SCOV Law Blog: When circumstances change for divorced parents
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Amy Davis. Bonk v. Bonk, 2018 VT 15 My primary focus in my law practice is divorce and everything that comes with it, such as, what do we do...
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Chittenden, Windsor set plans to erase marijuana convictions
Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George has set June 12 for Expungement Day in Burlington. File photo by Cory Dawson/VTDigger Expungement Day” for those with misdemeanor marijuana convictions...
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Plea deal allows ex-Rutland firefighter to avoid jail term
A screen shot from the police video of Brent M. Garrow being pulled over on Route 7 in Clarendon. It was at that point when he said he worked for the Pittsford Police Department. Photo/Vermont State...
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School safety bill in peril as it heads to House
Sen. Dick Sears. Photo by Michael Dougherty/VTDigger A slightly revised provision of a bill inspired by a what police say was a foiled school shooting plot in Fair Haven that had been stripped out of a...
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Leroy Headley’s partner told police of death threats months before she was...
A photo of Anako Lumumba posted to a fundraising page set up by her sister. Leroy Headley’s fiancee told police what was coming months before she was killed. Court records obtained by VTDigger show...
View ArticleNorthfield town leader, officer accused of soliciting prostitution
A part-time law enforcement officer who works full time as an EMT and also serves on the Northfield Selectboard has been cited into court on charges of obstructing justice and solicitation of...
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Updated: Police issue warrant for husband in fatal Orleans shooting
A selfie Randall Swartz posted on his public Facebook page. Vermont State Police issued a warrant on Wednesday for the arrest of Randall Swartz on suspicion of second-degree murder for the fatal...
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Top cop wants discussion of relief-order process after Lumumba killing
Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger If Anako Lumumba had shown up for her relief-from-abuse hearing in December last year, she would have faced off with an...
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Domestic violence coalition calls for legal changes during special session
Auburn Watersong, of the Vermont Network against Domestic and Sexual Violence. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger Vermont’s domestic violence coalition is calling on lawmakers to revise the state’s...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Defendant seeks time served credit due to pretrial curfew
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Eric Fanning. State v. Byam, 2017 VT 47 Defendant/convict Dale Byam appeals a trial court’s denial of his motion seeking credit for time served...
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Woman pleads guilty to possessing ricin at retirement home
Guilty plea in unlikely crime in wealthy Shelburne retirement home. File photo by Gail Callahan/VTDigger BURLINGTON – A 70-year-old woman accused of making the deadly poison ricin and testing it on her...
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Judge rejected protection order against Leroy Headley in 2016
A photo of Anako Lumumba posted to a fundraising page set up by her sister. Anako Lumumba failed to show up for two of her own relief-from-abuse hearings in 2017, but she did appear for another one in...
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Johnson man charged as accomplice in Montpelier armed robbery
Montpelier Police Chief Anthony Facos holds a news conference following an armed standoff at Montpelier High School. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger BARRE — A Johnson man was arrested and arraigned...
View ArticleUPDATED: 1 dead in Bennington County plane crash
One person has died in the crash of a small plane in Bennington County, Vermont State Police have reported. An overnight search triggered Sunday night by reports of a missing plane has located the...
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Ex-lawmaker’s murder accomplice back behind bars after fleeing Vermont
James Rivers. Photo courtesy Vermont Department of Public Safety A man who was convicted along with a one-time lawmaker more than four decades ago in what started as an insurance scam that turned into...
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Man charged with murder over deadly fire in St. Johnsbury
A St. Johnsbury man has been charged with first-degree murder and first-degree arson a week after police discovered the remains of a 52-year-old man in a burned-down house. Allen Draper, 30, is facing...
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Orange school district closes for day after shooting threat
Orange County Sheriff Lt. Scott Clouatre checks for unlocked doors on the campus of Randolph Union High School and the Randolph Career and Technical Center during a lockdown on May 22. Photo by James...
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Police: Draper used pipe to strike man over the head, then burned body
The location where Allen Draper allegedly set the house fire that left Timothy Persons dead. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger ST. JOHNSBURY – Allen Draper is being held without bail after police say he...
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House lawmakers seek changes to relief from abuse order process
Maxine Grad speaks to fellow House Judiciary Committee members while taking testimony in April. File photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger Vermont House members are working on a bill aimed at requiring firearms...
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Border Patrol checks citizenship on Amtrak Vermonter train
Border Patrol at the Canadian border in Beebe Plain. Photo by Mike Kalasnik/Wikimedia Commons Border Patrol agents asked Amtrak train passengers about their citizenship in White River Junction last...
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