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Mount Tabor murder suspect on 911 call: ‘My husband fell with his gun’
A Mount Tabor woman facing a murder charge listened Tuesday to a recording in which she told police her husband shot himself. Prosecutors contend the call was a ruse, to cover-up her shooting of David...
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Burlington mayor backs opiate treatment drugs for inmates
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger. File photo by Morgan True/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — Mayor Miro Weinberger is throwing his support behind legislation to require that medication-assisted opiate treatment...
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Officials give reassurances about validity of immigration bill
A bill that prohibits Vermont agencies from supplying personal information to the federal government for the purpose of creating a registry does not conflict with recent guidance from the state...
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Legislation envisions racial justice oversight board
Advocates are pushing for lawmakers to take up a bill creating an independent board to oversee implementation of racial justice reforms across the state. The legislation would establish a 12-person...
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Feds pick up unauthorized immigrants arriving at state courts
Cesar “Alex” Carrillo, who has been detained by immigration authorities, marches with his wife, Lymarie Deida, and their 4-year-old daughter. Photo courtesy of Migrant JusticeBURLINGTON — Activists are...
View ArticlePatrick Kennedy weighs in on marijuana debate
Former U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy is urging a Vermont legislative panel not to move forward with a bill, H.170, that would legalize adult possession of limited amounts of marijuana. Kennedy, son of...
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UPDATED: Man allegedly kept body of missing woman in shed
The scene in Poultney where a woman’s body was found Wednesday evening. Photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDigger (This story was updated March 16 at 3 and 6:20 p.m.) POULTNEY — Police say as they searched for...
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Burlington mayor chides lawmakers for not addressing opiate crisis ‘with...
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger addresses residents at a town hall meeting on opiate addiction. Photo by Morgan True / VTDiggerBURLINGTON — More than 100 people crowded into Contois Auditorium at City...
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SCOV Law Blog: Reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Eric Fanning. State v. Hayes, 2016 VT 105 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr OK, so just to be clear at the outset, this case does...
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ICE detains two more Migrant Justice activists
Migrant Justice activists Marita Canedo, left, Enrique Balcazar and Abel Luna address reporters outside Sen. Patrick Leahy’s Burlington offices. Photo by Morgan True/VTDigger BURLINGTON — Federal...
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Prospects for marijuana legalization dim
Marijuana plants grow at Medicine Man in Denver. Since pot was legalized in Colorado two years ago, growing operations have proliferated. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger As lawmakers wrapped up...
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Feds deny targeting political activists
Enrique Balcazar, 24, from Mexico, and Zully Palacios, 23, from Peru, are both well-known advocates for human rights in the state of Vermont. Courtesy photo BURLINGTON — Three activists with the group...
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UPDATED: Vermont delegation, protesters decry arrests of undocumented immigrants
Demonstrators march down State Street in Montpelier on Tuesday to protest recent immigration arrests of several Vermont farmworkers and activists. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger (This story was...
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Feds make big heroin bust at Colchester business
Almighty Peaks Painting in Colchester is the business from which Darrick Holmes was allegedly distributing drugs. Photo by Morgan True/VTDiggerCOLCHESTER — Agents with the Drug Enforcement...
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Domestic violence gun removal bill gets House’s OK
Rep. Job Tate, R-Mendon, center, was one of the lawmakers challenging the bill. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerAfter several hours of debate, House lawmakers approved by a narrow margin a bill...
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Gorsuch declares independence from political pressure
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., center, questions Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Leahy’s officeWASHINGTON — On the second day of his Supreme Court confirmation...
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Vermont State Police investigators visit Vernon Town Hall
Former State Rep. Patty O’Donnell of Vernon. File Photo by David Shaw, The Commons.Editor’s note: This story by Bob Audette was first published by the Brattleboro Reformer on Tuesday, March 21. VERNON...
View ArticleN.H. sheriff will not assist Homeland Security in absence of suspected...
(This article by Bob Audette was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on March 22, 2017.) KEENE, N.H. — The sheriff of Cheshire County will not help agents from the Department of Homeland Security...
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UPDATED: Marijuana legalization bill advances to House vote
Rep. Maxine Grad, D-Moretown, is chair of the House Judiciary Committee and a co-sponsor of the bill. Photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger(This story was updated and expanded March 22 at 5:55 p.m.) A bill...
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Public defender suggests probe of ex-officer taking too long
BURLINGTON — The public defender who uncovered misrepresentations by a city police officer that led to the officer’s resignation is questioning why the state’s perjury investigation is taking this...
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