SCOV Law Blog: Determining ‘standing’ in a guardianship case
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by SCOV Law editor Andrew Delaney. In re Guardianship of C.H., 2018 VT 76 What exactly is an “interested person” in the context of a guardianship for...
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Claims in Bennington racial profiling suit reinstated
Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette is shown here testifying at the Statehouse. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger BENNINGTON — Portions of a civil rights lawsuit filed against Bennington...
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Bar owner drops lawsuit claiming racial bias by Rutland Police
The owner of The Local nightclub in downtown Rutland has dropped his federal lawsuit against the city’s police department. File photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDigger RUTLAND — A former bar owner who claimed...
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‘I was doing what thousands of athletes have done’
Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo with the bike he crashed in the Adirondacks in June. Photo by Mark Johnson/VTDigger Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo remembers the front wheel on his...
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‘Muscle’ in fatal crime spree gets almost 20 years
Jonathan Zampieri was sentenced Tuesday. 2006 Vermont State Police photo BURLINGTON — A man who authorities said with the “inadvertent flick” of his lighter set a blaze that killed a woman and...
View ArticleBattle brews over access to private prison records
A national human rights organization has filed a lawsuit accusing one of the country’s largest private prison companies of ignoring public record requests about its housing of Vermont prisoners. The...
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Vermont woman linked to slayings nabbed on probation violation
Kaitlyn Robare of Colchester was wanted for a probation violation. Florida Department of Corrections photo A Vermont woman has been arrested and is heading to Florida where she is wanted for allegedly...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: A divorced couple agree to settlement change, but court says no
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. Penland v. Warren, 2018 VT 70 Life is pretty grand when people agree. That’s partly why this particular case got...
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Jay Peak receiver and town cut tax deal
The Hotel Jay at Jay Peak Resort. VTDigger photo The man running Jay Peak Resort has reached a $173,000 settlement with the town of Jay over late property taxes, more than $100,000 less than had been...
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VTel president plans to fight animal cruelty charge in Conn.
Michel Guite, the president of Vermont Telephone Co., stands outside his home in Springfield in November 2014. At right is Cody, his Australian shepherd, the subject of an animal cruelty complaint that...
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Troopers witness man shoot himself at scene of 911 call in Westminster
Vermont State Police investigate a shooting incident in Westminster on Friday. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer This story by Susan Smallheer was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on...
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Body cam video shows Hartford cop slap detainee in September incident
This story by Jordan Cuddemi was published in the Valley News on Aug. 18. HARTFORD — A Hartford police officer slapped a 33-year-old man whose arms and legs were tied while he was being held in a...
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Father charged with shooting son in Goshen
Jeffrey Young of Goshen faces attempted murder and other charges after allegedly shooting his son. MIDDLEBURY – An Addison County father is accused of shooting and trying to kill his son, who was able...
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Two men held, charged in weekend kidnapping case in Windsor
Tyler Marston, of Chester, listens to public defender Nikki South during his arraignment in Windsor Superior Court, in White River Junction, on Monday. Photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley News This story by...
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Brattleboro police officer who filed gender discrimination suit resigns
Sgt. Penny Witherbee, of the Brattleboro Police Department, talks to a group of students in the St. Michael’s Catholic Pre-School on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro...
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Northfield selectman facing prostitution charges avoids jail time
Lynn Doney appears in the Chittenden Country Superior Court in May on charges stemming from his arrest for soliciting prostitution. Image courtesy of NBC 5 News BURLINGTON – A Northfield Selectboard...
View ArticleCrews suspend search for man missing near Rouses Point
A man went missing Tuesday in Lake Champlain near Rouses Point Bridge, police say. Vermont State Police and local law enforcement agencies suspended a search for the man last night. He was last seen...
View ArticleBromley resort owner to resolve child labor violations
This story by Tony Dobrowolski was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Aug. 22. HANCOCK, Mass. — The owner of Bromley Mountain Ski Resort in Peru, Vermont, has agreed to implement extensive...
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Nigerian men sentenced in Vermont ‘spearfishing’ email scheme
A bank surveillance photo of Eneye Dania filed in the federal criminal case alleging he and another man committed wire fraud. Two Nigerian men have been sentenced to a combined 31 months in prison over...
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Quiros’ luxury pad where Shumlin stayed sells for $4 million
The living room of the 5th avenue apartment once owned by Ariel Quiros. A swanky New York City condo regulators say former Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros purchased with “ill-gotten gains” from investors —...
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