A Vermont jury convicted a New Hampshrie man on Friday in the fatal shooting dismemberment of his wife while they were on a trip to mark their one-year wedding anniversary. The panel rejected second-degree murder and manslaughter charges and found Joseph Ferlazzo, 41, guilty of first degree murder, according to VTDigger.com. The deliberations took about …
A judge on Monday ordered a competency evaluation for a Vermont man charged last week with beating his father to death and seriously injuring his mother with a baseball bat. Jordan Lawyer, 29, entered not guilty please to second degree murder, aggravated assault, and eluding police, the VT Digger reported. Prosecutors say Lawyer bashed his …
The 22-year-old son of a Vermont town official has been charged with the murders of his father, stepmother, and 13-year-old stepbrother. Brian Crossman Jr. faces life in prison without parole if found guilty on three counts of aggravated murder, the Brattleboro Reformer reported. He is charged in the weekend deaths of 46-year-old Brian Crossman Sr., …
A Vermont town board member, his wife, and her teenage son were found shot to death in their home over the weekend. Vermont State Police identified the victims as Brian Crossman, 46; Erica Crossman, 41; and Colin Taft, 13. All three deaths were ruled homicides. Police said they responded to a call about a suspicious …
A Vermont man pleaded not guilty in court Friday afternoon to the murder of an 82-year-old neighbor who went missing last week from her Enosburgh home and was found dead on Sunday. Vermont State Police announced Thursday that 23-year-old Darren Martell, who had been living with neighbors directly next door to Roberta Martin, had been …
Update: Authorities have located 12-year-old twins Robert and Colt Rushford. Their non-custodial mother, Heather Rushford, is in custody on undisclosed charges, WCAX reported. No further details were available. Original story: Police in northern Vermont are looking for two twin boys believed to be with their non-custodial mother. Colchester Police said that Robert and Colt Rushford, …
Police in Vermont are investigating after finding the body of a woman in a large container on a river sandbar in Missisquoi State Park. The discovery was made during the search for 29-year-old Kayla Wright, who was reported missing on Saturday, according to Vermont State Police. The remains, found on a sandbar along the Missisquoi …
A Vermont teenager pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to an attempted murder charge after prosecutors said he purposefully struck a man with his car. Surveillance video shows 18-year-old Hamza Velic striking Oliver Reed with the car, causing Reed to flip over Velic’s car as his pants flew off, WCAX reported. Police said that Velic the …
Vermont police and an elderly neighbor are being hailed as heroes for their rescue of two young children who were trapped in the frigid waters of any icy pond, WPTZ-TV reports. Footage of the dramatic December 17 incident, recorded on officers’ body cameras, was released Friday. The video shows Vermont State Trooper Michelle Archer running toward …
Police in Vermont are investigating a triple shooting Saturday night in Burlington that sent three young men of Palestinian descent to the hospital. Burlington Police said the three men, all 20 years old, were visiting a relative for the Thankgsgiving holiday, the Burlington Free Press reported. They were walking on North Prospect Street when they …
Vermont State Police have released a composite sketch of a person of interest in the shooting death of retired Vermont State University dean Honoree Fleming, who was shot dead on a rail trail near the campus. Fleming, 77, was found dead with a gunshot to the back of the head on the on the Delaware …
The Castleton campus of Vermont State University reopens on Monday after a retired dean at the school was found shot to death on a rail trail last week. Honoree Fleming, 77, was killed by a gunshot to the back of the head, an autopsy revealed, WRGB reports. She was found dead on the Delaware and …
