The Vermont Attorney General’s Office has directed Vermont State Police to cite the troopers for simple assault and reckless endangerment following an incident that took place last summer in Windham County, according to the Vermont Troopers’ Association.
Judge Geoffrey Craword wrote in his decision that the documents had been provided to Stenger’s defense team as discovery in his criminal case and any argument based on them should have been brought up at that time.
Darrell Jones died March 23 at the Bennington Police Department, prompting an investigation by state authorities.
An indictment was unsealed Monday in federal court in Burlington charging John Van Vught with wire fraud. The indictment was unsealed, court records show, following Van Vught’s arrest in Brunswick, Georgia.
Jason Combs is set to appear in court Friday afternoon related to a Thursday night crash that killed Christopher J. Ryea of Enosburg, according to police.
Nicholas Deml, commissioner of the state Department of Corrections, affirmed an earlier decision that the identity of the sole bidder for housing incarcerated Vermonters outside the state is confidential until a deal is finalized. Negotiations on that deal remain underway.
Tyler Foster, has been lodged at Southern State Correctional Facility, faces a misdemeanor charge, according to Vermont State Police.
Police and Department of Corrections staff said last month that Seth Brunell used a makeshift grappling hook and bedsheets in a failed attempt to break out of prison.
Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss a federal charge against Jeffrey Nolan on Friday, citing a plea agreement filed in state court to state arson charges Nolan had been facing. The state plea agreement calls for a probationary sentence, according to court filings.
Robert Morrell pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Police said he shot Kevin Temple on Thursday afternoon on a road where both men live in Montgomery.
