Alan J. Keays
Criminal Justice Reporter at VTDigger
Journalist at https://t.co/RpyPS4Khf4 .Previously, Portsmouth Herald
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6 days ago |
vtdigger.org | Alan J. Keays
BURLINGTON — A federal jury has convicted the accused leader of a murder-for-hire plot of all charges brought against him in the 2018 killing in Vermont of a former business partner. The 12-member jury returned its verdict Friday in federal court in Burlington in the case of 42-year-old Serhat Gumrukcu, finding him guilty of three felony counts: murder for hire, conspiracy to commit murder for hire and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
‘I did not,’ accused leader of murder-for-hire plot tells jurors when asked if he ordered deadly hit
1 week ago |
vtdigger.org | Alan J. Keays
BURLINGTON — The accused leader of a murder-for-hire plot that killed a Vermont man more than seven years ago took the stand in his own defense and denied that he was involved in the deadly scheme or ordered the hit. Serhat Gumrukcu did admit during his testimony, which began Monday and continued through Wednesday, that he lied to FBI agents who questioned him during the murder investigation.
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1 week ago |
vtdigger.org | Alan J. Keays
The deaths of two people whose bodies were found this week in a home in Eden were the result of a homicide and suicide, according to Vermont State Police. The two have been identified as David Buchanon, 78, and his wife, Karol Buchanon, 70, who both lived at the home where their bodies were found, state police said in a release Friday. “Autopsy results and the investigation indicate David shot Karol before shooting himself,” the release stated, noting both wounds were gunshots to the head.
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2 weeks ago |
openlegalblogarchive.org | Alan J. Keays
An investigation by Vermont State Police is underway into the deaths of two people found inside a home Wednesday afternoon in Eden. The bodies of the two deceased are expected to be taken to Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington for autopsies to determine the cause and manner of death, Vermont State Police stated in a press release Wednesday evening.
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2 weeks ago |
vtdigger.org | Alan J. Keays
An investigation by Vermont State Police is underway into the deaths of two people found inside a home Wednesday afternoon in Eden. The bodies of the two deceased are expected to be taken to Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington for autopsies to determine the cause and manner of death, Vermont State Police stated in a press release Wednesday evening.
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Here's what some recent public records requests have brought to light - New video shows no aid provided for at least 2 minutes after police shot a man in McDonald’s in Rutland https://t.co/9bivSUNz9t via @vtdigger
Update: Judge on Thursday afternoon set a hearing on the matter of whether the records will stay secret - though not soon - for Dec. 28. Prosecutors want EB-5 records kept secret ‘however unsatisfying’ to ‘the media, or the Vermont public’ https://t.co/YYw1yrsM1p via @vtdigger
Breaking: Franklin County Judge Martin Maley has issued an order dismissing nonviolent misdemeanor cases pending prior to 2021 in that county due to a long backlog of cases pending in the criminal court. Story TK. #vtdigger #vtpoli