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Police identify bodies in Woodbury fire; One death declared a homicide
A body was found in each of two neighboring homes that burned Tuesday night, Oct. 30, 2018. Google map screenshot The Vermont State Police have identified the remains of two people who were found at...
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Burlington’s new deputy police chief has found his true calling
Jon Murad, deputy chief of operations, stands in Battery Park near the Burlington Police Department. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDigger BURLINGTON — Looking back on it, the new deputy chief of operations...
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Lebanon man arrested in shooting near Dartmouth campus
Police search a car off of Oak Ridge Road in West Lebanon, N.H., on Nov. 2, 2018, following reports of reports of gunshots and a shooting incident in Hanover, N.H. Dartmouth College issued an alert...
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Federal judge blocks questioning of top state EB-5 officials, for now
The Federal Building in Burlington houses the U.S. District Courthouse and the U.S. Postal Service. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger BURLINGTON — A federal judge has blocked an attorney for a group of...
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Both deaths in Woodbury blazes are ruled homicides
State police are investigating the deaths of two persons in Woodbury last week. WPTZ screen shot A Vermont State Police probe into two suspicious fires last week in Woodbury is now being called a...
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Addison state’s attorney incumbent wins by 10 votes; recount likely
Democrat Dennis Wygmans (left) has narrowly defeated independent Paul Bevere in the Addison County state’s attorney’s race. Courtesy photos Democrat Dennis Wygmans has won re-election in the race for...
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Neighbor of Woodbury homicide victims says he heard gunshots before blazes
The house on Bliss Road in Woodbury where homicide victim Carol Fradette’s body was found Oct. 31. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger WOODBURY — A neighbor who lives about 100 feet from a Woodbury property...
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St. Albans woman denies pocketing $50K in jailed grandson’s SSI benefits
A St. Albans woman is denying fraud charges that alleges she accepted about $50,000 in federal funds over several years meant to pay for the care of her grandson who was behind bars at the time. Debra...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Crediting pretrial time spent in jail
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. Bridger v. Systo This is a case about Corrections Math. The long and short of it is that if someone is held in jail pre-trial,...
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Feds add firearms charges against homicide victim’s girlfriend
A Vermont State Police crime investigator enters the Waterford home of homicide victim Michael Pimental and his girlfriend, Krystal Whitcomb on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger...
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Alleged stabbing case heading to Supreme Court as test of youth offender law
Washington County State’s Attorney Rory Thibault says he will appeal the case to the Supreme Court on Tuesday. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger A crime that was “out of a horror movie” appears to...
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In new records, informant reveals chilling claims about confessed killer...
A screenshot from a WCAX report on Donald Fell in July 2018. Teresca King died in 2000 (not 2005 as the photo shows). A judge kept hidden from the public testimony from a prison informant who says...
View ArticlePolice investigating Old North End shooting
Burlington police are investigating a shooting in the city’s Old North End neighborhood early Saturday morning. Authorities responded to a report of shots fired near the intersection of North Champlain...
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Jim Kenyon: Prescription-drug DUI case shows odds against the poor
Scott Pixley stands outside his home in Strafford on Oct. 31, while his dog Dash watches from the window. Photo by August Frank/Valley News This column is by Jim Kenyon, a columnist for the Valley...
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Father of slain toddler loses case in Supreme Court
Patricia Holden and her niece, Dezirae Sheldon. Holden’s brother Willis Sheldon is Dezirae’s father. Courtesy photo A father whose 2-year-old daughter was murdered in a case that sparked an overhaul of...
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Groups plan to file ‘major’ federal immigration lawsuit in Vermont
Victor Diaz, a member of Migrant Justice’s Farmworker Coordinating Committee, addresses a crowd outside the federal building in Burlington in March 2017. Photo courtesy Migrant Justice Several civil...
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Jane Sanders says federal investigation has concluded without any charges
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with his wife, Jane Sanders. Photo by Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons A federal investigation of Jane Sanders has been concluded without any charges, according to a Sanders’...
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Fair Haven school leader tells safety forum: ‘This threat has changed our...
Jason Rasco, far right, Fair Haven Union High School principal, speaks Tuesday at a statewide school safety conference in South Burlington. Joining him on the panel to talk about a thwarted shooting at...
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Menard stepping down, deputy taking over as DOC commissioner
Lisa Menard, commissioner of the Department of Corrections. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger The head of the state Department of Corrections is stepping down and her top deputy will take her...
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Reported hate crime incidents reach 23-year high in Vermont
Racist graffiti was discovered at West Glover’s Andersonville Farm in September 2017. Photo courtesy Jasper Hill Farm Hate crime incidents reported by law enforcement agencies in Vermont is at the...
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