Police found the two victims by the road while responding to a 911 call around 10 p.m. reporting a disturbance near Route 7.
1 killed, 1 injured in a shooting in Leicester
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Burlington to pay $750K to settle police use-of-force lawsuit
Mayor Miro Weinberger announced in a press release on Friday that three brothers who sued the city for excessive force related to a 2018 incident will drop their lawsuit in exchange for the payment.
Slate Ridge owner sues Pawlet and judge as enforcement looms
The federal lawsuit comes days after a court-issued deadline that required Banyai to move several buildings from his property, and it accuses town officials and Judge Thomas Durkin of attempting “to infringe on protected constitutional and state law activity by way of local zoning regulations.”
City of Burlington will settle police use-of-force lawsuit
The city council approved the settlement during a special meeting on Tuesday. Three brothers brought legal action against the city related to an excessive force incident involving Officer Jason Bellavance in 2018. The settlement still needs to be approved by a federal judge.
Troopers in beanbag case plead not guilty to charges of reckless endangerment
The Vermont Attorney General’s Office has asked a judge to reconsider an additional count of simple assault in a 2022 incident in which police fired a projectile at a man reportedly high on drugs, screaming and holding a bloody saw atop a Newfane homeowner’s roof.
Adult and 7-year-old child killed in head-on crash in Sheldon
The collision took place on Route 105 near Lumbra Road, according to Vermont State Police.
For now, defendant in Brattleboro ax murder found incompetent
The state can order a further competency evaluation, and if Zaaina Mahvish-Jammeh is released from Department of Mental Health custody, they will be held by the Department of Corrections, a judge wrote.
Competency hearing dispute lands mental health commissioner in contempt of court
A Superior Court judge issued a scathing order late last week, calling out the Vermont Department of Mental Health for “continued obstruction of the criminal justice process.”
Judge finds no probable cause for assault charges against troopers in beanbag case
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.
Incarcerated man alleges Springfield prison superintendent ignored report of sexual abuse by officer
In a civil lawsuit, Michael Lewis alleges Mike Lyon, who recently returned as superintendent of the Southern State Correctional Facility after he was cleared in an unspecified misconduct investigation, prevented him from reporting alleged sexual abuse by a corrections officer.
