Vermont’s catch-and-release bail policies aren’t stopping a regular in the St. Johnsbury police blotter.

Carman was found dead in his cell at the Cheshire County Jail in Keene, N.H. about 2:45 a.m. Thursday morning, officials said.  He was housed in a single cell, they said.

In addition to a murder charge, Carman had been facing federal charges for falsely claiming the sinking of his boat the “Chicken Pox.”

Parts of bodies donated to Harvard for medical research were stolen and sold for profit by the morgue manager, authorities say.

The woman was left immobile, soaked in urine, and her subsequent infection resulted in her death.

The paid killer of a Peacham man has entered into a plea agreement with federal authorities.

Two months ago, the man shot in Leicester Sunday night was involved in a late-night car chase with a man who said he owed him money.

Initial investigation indicates the shooting was a targeted event directed at the victims.

Police are looking for thieves who broke into a restaurant, stole an ATM, and then set the machine on fire.

St. J firearms incident at 2:50 AM.

Arson of a New Haven home has led to the arrest of a New Haven man. And another highway death brings the 2023 total to at least 24 – well above the 10-year average.

The drug-gun crime connection is apparent in this report of a Vermont woman buying two handguns for a Hartford, CT man with an arrest history of shooting people.

The victim’s eyes were swollen shut and gushing blood, family members reported. 

A Mendon man with an axe threatened to kill four out-of-state campers in Killington, police say.

According to the indictment, Hollins applied for eight EIDL loans in mid-2020 in his own name, in the names of two businesses he founded, in the names of two relatives and in the names of three persons whose identities Jones allegedly stole.

After gathering $1200 of merchandise, Kingsbury threatened employees with a knife.

“When they start hitting staff with frying plans, they’re violent, and that’s the problem,” Sears said. “Right now we don’t have anything at the top of the system to hold those violent youths.”

Vermont’s ongoing lack of a secure holding facility for youthful offenders almost meant freedom for an 18-year-old alleged arm robber and drug criminal from Brooklyn – until the feds stepped in.

In a battle between razor wire and bed sheets, the razor wire won and Seth Brunell was unable to escape.

According to an April, 2006 news report by unforgettable Inside Track columnist Peter Freyne, Alan Bjerke was found guilty that month of using a cellphone to capture images of a woman at a Burlington tanning salon. 

A lawyer, former legislator and self-described expert in debt collection was cited yesterday for placing an Airtag tracker on a woman’s car.

A middle school teacher took voyeuristic videos of female students at school and had secret cameras installed in several residential bathrooms.

Punched a woman rescue worker. Punched a woman cop. Punched another woman cop. Punched a woman prison guard. So the police reports show.

A man alleged to have vandalized scores of cars and assaulted police officers was charged with punching a female Shelburne rescue worker at a homeless shelter.

A Morristown police officer responding to a kidnapping and domestic disturbance received minor injuries in a shootout Thursday night. The suspect is still on the loose.

A St. Johnsbury man has been found guilty in federal court of kidnapping a mother and son and transporting them across state lines.

Bad radio communications in an active shooter situation in Middlebury. Unintentional discharge of a weapon during a SWAT training on the Church Street Marketplace. And then there’s what happened in Boston….

Bruce Erdmann was sentenced for a 2021 cocaine deal which resulted in a non-fatal overdose.

Rescue workers pulled a two-year-old boy from a brook in Clarksburg, MA after his Readsboro, VT father dropped him while leaving the scene of an early Saturday morning crash.

A Hartford CT man is dead in what police say was a targeted shooting.

A man arrested on drug charges died in Bennington police custody yesterday afternoon. Also, police report several other deaths and death-related incidents this week.

A Montana lawmaker says that with the Border Patrol overwhelmed on the southern border, terrorists and cartels are focusing on the less-defending northern border.

Two Springfield, MA men and a Holyoke MA man are wanted in connection with a shooting over a year ago.

Multiple juveniles were engaged at a drinking party at a lawmaker’s home Friday night, state police say.

Caught in the men’s room with $500 of stolen merchandise.

A Burlington sober house for women – since closed – was the scene of a fentanyl deal in January, 2021. A day later, two residents were dead of overdoses.

The owner of a cleaning business significantly overstated lost earnings in order to receive Pandemic Paycheck Protection funding.

A Windsor credit union manager finagled the credit card software to steal $137,000, court records say.

A Watertown MA man was cited for negligent driving after traveling 125 MPH on I-89 March 7, state police say.

Stole a Lexus. Stole a pickup truck. Led cops on eight mile chase, police say. An Alabama man was lodged with $200 bail and will face a judge Wednesday.