Crime

State Officials Defend Response to Controversial Firearms Training Center

by Colin Flanders on October 30, 2020 at 7:33PM

Scott was less willing to insert himself into the Slate Ridge controversy. Asked if he thought the state should seek an extreme risk order, Scott said it was "up to prosecutors."

Two With Law Enforcement Ties Charged in Separate Incidents

by Derek Brouwer on October 20, 2020 at 4:15PM

Two other former Vermont police officers were charged with domestic abuse earlier this year. Former Brattleboro and Essex cop Sean Wilson killed himself in February while facing criminal threatening and domestic assault charges.

Vermont House Passes Three Racial Justice Reform Bills

by Kevin McCallum on September 22, 2020 at 9:13PM

Other changes would be semantic. These include removing the word “training” from the name of the Criminal Justice Training Council to reflect its broader mission, and referring to "recruits" — a term also used by the military — as “law enforcement applicants.”

Burlington-Area Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison

by Derek Brouwer on September 21, 2020 at 5:35PM

He faced at least 15 years and up to life in prison. U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions III sentenced Folks to a prison term of 22 years and six months, followed by 10 years of supervision, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a press release.

Chittenden County State's Attorney Sarah George

State's Attorney Sarah George to End Cash Bail in Chittenden County

by Paul Heintz on September 16, 2020 at 4:30AM

George has worked closely with a cohort of colleagues throughout the country who hold similar views on criminal justice reform. Among them is Tiffany Cabán, a former New York City public defender who campaigned to end cash bail when she ran for Queens district attorney last year.

Demonstrators passing a police car in Burlington

Police Arrest Man Who Carried AR-15 Near BTV Protests

by Derek Brouwer on September 1, 2020 at 7:42PM

Atwood was first spotted Saturday night standing in a parking lot of the Burlington Police Department, located across the street from where racial justice protesters have camped and protested daily for the past week. Police told complaining witnesses that the unknown man appeared to be "exercising his Constitutional rights" because Vermont is an open-carry state, interim police chief Jon Murad wrote in a press release issued late Tuesday.

CoreCivic's prison in Tutwiler, Miss., in 2018

30 More Vermont Prisoners Test Positive for COVID in Mississippi

by Derek Brouwer on August 17, 2020 at 6:05PM

The outbreak was discovered when six prisoners were transported from Mississippi to Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility in Rutland. All six tested positive, as did one other inmate and two correctional officers at Marble Valley.

Vermont Corrections Chief Vows Culture Shift Following Prisoner's Death

by Paul Heintz on August 6, 2020 at 6:00PM

Lawmakers and Baker's fellow witnesses appeared to agree with the commissioner's assessment of Corrections, which has been under intense scrutiny since Seven Days reported a series of allegations against the department last December. At the state's request, the law firm Downs Rachlin Martin has been conducting an independent investigation of those allegations, which focused on Vermont's women's prison, and of Johnson's death.

Interim Corrections Commissioner Jim Baker

Coronavirus Has Infected at Least 147 Vermont Inmates in Mississippi

by Kevin McCallum on August 5, 2020 at 7:47PM

The Vermont inmates are housed separately from the other prisoners at the facility. The ones who tested negative are quarantined in one unit, while the others are in isolation.

Scott Admits 'Shortcoming' in Mississippi Prison COVID-19 Outbreak

by Kevin McCallum on August 4, 2020 at 8:06PM

More test results were expected soon. With the pandemic raging around the country, waits of up to two weeks for results were being reported.

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