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Garza sentencing for digital currency wire fraud close at hand
Josh Garza Editor’s note: This story by Bob Audette was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on Sept. 5. HARTFORD, CONN. — Although federal sentencing guidelines call for 63 to 78 months of...
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Vermont files suit: ‘We’re going to war with Big Pharma’
Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan speaks Wednesday outside the Chittenden County Superior Court in Burlington where he filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state against Purdue Pharma. Photo by Alan J....
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UPDATED: Vermont commerce agency rebuffs federal shutdown of EB-5 center
Dignitaries break ground on a proposed EB-5 project in Newport in May 2015. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger The state is appealing a federal decision to terminate the Vermont EB-5 Center. The...
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Ex-Gifford hospital employee pleads not guilty to poisoning co-worker
Wayne C. Parezo, of Braintree, right, listens as his attorney Jason Sawyer speaks with the judge about the conditions for his not guilty plea during Parezo’s arraignment in Orange Superior Court in...
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Woman gets time served in ricin poisoning case
The Wake Robin retirement community in Shelburne. Wake Robin photo BURLINGTON — A 71-year-old woman who authorities say made the deadly poison ricin and tested it on her fellow residents at a Shelburne...
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FBI arrest man suspected of making threats against Burlington schools and...
Ronald Prejean in an undated photo. The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested 51-year-old Roland Prejean, also known as Gary Gravelle, who is suspected of sending a series of emails to Burlington...
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Quiros’ broker reaches $80K settlement in EB-5 fraud case
Joel Burstein, former son-in-law to Ariel Quiros. The former financial broker for Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros will pay an $80,000 civil penalty to resolve claims brought by federal regulators who say...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: The DCF’s child protection registry
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. In re M.S., 2017 VT 64 Here’s something you probably have not thought about: DCF substantiations.RELATED STORIESSCOV Law Blog:...
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Bellows Falls man faces 99 charges in burglary spree
Travis Despain faces a slew of charges in an alleged burglary spree to fund his drug habit. Vermont State Police photo Editor’s note: This story by Susan Smallheer was published in the Brattleboro...
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Vermont attorney general to investigate Catholic Church abuse
Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan says he will take part in a press conference with other law enforcement officials next week. File photo by Cory Dawson/VTDigger Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan...
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Police: Driver in crash that killed Wolcott teen was going 80 mph, on opioids
Editor’s note: This story by Tommy Gardner was published by the Morrisville News & Citizen on Sept. 6. The driver of a car who crashed into another vehicle in July, killing a Wolcott teenager, was...
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Harley Breer again accused of assaulting and kidnapping girlfriend
Convicted kidnapper Harley Breer. Screenshot from WPTZ footage from 2011 when he was convicted of domestic assault. A Marshfield man is accused of assaulting his girlfriend and not allowing her to...
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No-stalking order against Rep. Kiah Morris’ husband rejected
BENNINGTON — Kevin Hoyt’s request for a stalking relief order against the husband of Rep. Kiah Morris over allegedly inflammatory Facebook posts was rejected Thursday after a hearing in Bennington...
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Vermont prisoners to be moved to Mississippi prison run by CoreCivic
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in northwest Mississippi. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons The Department of Corrections finalized negotiations on August 27 with an out-of-state prison,...
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Law allowing seizure of firearms from suspected abusers takes effect
Guns in the state’s possession are kept in a secure storage facility organized by local police department. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerA new law went into effect at the start of this month that...
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Vermont bishop: ‘It is not enough to apologize’
Vermont Catholic Bishop Christopher Coyne addresses past child abuse by church personnel at an unprecedented Sunday press conference at Burlington’s St. Joseph Cathedral. Photo by Kevin...
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Burlington mayor and police chief chastise Chittenden County state’s attorney
Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George. Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDigger The Burlington Police Department publicly criticized Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George’s decision not...
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Wired for Safety: Keeping intimate photos private
Editor’s note: Wired for Safety is a column on cybersecurity and other tech issues. Duane Dunston is an assistant professor of cybersecurity and networking at Champlain College. He received his...
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Vermont Catholic Church investigation faces challenges
Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan speaks at a podium with Burlington, Chittenden County and state leaders Monday to announce a joint investigation of past child abuse by Vermont Catholic Church...
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Facility in Mississippi could be ‘even worse’ than Camp Hill, ACLU says
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in northwest Mississippi. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons Civil rights groups in Vermont are saying conditions for out-of-state inmates who have been moved...
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