tredwell. Courtesy photoThe owner of an e-cigarette store in Castleton...
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Scott throws down challenge to immigration enforcement
Gov. Phil Scott speaks Thursday about immigration enforcement. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerGov. Phil Scott continued to push back against immigration orders by President Donald Trump, accusing the...
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