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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Dozens of protesters accused state and local police of using excessive force and helping federal immigration agents facilitate the detention of three people from a house in South Burlington last month. -
Two people held in Vermont prisons have died recently. Both men, held at different facilities, died after being transferred to hospitals. -
Officer Jeffrey Baur pleaded not guilty on Friday to two counts of reckless endangerment. The charges stem from an incident in August where Baur shot at a car with two juveniles inside. -
Two local police agencies have denied Vermont Public’s request for body camera footage from the scene of the chaotic immigration raid in South Burlington, and Vermont State Police said they need more time to review the records before releasing them. -
Since the raid on March 11, all three people detained by ICE have been released and police have faced scrutiny from lawmakers over their role in the botched immigration enforcement action. -
State and local law enforcement officials, speaking to a panel of lawmakers on Thursday, defended their agencies’ actions during last week’s violent clash between police and protesters in South Burlington during a federal immigration enforcement action. -
The federal government plans to resume deportation proceedings against Mohsen Mahdawi, a Vermont resident and pro-Palestinian activist who was detained in prison for two weeks last year. -
Attorney General Charity Clark announced Friday her office wouldn’t prosecute Ludlow Police Chief Jeffrey Warfle after he shot an 18-year-old who lunged at him with a knife. -
We’re still learning more about the chaotic scene that unfolded in South Burlington Wednesday night. Here’s what we know right now.
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A 24-year old Mexican man sought by federal immigration officers was not in the South Burlington house that authorities raided last night, the U.S. attorney's office said. None of the three people removed from the house has been identified.
