Crime

Gobeille Addresses Prison Health Care Spending Concerns

by Alicia Freese on October 2, 2018 at 6:33PM

Gobeille explained that the prison health contract makes block payments, known as “value-based payments,” instead of reimbursing Centurion for each medical service. “It’s actually saving money in the long run,” he said.

Coyne Releases Orphanage Victims From Confidentiality Agreements

by Mark Davis on September 28, 2018 at 12:51PM

"It is my hope that this past action as well as the present one will allow the truth of what happened to survivors and their families to be heard," Coyne said. "I pledge to you, as the bishop of Burlington, that I will do everything that I can to make sure this never happens again and to work for healing and reconciliation with those who were so badly abused by clergy."

New Haven Man Cautions Cannabis Growers After Thieves Steal His Plants

by Sasha Goldstein on September 26, 2018 at 4:26PM

Krawczyk said state police were “very professional and receptive.” “It was nice to feel like we could confidently approach them and report a theft,” he said.

ACLU Slams Plan to Send Vermont Inmates to Mississippi Prison

by Mark Davis on September 10, 2018 at 3:18PM

"They say the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing and expect a different result," ACLU of Vermont executive director James Lyall said. "Vermont’s use of out-of-state prisons has a grim history, but this is a new low.

Authorities Say Investigating St. Joseph's Orphanage Abuse Won't Be Easy

by Mark Davis on September 10, 2018 at 2:42PM

will have a feeling before their lives end that someone cared."

Burlington Police, Mayor Criticize Prosecutors for Not Charging Suspect

by Mark Davis on September 7, 2018 at 1:47PM

like this should be judged by Vermonters in a court of law. A free pass sends the wrong message."

Burlington Police Will Investigate Claims of Abuse at St. Joseph's Orphanage

by Mark Davis on September 7, 2018 at 1:17PM

The Buzzfeed story, entitled "We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph's Catholic Orphanage," was the product of several years of investigating by journalist Christine Kenneally. Many of the allegations had previously been documented in dozens of lawsuits filed by victims in the 1990s and extensive reporting on the orphanage, primarily by the Burlington Free Press.

Montréal Man Gets Four Years for Smuggling Guns Through Library

by Mark Davis on September 4, 2018 at 12:55PM

Vlachos allegedly walked to the library from Québec, grabbed the guns and walked back into Canada without stopping at a border checkpoint. He was arrested in February 2015 by Canadian authorities who, while investigating him for the gun smuggling, found him with a hockey bag full of smuggled cartons of cigarettes. "I was blinded by easy money, greed, selfishness and opportunism," Vlachos told Judge William Sessions III.

Police: Essex Man Used Racial Slurs, Waved Pistol at Store Clerk

by Taylor Dobbs on August 14, 2018 at 3:05PM

At the urging of the Chittenden County State's Attorney's office, Fenster ordered Rheaume held without bail. According to an affidavit filed at Vermont Superior Court in Burlington, Rheaume walked into a Maplefields convenience store in Essex early Tuesday and noticed a clerk, a 27-year-old woman of color, sitting in a chair behind the counter.

Walters: Hundreds Pay Tribute to Woman Killed by Former Boyfriend

by John Walters on July 11, 2018 at 11:55PM

A poster-size photo of Courtney Gaboriault was taped to the base of "Youth Triumphant," the granite statue in downtown Barre's City Hall Park. Flowers and candles were arrayed beneath the photo.

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