Trooper Zachary Trocki and Sgt. Ryan Wood had been cited to appear in court on misdemeanor charges of simple assault and reckless endangerment, stemming from an incident in which a 61-year-old man was seriously injured last year.
Trooper Robert Zink was accused of using excessive force against a person being arrested in February 2021. A judge threw out the case Tuesday morning as jurors were preparing to assemble.
For years, the Turning Point Center of Rutland has offered recovery group meetings and individualized coaching at the Marble Valley Correctional Facility, the only community-based recovery coaching program within Vermont’s correctional facilities.
Law enforcement officers in Vermont routinely use the National Crime Information Center database and the state’s Valcour dispatch and records management system in the course of their police work.
The machine, which could hold around 300 single-dose nasal sprays of the opioid overdose antidote, is part of a project by the University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction to distribute five naloxone vending machines in northern New England.
The legislation, which was passed by the Senate in March, aims to promote oversight and accountability in an elected law enforcement office that has recently been embroiled in scandals.
The Rutland Superior criminal court ruled that the state didn’t have enough evidence to merit withholding bail from 80-year-old Michael Louise, a decision that the state Supreme Court has upheld.
The Orleans Superior civil court upheld Gov. Phil Scott’s decision to appoint Farzana Leyva as the county’s top prosecutor for a four-year term.
The Vermont Department of Mental Health, which took custody of Darren Pronto in December, said he no longer needs acute mental health treatment and that a correctional facility is equipped to take over his care.
Nearly 40 residents signed a petition to close Readsboro Central because of concerns about the quality of education provided by the pre-K to 6 school.
