Criminal Justice & Public Safety

Two officers opened fire on James Crary of Newport, New Hampshire, as he was accelerating toward them in a vehicle, according to state police.

Scott Garvey moved to Vermont to be closer to his family and get better mental health treatment. A week after he arrived he was shot and killed by state police while in the midst of a mental health crisis.

Teresa Youngblut is part of a group of young computer scientists connected to six killings in three states. She initially faced weapons charges after the fatal shooting of agent David Maland in January but was charged with murder in a new indictment made public Thursday.

Nick Deml came to Vermont after seven years working at the CIA. He’d never worked in corrections before and was tasked with navigating the pandemic, reforming a toxic workplace culture, and addressing an acute staffing shortage.

The Vermont Agency of Education said it was unaware that a recent hire, whose job included shooting video in schools, had previously been investigated and faced a civil lawsuit for secretly filming two teenage girls in a changing room.

Nick Deml, the commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections, will step down from the post on Aug. 15. In a press release on Monday, Gov. Phil Scott said former Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad will take over as interim commissioner.

Vermont’s prison population has risen back near pre-pandemic levels, largely driven by an increase in people held pre-trial, according to the Department of Corrections.

Authorities say the trooper saw what he believed was a firearm in the man's hand and the man didn’t respond to commands, according to a press release from Vermont State Police.

Ten years ago, two dangerous convicts made a daring escape from the state prison in Dannemora. The sprawling, three-week manhunt that followed captivated northern New York and the country and sowed a tense fear around the North Country.

Teresa Youngblut, who is charged in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, has appeared in Vermont federal court in Burlington in one of multiple criminal cases linked to a cultlike group known as Zizians.