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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Richard Davis, 78, of Orleans, died Saturday morning at Southern State Correctional Facility. The Department of Corrections says his death does not appear suspicious. -
A man who was shot and wounded by a Burlington police officer on Sunday is facing charges related to the incident, according to court records. -
Newport will pay $30,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former municipal employee who says his constitutional rights were violated when he was banned from all city property for a year. -
After more than a decade of delays and turmoil, the redevelopment of Burlington’s downtown mall — a site that became known derisively as “the pit” — is nearing completion. -
A Burlington police officer shot at someone Sunday night after an hours-long standoff at a housing complex. Vermont State Police are investigating the incident, according to a press release. -
Eight municipalities in Vermont have adopted "situation tables" — regular meetings of law enforcement and social services agencies that are meant to coordinate responses to intertwined social challenges, like poverty and addiction, that can sometimes lead to crime. -
A St. Johnsbury cop who was shot and wounded last December won’t face any charges for firing his own gun at his alleged assailant. -
Vermont renewed an agreement with federal immigration authorities to hold detainees in state prisons. The new contract increases the fee per detainee that the feds must pay. -
The lawsuit, filed this month in Franklin County civil court, alleges that prison staff didn’t provide adequate care to their son, who died from an apparent drug overdose in 2023. -
Teresa Youngblut, 21, pleaded not guilty on Friday to new charges, including murder, related to the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont earlier this year. If convicted, Youngblut could be sentenced to death.
