[B]ARRE — The trial for a Vermont State Police sergeant accused of stalking his now-estranged wife for several months is tentatively set to take place in the fall.
Raymond LeBlanc of Barre Town pleaded not guilty in January in Washington County Superior criminal court in Barre to the misdemeanor stalking charge.
LeBlanc is on unpaid leave from his Vermont State Police job.
A hearing in the case took place Monday with attorneys in the case sparring briefly over discovery and deposition matters before Judge Mary Morrissey told the lawyers to be ready for a trial in the fall.
The judge also gave the Vermont Attorney General’s Office, which is prosecuting the case, until June 30 to turn over all of its discovery material to LeBlanc’s attorney.
Morrissey called the amount of discovery in the case as “voluminous,” including audio recordings and cellphone records.
According to an affidavit in support of the charge, Vermont State Police Detective Lt. Eric Albright wrote that he started his investigation in December.
The detective wrote that based on his investigation, LeBlanc engaged in “tracking and monitoring” the woman. In addition, according to the filing, LeBlanc made “unannounced and without legitimate purposes appearances” at various locations where the woman had gone.
Oreste V. Valsangiacomo Jr., LeBlanc’s attorney, said his client strongly denies the charge against him. And, in court filing in the case, claims that it was the woman who was stalking him.
LeBlanc had been assigned as a sergeant working out of the state police barracks in Middlesex.
The next hearing in the case is set for July 2.
LeBlanc has been free on conditions since he was charged. Those conditions include that he stay away from the woman he is accused of stalking.
