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Essex Police Change Course After Charging Black Man Involved in Fight

By Derek Brouwer on July 22, 2021 at 10:52PM

Seven Days pieced together information about the incident using two police statements and a narrative Williams posted online. In a July 16 Facebook post, Williams wrote that he had gone to the house to get "an update on something I paid for upfront."

A chart detailing the alleged inappropriate flow of funds within the Jay Peak and Q Burke EB-5 projects

Law Firm That Advised Quiros on EB-5 Projects to Pay $32.5 Million Settlement

By Kevin McCallum on June 4, 2021 at 6:29PM

“The fraud in the Northeast Kingdom caused significant harm to the investors and the community and today’s settlement is another big step forward toward healing and financial restitution,” Michael Pieciak, the commissioner of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, said in a statement. The news follows a guilty plea on Wednesday by William Kelly, a key adviser to Quiros, for his role in defrauding investors in a promised biotechnology facility in Newport, known as AnC Vermont.

Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility

Faith Group Calls for Quicker Cultural Change at Women's Prison

By Kevin McCallum on June 2, 2021 at 11:56PM

The group argued that more educational and vocational training programs are needed to help female inmates learn, grow and prepare for their eventual release. Some of these programs have been suspended due to COVID-19.

Attendees at a vigil for George Floyd on Tuesday

Vigil in Burlington Marks Anniversary of George Floyd's Death

By Colin Flanders on May 25, 2021 at 3:36PM

Chauvin, the officer who knelt on Floyd's neck, was convicted last month of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. He will be sentenced in a few weeks.

Bishop Christopher Coyne at a press conference on sex abuse in 2019

Another Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against the Burlington Diocese

By Derek Brouwer on May 19, 2021 at 5:58PM

"It appears that there was a concerted effort by Church officials to make sure that Courcy stayed ‘below the radar’ in his assignments, most of which were very short-lived," Silletti's attorney, Jessica Arbour, said in a press release. The Diocese of Burlington continues to face new civil sexual-abuse cases since Vermont revoked the statute of limitations for such claims in 2019.

Driver Who Allegedly Rammed a Porch While Shouting Racial Slurs Charged

By Colin Flanders on May 5, 2021 at 10:33PM

A white man shouted racial slurs as he drove a truck through a yard in Richford and rammed a porch where a Black resident was, that resident told police. The truck driver, Anthony Mason, 27, was reported to have threatened to kill the resident during the incident, police said in a press release.

Former governor Howard Dean with multiple information booklets for new claimants that he received

Commissioner: Unemployment Fraud Has Cost Vermont Millions

By Anne Wallace Allen on May 4, 2021 at 10:37AM

Harrington cast the closure of the online system as a benefit to filers. “To be able to do something like this that has such a significant impact on the amount of filing from a staffing perspective is great, because it allows us to spend the time helping and impacting real true unemployed Vermonters who are looking for help,” Harrington said.

Student demonstrators gather in front of the Waterman Building

Thousands of Students Protest UVM's Handling of Sexual Violence

By Colin Flanders on May 3, 2021 at 8:07PM

In a campus-wide email on Monday, the university wrote that it agreed with all of the students demands. Asked for her takeaway from Monday's event, Caloiero told Seven Days that it spoke to the power of "student activism and involvement."

Widespread Fraud Prompts Vermont to Disable Online Unemployment Claims

By Matthew Roy on April 30, 2021 at 5:39PM

The department urged any residents who have received information about a claim that they haven't filed to report it either by submitting an online fraud report or calling a tip line at 802-828-4104. Employers who receive requests for separation information about an employee who is, in fact, still working should also contact the department, officials urged.

Unemployment Insurance Fraud Is the Latest Epidemic

By Anne Wallace Allen on April 26, 2021 at 8:03PM

“We just took in a billion dollars,” said Dean of the state’s share of the latest federal COVID-19 relief bill. “Surely $35 million can be spent on a new computer system so people don’t get scammed.”

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