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EB-5 chief was repeatedly shut down in efforts to audit Jay Peak
Brent Raymond appears in a promotional video for Dreamlife Investments in 2013. A director of the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center says he repeatedly recommended audits for the Jay Peak Resort projects,...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Can a volunteer claim employee benefits?
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. Perrault v. Chittenden County Transportation Authority, 2018 VT 58 This is a workers’ compensation case. In the interest of full...
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Comcast claim that permit conditions impinge on free speech rejected by...
Comcast lost its suit against the Public Utility Commission in federal court. Photo by Mike Mozart via Flickr Editor’s note: This story by Bob Audette was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on Sept....
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Lawmakers find treatment ‘appalling’ of hepatitis C inmates
The Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility in Rutland. Photo by Jim Therrien/VTDigger One lawmaker used the word “unbelievable.” Another called it “appalling.” Both were reacting to a...
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Kiah Morris case raises online enforcement questions
Rep. Kiah Morris, D-Bennington, talks to a crowd of Sen. Bernie Sanders supporters. Photo by Holly Pelczynski/Bennington Banner Should police have done more sooner to investigate online threats and...
View ArticleVermont woman sentenced to 15 years for bank robberies
A woman will serve 15 years in federal prison for her role in bank robberies in Virginia and Vermont. She was caught after a teller slipped a GPS device into a money bag during one of the heists. Amber...
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Vermont cannabis business jeopardized as Quebec and Mass. open retail stores
The Vancouver Global Marijuana March in 2015. Photo by Jeremiah Vandermeer via Flikr Retail sale of cannabis will soon be legal to Vermont’s south and to its north but that won’t be much help to...
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Colo. consultant seeks local judgement in debt owed by Hermitage Club
The Hermitage Club in Wilmington. File photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer Editor’s note: This story by Chris Mays was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on Sept. 25. NEWFANE —...
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Police analyzing iPhone of accused South Burlington killer
Leroy Headley, left, with Anako Lumumba in a photograph posted to her Facebook page. South Burlington police last week began analyzing the contents of an iPhone that belonged to Leroy Headley, the...
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EB-5 investors keep alive bid to intervene in case against Quiros, Stenger
Russell Barr speaks to reporters outside the Lamoille County Courthouse in Hyde Park last summer. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger The Vermont Supreme Court is allowing an attorney for a group of EB-5...
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Thetford man sentenced to prison for sexual assault of elderly woman
Michael Paton is lead into Windsor Superior Court in White River Junction on May 10 for a change of plea hearing. Photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley News This story by Jordan Cuddemi was published by the...
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Parents of Vermont prosecutor avoid prison after Nebraska weed bust
Police officers pose next to 60 pounds of marijuana seized on Interstate 80 from Patrick and Barbara Jiron in York, Nebraska. Photo courtesy York County Sheriff’s Department The parents of a Chittenden...
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Catholic Church abuse probe to include Weston Priory
The chapel at Weston Priory. Wikimedia Commons photo The Vermont Attorney General’s investigation into sex abuse in the Catholic church will include the Weston Priory, following a complaint lodged...
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Family of slain woman: ‘She always thought bad things would happen if she left’
Members of Terry King’s family gathered this week in Rutland to remember her. From left are Charlotte Tuttle, one of King’s sisters, Lori Hibbard and Karen Worcester, both of King’s daughters, and...
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Pranking teens hit Kiah Morris residence, prompting move to inn
Rep. Kiah Morris of Bennington. BENNINGTON — A group of youths knocked on windows and banged doors at the home of Rep. Kiah Morris and at least one neighbor over three days last week, prompting concern...
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Candidates trade jabs in Bennington state’s attorney race
Bennington County State’s Attorney Erica Marthage, left, and challenger and former chief deputy prosecutor under Marthage, Christina Rainville, maintained their distance during a forum Tuesday in...
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Herring’s appeal of life-without-parole sentence centers on rehabilitation, risk
Jody Herring appears at her arraignment Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in Washington Superior Court in Barre. Pool photo by Stefan Hard/Times Argus An attorney for Jody Herring has argued that a judge who...
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Former Castleton officer sues over firing, citing discrimination
A woman who worked as an officer for the Castleton Police Department for more than a decade has filed a federal lawsuit against the town and its police chief, alleging that the chief had a plan to “get...
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Judge accepts plea deal; Fell sentenced to life
A courtroom sketch of Judge Geoffrey Crawford. Editor’s note: This story was updated at 5 p.m. with details from the sentencing. RUTLAND – Donald Fell admitted Friday to his role in the carjacking and...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Restitution for a pricey knuckle sandwich
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. State v. Dwight, 2018 VT 73 Eisenhower. Howard. Schrute. These are some of your more well-known Dwights.Get all of VTDigger's...
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