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The Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union sought electronic records related to the department's communications with federal immigration authorities. The sheriff's department would only provide the records in person.

More than four years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the state judiciary is still struggling with an enormous backlog of criminal cases and competing public pressures around how justice should be pursued. To better understand how the system is working, Seven Days and ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý embedded two reporters at the Burlington criminal courthouse for one week.

Vermont’s only women's prison is half a century old and in terrible shape. The state has set aside millions for a new facility but construction is years away.

Legislation that's up for a final vote in the Statehouse this week would allow children as young as 16 to be charged as adults for drug trafficking.

On Thursday, the Vermont Senate passed legislation allowing the use of harm reduction centers, or safe injection sites. The Vermont House passed similar legislation this session. Gov. Scott, however, has indicated he may not sign on.

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.

The Vermont Senate and House have both approved the act, which bans the possession and sale of firearms without serial numbers, also known as ghost guns. It requires individuals to take unserialized guns to a federally licensed gun dealer to engrave serial number on the weapon.

Shant Michael Soghomonian is accused of using fire to damage a building used in interstate commerce. The federal charge carries a five to 20 year prison sentence.

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a 35-year-old man on a charge that he set fire to the door of Sen. Bernie Sanders� Burlington office. A judge also ordered the man to be held in prison while the case is pending

James Parker was 16 when he was part of a conspiracy with his best friend that resulted in the deaths of Half and Susanne Zantop in Hanover, New Hampshire.