Bennington man pleads guilty to assault of woman
Editor’s note: This story by Ed Damon was published in the Bennington Banner on Feb. 19, 2018. BENNINGTON — A local man with what a prosecutor called a “frightening” history of domestic abuse has been...
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South Burlington teen given five years probation in school threat case
Josiah Leach, 19, leaves the federal court in Burlington after pleading guilty to making threats against students and teachers at South Burlington High School. Photo by Morgan True / VTDigger RUTLAND –...
View ArticleSuit claims sexual harassment by Northshire business owner
BENNINGTON — A former associate of a Manchester-based property rental business is suing the business and its owner, Brian Foerster, for sexual harassment and discrimination. In the suit, which was...
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Two new school threats follow Fair Haven lockdown
A mugshot of Jack Sawyer. Photo courtesy Vermont State Police Schools in Colchester and Fairfax this week confronted threats amid the fallout from last week’s arrest of a teenager in Fair Haven, who is...
View ArticleSt. Albans high school evacuated after shooting threat
For the second day in a row a Franklin County high school closed early and sent students home in response to a threat of a school shooting. Students were released just after noon on Wednesday from...
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ACLU sues Burlington police over public records access
Suit stems from a witness’ concern over a confrontation between police and youth. Flickr photo The ACLU of Vermont has filed a public records lawsuit against the Burlington Police Department for...
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Saliva Testing Round II: Second House panel weighs legal challenges
Smoke. File photo by Josh Larkin/VTDigger A second House panel started taking testimony Wednesday on a bill that would allow for saliva testing to detect the presence of drugs in motorists, hearing...
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Vermont to exit prisoner contract with Camp Hill due to ‘severe’ conditions
An inmate walks through the grounds of the state prison at Camp Hill, PA. Conditions at the out-of-state facility were scrutinized later in the year, when multiple inmates who were housed their died...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Exempt from Act 250?
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by SCOV Law editor Andrew Delaney. In re North East Materials Group LLC, 2016 VT 87 Sometimes it takes us a little while to get around to cases here...
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Police: Man stalked, flashed gun at woman, child in Dorset
Gerald Wright. Vermont State Police photo (This story by Ed Damon was published in the Bennington Banner on Feb. 22, 2018.) BENNINGTON — A Dorset man has denied multiple charges after police said he...
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Senate panel advances ‘extreme risk’ gun legislation
Sen. Dick Sears listens to testimony on new gun control legislation at a public hearing Tuesday. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The words of a Poultney teenager charged in a thwarted school shooting...
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State is redacting EB-5 records released to the court
Gov. Phil Scott. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger The state of Vermont is asking a judge to approve the public release of 5,000 redacted documents filed under seal Friday in its EB-5 investor fraud...
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Nearly 600 added to gun background check database
Over a two year period, hundreds of people who were ordered by the courts to receive mental health treatment have been added to a database that is used to restrict gun purchases, according to a report...
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Experts question Giffin, Battles police shootings as probe heads to prosecutors
Col. Matthew Birmingham, director of the Vermont State Police, addresses a press conference about a officer-involved shooting in Bolton that left a Sheldon man dead. Photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDigger...
View ArticleThree face drug trafficking charges after I-91 chase
(This story was first published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Feb. 26, 2018.) BRATTLEBORO — Three local residents arrested for drug possession after an early morning high-speed chase on I-91 were then...
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Brattleboro Memorial Hospital pays $1.65M fine for false claims to Medicare...
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDiggerEditor’s note: This story by Robert Audette first appeared in the Brattleboro Reformer. BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro Memorial Hospital paid...
View ArticleUpdated: Burlington bar shooter charged; victim recovering
BURLINGTON — Authorities have charged and detained a man who shot a gun into a crowd outside a bar in the early morning hours of Monday, seriously injuring a woman. Police on bar patrol heard the...
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Flow of illegal liquor from New Hampshire cited in rules review
Patrick Delaney, commissioner of the Department of Liquor Control. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger As New Hampshire confronts the problem of questionable sales of its liquor, including millions of...
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Mass. man denies lewd conduct with 11-year-old at ski resort
A 29-year-old Massachusetts man has denied a charge of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child in an incident that police say occurred while he was vacationing with his girlfriend and her children at...
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Ex-student accused of foiled school shooting ‘overcharged,’ public defender says
Jack Sawyer, 18, appears in Vermont Superior Court in Rutland on Friday. Pool photo by Ryan Mercer/Burlington Free Press The head of the state’s public defender’s office says he believes the...
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