More than 100 police officers sought 63 suspects for drug-related crimes in Operation County Strike, the largest such raid in Vermont history.
1/16/2013
Album ID: 1596590
Photos by Peter Crabtree
'A Probable Child Homicide'
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Five years after the disappearance of Jaliek Rainwalker, 12, of Greenwich, N.Y., police say he is the probable victim of a homicide. At a press conference Thursday, his grandparents asked that anyone with knowledge of the case step forward.
12/13/2012
Album ID: 1582171
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Silent No More
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Staff and supporters of the Project Against Violent Encounters observed Sexual Assault Awareness Month with a bell ringing ceremony Tuesday outside the Bennington Town Office. Red flags representing the 129 people who sough...t help from PAVE or the Bennington Child Advocacy Center last year dotted the lawn. John Lamson, an attorney with Have Justice Will Travel, read a men's pledge against violence.
4/10/2012
Album ID: 1448588
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Slocum Sentenced to Maximum
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Matthew Slocum, in a rare display of emotion, listens to a victim's impact statement Friday before being sentenced to 101 years to life in prison for the 2011 murders of his mother, stepfather and stepbrother in White Creek, N.Y.
3/30/2012
Album ID: 1442344
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Slocum Guilty of Murders, Arson
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A Washington County jury has found Matthew Slocum guilty of murdering his mother, stepfather and stepbrother in White Creek, N.Y., last July. The evidence that convicted him included a photo taken in a New Hampshire pawn shop where he sold his mother's jewelry after shooting her. The photo was projected in court during the prosecution's closing argument. The defense argued that Slocum's girlfriend was responsible for the murders, citing blood stains on a blue shirt that belonged to her.
3/8/2012
Album ID: 1429588
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Concerned Parents
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Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette meets Thursday with Monument Elementary School parents in the wake of the arrest of a fifth grade teacher for allegedly possessing child pornography. Doucette emphasized that there was no evidence that students at the school had been harmed. Teacher John C. Dockum is due to appear in court Monday to be arraigned on the felony charge.
2/2/2012
Album ID: 1407837
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Drug Bust
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Bennington Police executed a search warrant Wednesday on Benmont Avenue and seized heroin and crack cocaine. Three men and a young woman were arrested. They are due to be arraigned in Bennington Superior Court on Thursday.
11/9/2011
Album ID: 1359190
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Van Vleck Not Guilty
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Russ Van Vleck and his family react Wednesday to a jury verdict finding him not guilty of manslaughter in the 2009 death of his 5-week-old son, Colin.
11/3/2011
Album ID: 1354141
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Closing Arguments
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Prosecution and defense attorneys deliver closing arguments Tuesday during Russ Van Vleck's trial in Bennington Superior Court, Criminal Division, for the manslaughter of his 5-week-old son, Colin.
11/1/2011
Album ID: 1353599
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Van Vleck Trial
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Russ Van Vleck of Arlington went on trial for manslaughter Monday for the alleged shaking death of his 5-week-old son, Colin, in 2009. A jury in Bennington Superior Court, Criminal Division, heard state Medical Examiner Steven Shapiro testify. Photos of Van Vleck performing CPR on a doll were also admitted into evidence.
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