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Police / Fire / Courts

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 …

Dartmouth Student Faces Stolen Property Charge

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 …

Green Mountain Lawmakers Pass Plate Reader Restrictions

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 …

Lebanon Man Charged With Sex Assault of Minor

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Grafton — A Lebanon man was indicted on three felony counts of sex assault, one felony count of sex assault, and two misdemeanor counts of sex assault, for repeated alleged conduct with a then 14-year-old in Grafton Superior Court yesterday. The incidents occurred between September and December 2012 …

Sharon Man in Auto Fatality Case Pulls Guilty Plea

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

White River Junction — A Sharon resident charged with drunk driving in a 2011 collision that killed one person and seriously injured another backed out of a hearing yesterday in which he was expected to plead guilty. The …

Boston: Good Samaritan Reunites With N.H. Couple’s Son

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

One week after two explosions rained terror on a city, put a nation on edge and altered the lives of more than 180 people forever, two men who have come to represent the horror and humanity of the …

Hanover Chief Still Recovering, Uncertain of Return Time

Friday, May 17, 2013

Hanover — Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone, on medical leave since suffering a stroke in February, is hoping eventually to return to work, but it may be several more months before the town knows if he will be able to regain enough strength to carry out his duties, …

Hartland Native Felt Boston Marathon Blast

Monday, April 22, 2013

Dave Fortier wasn’t sure how he was going to feel when he finished last week’s Boston Marathon, but when he saw the 22-mile marker, he felt pretty good. At that point, it was the farthest the Hartland native …

Highway Patrols Reached to Upper Valley

Saturday, April 20, 2013

West Lebanon — The manhunt watched around the world yesterday stretched as far as the Upper Valley: Vermont State Police troopers fanned out around border areas, and to Hartford, in the event suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar A. …

Judge: Thetford Stun Gun Case Can Proceed

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Chelsea — A judge has ruled that a Vermont State Police trooper who fired a stun gun at an unarmed Thetford man and killing him, is not entitled to legal immunity in a lawsuit filed by the man’s girlfriend. In a blow to state police’s defense, Orange Superior …

Racial Bias Complaint Dismissed

Friday, April 19, 2013

Hartford — A federal judge has dismissed a Wilder man’s claims that he was subjected to excessive force by Hartford police officers because he was black, saying there was insufficient evidence to support his contention that officers were …

Police: $500 in Liquor Stolen From Skunk Hollow Tavern

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Hartland — The Vermont State Police are looking for a suspect who broke into Skunk Hollow Tavern and walked away with about $500 worth of liquor. The suspect entered the Hartland tavern, located at 12 Brownsville Road, between 2 a.m. and 10 a.m. yesterday. Police believe the suspect …

Police Cleared In Shooting Grafton Man

Thursday, April 18, 2013

New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney yesterday ruled that police officers in Walpole, N.H., were justified in fatally shooting a Grafton man after he committed an armed robbery, initiated a high-speed chase and brandished a weapon that turned …