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People’s Bank, Quiros fight investors’ bid for class-action status
Ariel Quiros at a groundbreaking for AnC Bio Vermont in May 2015. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerAttorneys for Jay Peak Resort developer Ariel Quiros and People’s United Bank are hitting back...
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Woman killed in hit-and-run accident on Route 5 in Lyndonville
Gary Hale is accused of leaving the scene of an accident in which Mattie Lynne Hale was killed. Courtesy Vermont State Police State police say a woman was found dead along the side of a state highway...
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Two deny charges in pedestrian’s hit-and-run death in Lyndonville
Gary Hale is accused of leaving the scene of a crash in which pedestrian Mattie Lynn Hale was killed. Vermont State Police photo ST. JOHNSBURY — Police say that when they found the body of Mattie Lynn...
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South Royalton School principal resigns following voyeurism charge
Dean Stearns, of Sharon, walks into the courtroom for arraignment Thursday at Windsor Superior Court. Photo by Charles Hatcher/Valley News SOUTH ROYALTON — South Royalton School Principal Dean Stearns...
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Prosecutors clear troopers in fatal shooting of man pointing BB gun
Rutland County State’s Attorney Rose Kennedy and Col. Matthew Birmingham of the Vermont State Police speak at a news conference Tuesday regarding a fatal shooting in Poultney by police. Photo by Alan...
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Justices side with newspaper, letter writer in defamation suit
The Vermont Supreme Court. From left, Justices Harold Eaton, Marilyn Skoglund, Paul Reiber and Beth Robinson. Pool file photo by April McCullum/Burlington Free Press Five days before the 2016 general...
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Vermont Supreme Court paves way for ‘de facto’ parents
Justice Beth Robinson speaks during a Vermont Supreme Court hearing. Pool file photo by April McCullum/Burlington Free Press A Vermont Supreme Court ruling will allow a woman to seek shared custody of...
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Burlington mayoral candidate Culcleasure convicted in 1990s for cocaine charges
Infinite Culcleasure, independent candidate for Burlington mayor, seeks the endorsement of the Progressive Party. Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDigger (This story was updated Dec. 7, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.)...
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Rights groups say proposed changes weaken police anti-bias policy
Jay Diaz is a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont. A proposed update to Vermont’s policy on fair and impartial policing is drawing criticism from advocacy groups that work with...
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SCOV Law Blog: Parental rights termination ruling appealed to Supreme Court
Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. In re B.K., 2017 VT 105 Between basically the dawn of time and 2015, the...
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Former Maple Leaf psychologist denies harassment claims
A psychologist who was recently fired by the state is denying allegations contained in charges brought against him by the Office of Professional Regulation. Investigators for OPR allege that Dr....
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Vermont woman says imposter filed fake FCC comments
Irene Racz of Montpelier says she favors maintaining current “net neutrality” rules allowing all web content equal access to the internet. But the Federal Communications Commission’s public comments...
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DNA evidence remains under review in Arlington murder case
Bennington County State’s Attorney Erica Marthage and Major Glenn Hall, commander of the Criminal Division of State Police, speak at a news conference after a murder charge was entered against Timothy...
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Investors seek to enlist receiver in lawsuit against Jay Peak seller
Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver in the EB-5 fraud case, speaks at a Statehouse news conference. File photo by Michael Dougherty/VTDigger A lawsuit brought by EB-5 investors claiming that...
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Attorneys: Life-saving transplant still affecting firefighter facing charges
Brent M. Garrow in court. Pool file photo by Robert L. Layman/Rutland Herald RUTLAND — Attorneys for a city firefighter who is facing criminal charges for the second time in several months say their...
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Burlington mayor defends immigration policy against federal pressure
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger. File photo by Morgan True/VTDigger BURLINGTON — The mayor is standing by a city policy that has come under fire from the federal government. Last month the Department...
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New policing policy doesn’t do enough to protect immigrants, advocates say
Madeline Sharrow, a member of the central Vermont chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice, holds a sign at a meeting Tuesday of the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council where the panel adopted a...
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Judge strikes down Rutland’s limits on where sex offenders can live
Defender General Matt Valerio, who oversees the state office that challenged the ordinance. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger RUTLAND — A judge has shot down an ordinance in Rutland that limited...
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Judge refuses bid to put state-run EB-5 center in receivership
Megan Shafritz (right), chief of the civil litigation division of the Vermont attorney general’s office, argues on behalf of the state in Vermont Superior Court in Hyde Park on Monday, saying that...
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Vermont Law School launches restorative justice program
SOUTH ROYALTON — Robert Sand said he was taught in law school and during his early days as a prosecutor to maximize the strength of his case while exploiting the weaknesses of the defense. “That’s a...
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