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SCOV Law Blog: An overly hasty close to a hearing
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. In re: D.H. and S.C., Juveniles 2017 VT 71 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr Run a 5K. Bake a couple batches of...
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Burlington chief: Police use of force culture must change
Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo. File photo by Morgan True/VTDiggerBURLINGTON – Officials advocated for reduced use of force and community-based policing on a panel as part of the Mayor’s...
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Suit over police use of pot ‘sniff test’ goes to state’s top court
Justice Beth Robinson speaks during a Vermont Supreme Court hearing. Pool file photo by April McCullum/Burlington Free PressA lawsuit over a traffic stop in Wallingford and subsequent vehicle search...
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Bennington public defender’s office switching locations
The public defender’s office in Bennington is moving from this building on Gage Street into temporary quarters on Main Street. The state is looking for a new long-term location. Photo by Jim...
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Police looking into reports of Essex assault by anti-fascists
Part of a Facebook post that showed a close-up of a gash reportedly inflicted by anti-fascists. ESSEX — Police say they are investigating reports of an assault on a local man after he spoke to the...
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No blame, no cash as state settles fraud case against Gruber
MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber was a consultant on Vermont’s examination of a publicly financed health care system. Courtesy photo The attorney general’s office has settled with a health care...
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Updated: Quiros reaches partial settlement with SEC
Ariel Quiros at the opening of Jay Peak Resort’s Stateside Hotel in December 2013. File photo by Hilary Niles/VTDigger Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros has agreed to drop his challenge to allegations...
View ArticleDiffering views of open meeting law emerge in hearing over suit
BENNINGTON — A hearing in a lawsuit against the Mount Anthony Union School Board revealed sharply different interpretations of the requirements of Vermont’s open meeting law. An attorney representing...
View ArticleJudge rejects challenge to Winooski heroin conspiracy charge
BURLINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday sent a heroin conspiracy case against a Connecticut man and a Vermont woman to a grand jury, ruling that probable cause exists for bringing the charge. Drug...
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Judge denies McAllister’s request for new trial
Former lawmaker Norm McAllister takes the stand on the third day of his trial in St. Albans in July. Pool file photo by Greg Lamereaux/County Courier ST. ALBANS — A Superior Court judge has denied...
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Judge grants Quiros’ partial settlement with SEC over objections
Ariel Quiros at a groundbreaking for a proposed project in Newport in May 2015. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger A judge Wednesday approved a partial settlement reached a day earlier between Jay...
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Assault case feeds debate on ‘quality of life’ policing in Burlington
BURLINGTON — Police said Wednesday that a transient man assaulted the owner of a downtown restaurant over the weekend. Michael Reynolds, 40, allegedly entered East West Cafe on Saturday afternoon and...
View ArticleRutland firefighter accused of impersonating a cop
A Rutland City firefighter who earlier this year returned to the job following a kidney transplant is facing a charge of impersonating a police officer. Brent M. Garrow, 31, of Rutland Town, is due in...
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Fired for pressuring mental health staff, ex-prison chief sues
Mark Potanas in the solitary confinement unit at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield in early 2016, when he was superintendent there. File photo by Phoebe Sheehan/VTDigger The former...
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The Deeper Dig: The week in EB-5
Mike Smith, host of “Open Mike with Mike Smith” on WDEV. Photo courtesy of WDEV Since 2014, VTDigger has investigated allegations of fraud at Jay Peak Resort and related developments in the Northeast...
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SCOV Law Blog: Court shoots down town’s suit against sportsman’s club
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. North Country Sportsman’s Club v. Williston, 2017 VT 46 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr Long story short: the...
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Man pleads guilty in fatal Northfield arson
A Berlin man pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to charges related to an arson case in Northfield that left one woman dead. Howard Hoisington, 34, pleaded guilty to robbery and arson charges,...
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Future of EB-5 in Vermont moves toward resolution
Sen. Patrick Leahy and Jay Peak developer Bill Stenger. The announcement this week that Ariel Quiros would no longer fight federal fraud charges signaled a key breakthrough in the case against the Jay...
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Ex-Rutland City attorney appeals new prison sentence
Christopher Sullivan, former city attorney in Rutland, appears in Rutland Superior Court on Thursday for his sentencing in a fatal hit-and-run crash. Pool photo by Robert L. Layman/ for the Rutland...
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Supreme Court reinstates murder charge in Sheffield killing
Vermont’s top court ruled Friday that a man could be charged with first-degree murder in a 2010 Sheffield killing, contrary to a lower court decision. Keith Baird was accused of murder in the killing...
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