Ceremonial bill signing held for sexual assault legislation
In an emotional ceremony held at the Statehouse Tuesday afternoon, legislators and citizen activists gathered to watch Gov. Phil Scott sign two bills passed earlier this year that extend Vermont’s...
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Rulings are mixed bag for ex-Rutland attorney in hit and run
Christopher Sullivan, the former attorney for the city of Rutland, is led out of White River Junction criminal court in May after a hearing in his fatal hit-and-run case. Pool file photo by Eric...
View ArticleGirl’s family drops lawsuit against former school coach
BENNINGTON — A lawsuit against a former high school basketball coach who last year pleaded no contest to misdemeanor counts of cruelty to a child has been dismissed at the request of the plaintiffs. An...
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Boyfriend of Middlesex homicide victim arrested in Illinois
Randal Gebo was arrested in connection with the slaying of Cindy Cook, of Barre. Photo courtesy of Vermont State Police Police in Illinois have arrested a man sought in connection with the slaying of a...
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Thetford Academy tells parents of allegations against student
Thetford Academy Head of School William Bugg speaks at a school function in Thetford in December. File photo by Geoff Hansen/Valley News (This story is by Jordan Cuddemi of the Valley News, in which it...
View ArticleLawyer gets 14 months in case involving misuse of client funds
A former lawyer for the city of Winooski and other prominent clients has been sentenced to 14 months in prison after pleading guilty to mail fraud. William O’Brien, 60, will have to pay close to...
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The Deeper Dig: Inside the McAllister trial
Norm McAllister outside Franklin Superior Court in St. Albans. File photo by John Herrick/VTDigger Norm McAllister, a former state senator from Franklin County, has continually maintained that his...
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SCOV Law Blog: Calculating compensatory maintenance in divorce
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. Weaver v. Weaver, 2017 VT 58 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr My husband and I have a deal in our marriage....
View ArticlePolice investigating ‘hate speech’ graffiti at Burlington’s Fletcher Free...
BURLINGTON — City officials say they discovered racist and anti-semitic graffiti, involving a swastika and epithet, in the bathroom at the Fletcher Free Library. The graffiti has since been painted...
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Poultney man who allegedly kept woman’s body in shed wants statements suppressed
The scene in Poultney where a woman’s body was found March 15. Photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDigger An attorney for a Poultney man who told police a woman’s body could be found in his shed says his client’s...
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Garza pleads guilty to wire fraud
Editor’s note: This story by Chris Mays was originally published July 20, 2017 in the Brattleboro Reformer. The state’s courthouse in Brattleboro, where Windham Superior Court’s criminal and family...
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Lawmakers irked that court still holding hearings via video
Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, is vice chair of the Justice Oversight Committee. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger The Vermont judiciary is ignoring lawmakers’ intent by continuing to conduct...
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Judge orders release of funds to Coventry
Cynthia Diaz, the former Coventry town clerk, treasurer and delinquent tax collector. File photo by John Lazenby In a small, but significant victory on Monday, Coventry officials recovered taxpayer...
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New rules address public recording of audio, images in court
Retired Justice John Dooley is heading a committee that drafted the proposed rules. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerThe Vermont Supreme Court will hold a public hearing Aug. 3 to collect input...
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SEC, receiver take issue with Quiros claims of cooperation
Ariel Quiros at a groundbreaking for a project in northern Vermont in May 2015. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger A court-appointed receiver says Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros is not cooperating with...
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Judge rejects release bid for Mount Tabor murder suspect
A judge has denied a bid by a Mount Tabor woman accused of killing her husband to get released from jail as she awaits her murder trial. Rutland County State’s Attorney Rose Kennedy, who is prosecuting...
View ArticlePolice: Man kills estranged wife, self in Maidstone
The Vermont State Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving the deaths of an estranged husband and wife on Wednesday night in Maidstone, authorities said Thursday morning. The...
View ArticleSouth Burlington write-in candidates fined for campaign finance violations
SOUTH BURLINGTON — Two school board write-in candidates have agreed to pay small fines for campaign finance violations during their failed bids in the last election. Residents Marcy Brigham and Dan...
View ArticleThetford Academy student charged with sex assaults on classmates
(This story appeared first in the Valley News on July 27, 2017. Updates are planned.) CHELSEA — A 16-year-old Thetford Academy student pleaded not guilty Wednesday to seven counts of felonious sexual...
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Man admits beating his mother to death with wine bottles
RUTLAND — Roderick Geronimo looked straight ahead and showed no emotion as he admitted killing his 82-year-old mother by slamming a kitchen table into her chest and bashing her over the head with a...
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