Vermont State Police

A Rhode Island man who was shot and injured by Vermont State Police last month pleaded not guilty to more than a dozen charges, including attempted aggravated murder. Police say Brenden Sackal led law enforcement agencies on a vehicle pursuit and opened fire first.

Vermont State Police Sgt. Joshua Mikkola and trooper Richard Berlandy, who are both assigned to the Derby barracks, shot Brendan Sackal, 30, multiple times Sunday night after Sackal led multiple law enforcement agencies on a pursuit through northern New Hampshire and Vermont. Sackal opened fire on the troopers first, according to Vermont State Police.

Vermont State Police say Gary Larocque, 40, of Brownington shot and killed Gunnar Watson, 27, at his home in Wheelock. No charges will be filed because Larocque killed himself two weeks after the homicide.

The settlement covers Greg Bombard's 2018 arrest by a state trooper who said Bombard flipped him the middle finger — and a second, related citation nearly six years later, on Christmas Day.

Vermont State Police said on Tuesday that a skull found in Cavendish four years ago belongs to Bryan Gomez, a 48-year-old man who disappeared in 2010.

Vermont State Police announced last week that they’d identified the parents of an infant who was found dead on the side of the road in Northfield in 1982. Law enforcement officials say no criminal charges will be filed.

There are more than 80 unsolved homicides and missing persons cases in Vermont. These decades-old investigations present unique challenges: witnesses and detectives who worked the case may be dead, physical evidence can deteriorate and the case files can be hard to find.

Two Vermont State Police troopers accused of using excessive force during an incident in Newfane in 2022 will have their case moved to diversion, a confidential process that can lead to the charges being dismissed and the records sealed.

Law enforcement officials are now offering $40,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the recovery of Brianna Maitland, who disappeared 20 years ago in Montgomery.

The fundraising site Help a Hero described 41-year-old Cpl. Eric Vitali as having suffered life-threatening injuries.