Michael Chadwick of Brownington pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Lamoille County Superior Court for the 2022 shooting death of Mark Benjamin, 42.

State police made no mention in its press release today about  anybody else at the residence, but Vermont News First has learned that a half dozen people were also found inside.  All denied that Mason was there, but police found otherwise.

A 23-year-old Derby Line man faces felony charges after claiming he drove off Route 5 to escape gunfire, though police found no corroborating evidence.

Claiming to be a fire inspector, he reportedly accessed restricted areas of the store.

The two men would dry-fire their handguns at each other.

The criminal charges against Lindsay E. Johnson, 32, stem from an alleged “Shaken Baby Syndrome” with a 6-week-old boy while she was serving as his night nanny for a couple.

Court records show that Manning continued to fraudulently collect her brother’s SSA benefits by withdrawing money from his accounts until February 2024.

A homeless man broke into the home and stabbed a young man to death before he was shot to death.

Russi-Shareno has agreed to forfeit at least $36,000 to cover the loss of out-of-pocket expenses for the union, the plea agreement states.

According to Vermont State Police, Brandon Lackie stabbed John Faucette multiple times in the back before stealing the victim’s truck on Monday night.

The nurse was treated for facial injuries.

The former MHS and Castleton athlete suffered a 2022 head injury that a relative says led to deteriorating mental and physical health.

A decision to issue Ali-Koarti a court citation was made because the initial gun threat by the teen had ended and the robbers had fled the store, police said.

Restorative justice programs allow convicts to reduce or avoid incarceration by using local support groups that help with job searching, finding a home, and re-establishing relationships.

The victim was a man in his 20’s, Norwich police say.

After serving a lengthy stretch in the federal pen, a convicted armed robber is arrested again – for armed robbery.

Police saw James Denman, 54, throwing screws and nails onto the roadway and under a parked Bradford Police cruiser. 

“It is worth noting that the convictions stem from crimes that were (21) years apart and Mr. Ziesemer has currently been incarcerated for (23) years,” Burlington police said.

Plemmons is due to appear for arraignment today on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and reckless endangerment.

This time the robber knocked over a bank just a block from the Burlington Police Station at One North Avenue.

Vermont State Police has said Lawyer, after his video arraignment from the prison, became combative when he was being led back to his cell at the Northwest State Correctional Facility.

At some point during the dragnet, Reynolds fired upon the marshals, and they returned fire, officials said.

“The individual who was recently released was spotted on cameras once again trying to break into vehicles. But the Vermont Freedom Fund [VFF] we can thank for their bailing folks out and impacting what we are trying to do as a community,” Smith said.

During the altercation, Lawyer, who was handcuffed, managed to kick the guard in the head while they were both on the floor, VSP spokesman Adam Silverman said.

Jiron is believed to have unlawfully helped Bland avoid capture after the fatal shootings at a trailer in Lowell on Oct. 12, 2023, records show.

State police were notified by Washington Animal Control Officer Robert Lowe that Graves, had called him about 23 times on his home phone, asking him to perform lewd acts.

Police received a call about a domestic shooting at 12:45 AM.

In federal court, an indictment for transporting illegal immigrants from Ireland, and a five year sentence for an assault-related gun violation.

Dow, armed with a broom and a blowtorch, had restrained then harmed a person, police say.

State’s Attorney Kranichfeld said Robin Lawyer made an excited utterance to a neighbor that her son was responsible.

A man with Hartford, CT and Springfield, MA roots used juveniles to do much of his deadly, illegal work, authorities say.

Lawyer has a long history of mental health issues and was found incompetent to stand trial in Vermont Superior Court for a March 2022 charge of aggravated domestic on his parents, who survived that attack.

Lawyer was apprehended after a car chase that began when the suspect’s vehicle was first spotted on Vermont 105 near the Abbey Restaurant.

Douglass was present when Theo Bland fatally shot two ‘plugs’ from Massachusetts, then did not report it, police say.

In 2017, the victim was threatening Gumrukcu and his older brother Murat about going to the FBI with evidence the two Turkish brothers “were defrauding him in a multimillion-dollar oil deal,” court records maintain.

Crossman told police that he tried to pull his father out of the house in an effort to try to get aid for him, police said. His father was found near a door. His wife was in a downstairs bedroom and the teen-ager was in a upstairs bedroom, police said.

Brian Crossman Jr. was arrested for the Sept. 15 murder of his father, stepmother, and stepbrother.

According to the findings of VSP’s 31-year investigation, Carroll Peters fatally shot Cheryl Peters in the head at her Morrisville home.

The state police are now confirming the victims as Brian Crossman Sr., 46; his wife, Erica (Pawlusiak) Crossman, 41; and Erica’s son and Brian’s stepson, Colin Taft, 13, of Pawlet.

The name of the third victim, a pre-teen child, has not been made public

Three bodies were found in the home of Pawlet Selectboard member Brian Crossman. All three victims were shot to death.