Criminal Justice & Public Safety

There is no indication of any increase in federal law enforcement activity at this time, according to Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak. But she said she wants the city to be prepared.

A 28-year old woman held at Chittenden County Regional Correction Facility died last month from complications caused by a MRSA infection, according to her death certificate.

A special docket aimed at reducing a backlog of low-level offenses in Chittenden County has cleared just over 700 cases. The governor is pushing to expand the initiative to other counties.

A state oversight panel voted Wednesday to temporarily suspend Windsor County Sheriff Ryan Palmer’s law enforcement certification while the criminal case against him is pending. Gov. Phil Scott, meanwhile, said Palmer should resign.

Following a Vermont Public story about a Burlington filmmaker who avoided criminal charges, lawmakers are seeking to extend the statute of limitations for voyeurism and the non-consensual disclosure of sexually explicit images.

Titus Peters, 42, was found unresponsive in his cell at Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Mississippi, a private prison that holds 150 Vermonters.

Windsor County Sheriff Ryan Palmer on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to charges that he paid three women to watch him masturbate, stalked two of them, and tried to cover up his actions.

A federal judge on Tuesday appointed Nick Deml, the former head of Vermont’s prison system, to take over Rikers Island, the troubled New York City jail.

Jaime Gomez, who was shot and injured by the Ludlow police chief on New Year’s Day, faces charges for allegedly lunging at the officer with a knife.

A 28-year-old woman held at Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility died over the weekend after being transferred to the hospital, according to the Department of Corrections.