Jim Kenyon: Power Play
Sunday, May 19, 2013
I’ve long thought that Hanover police arrest Dartmouth students for underage drinking to make money for the town. Maybe pumping up the town coffers isn’t the cops’ only motivation, though. Arresting underage drinkers can be quite the power trip, too, or so it seems from a recent case. In underage drinking cases involving 18- to 20-year-olds, Hanover cops decide who goes to court and who doesn’t. Students who don’t play …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Hanover — A 22-year-old Dartmouth senior was arrested early Friday morning and faces charges of receiving stolen property, Hanover police said. Maurice L. Johnson, of Gatesville, N.C., allegedly entered a room where an alumnus was sleeping around 2 a.m. Friday and took cash and valuables from the man, Hanover police said yesterday. Police did not identify the alleged victim. Johnson is being held …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Montpelier — Vermont lawmakers this week approved a bill to regulate for the first time police use of automatic license plate readers and require law enforcement to dispose of the potentially sensitive information after 18 months. The measure, which Gov. Peter Shumlin told the Valley News he is likely to sign, represented a compromise measure between civil liberties advocates, who worry that plate …