Liam Elder-Connors
Senior ReporterLiam is Vermont Public’s public safety reporter, focusing on law enforcement, courts and the prison system.
Liam has worked at Vermont Public since 2015 and has reported several special projects, including an investigation into one of the state's prominent landlords and a series of remembrances of Vermonters killed by COVID-19. In 2018, he reported and co-hosted JOLTED, a five-part podcast about an averted school shooting and was a finalist for the Livingston Award for his work on that project.
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A $3 million renovation of the Essex County courthouse is on pause after an inspection determined municipal water pressure wasn’t strong enough to support the fire suppression system. -
Vermont State Police are investigating the death of a 68-year-old man at the state prison in Springfield. Authorities say the death does not appear suspicious. -
Public safety officials are urging people to avoid driving on Monday as an ice storm brings potentially dangerous conditions to Vermont. -
Researchers at the University of Vermont have named a new species of Christmas fern after Hilda White, who has been a volunteer at the school’s herbarium for nearly 30 years. -
A court-ordered evaluation determined that Jason Eaton, the man accused of shooting three Palestinian college students in Burlington two years ago, is competent to stand trial. Eaton’s attorneys have hired their own expert to conduct an evaluation. -
Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos pleaded no contest to a drunk driving charge on Tuesday and received a six-month deferred probationary sentence over the objections of prosecutors. -
Sarah Hunter, 32, was found dead in Pawlet nearly 40 years ago. The case went unresolved until David Morrison confessed to the crime last summer. -
Burlington city councilors last week unanimously signed off on a list of legislative priorities that included getting approval to use automatic license plate readers to enforce speed limits and monitor red lights. The legal landscape around the devices is murky. -
State employees return to required in-person work starting this week, after a superior court judge denied a request to halt the implementation of Gov. Phil Scott’s return-to-office order. -
Vermont law requires the court to appoint a guardian ad litem whenever the Department for Children and Families tries to take a child into its custody. The judiciary says the state could use more people to fill that role.
