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The Department for Children and Families, citing staffing shortages and a lack of facilities, wants lawmakers to delay implementation of a law that would bring 19-year-olds into the juvenile justice system. But recently published research found the system wasn’t overwhelmed when Vermont brought 18-year-olds into family court.

Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos, who pleaded not guilty to a DUI charge this week, is on medical leave, according to her lawyer. In a statement to reporters, Vekos� attorney said she’d be on leave for a “short duration.�

The bill creates a new crime for "attempted auto theft," which allows up to 5 years in jail.

According to justice officials, Scott's proposed budget doesn't fund all the positions needed to manage a backlog of pending criminal cases.

Addison County state’s attorney Eva Vekos was arraigned on Monday on a charge that she allegedly drove drunk to a crime scene in late January. She pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Michael Major, a former deputy sheriff in Chittenden County who represented the Vermont Police Association, made a dismissive and profane comment about a migrant worker afraid of being reported to immigration authorities.

In early September, Jeffery Nichols, 35, died from a fentanyl overdose in the state prison in St. Albans after just over a day in custody. His death is being investigated by several state agencies, but those inquiries are ongoing, and the Nichols� family is desperate to know what happened in the final hours of their son’s life.

A southern Vermont school district has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that administrators failed to protect five sisters from bullying after one of them accused a classmate of rape.

Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos, in an email, told police chiefs she wouldn’t appear in person at a meeting because she no longer felt safe around law enforcement. Her email came less than a week after state police arrested her for allegedly driving drunk to a crime scene.

In a new lawsuit, the mother of a Black teen with behavioral and intellectual disabilities says Burlington police pinned her son on the ground and handcuffed him before paramedics injected the teen with a powerful � and controversial � sedative.