
Alan J. Keays
Criminal Justice Reporter at VTDigger
Journalist at https://t.co/RpyPS4Khf4 .Previously, Portsmouth Herald
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1 week ago |
vtdigger.org | Alan J. Keays
The alleged leader of the Zizians, Jack LaSota, already jailed in Maryland on state misdemeanor drug and gun charges, has now been indicted on a federal felony firearms offense. The Zizians have been connected to a cross-country string of homicides, including the fatal shooting earlier this year of a border patrol agent in northern Vermont.
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vtdigger.org | Alan J. Keays
Vermont State Police say they are investigating the suspicious death of a woman whose body was found along the side of a road in Woodbury. Authorities have released few details of the ongoing investigation, which they reported began around 3:30 p.m. Thursday after police received a call that a body had been found at a roadside pull-off along Route 14.
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vtdigger.org | Alan J. Keays
RUTLAND ‚ÄĒ A Vermont man who prosecutors say was behind a hacking operation used to steal personal information from tens of thousands of people has pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge in Vermont. Nicholas Moses, 34, of Newport, who also uses the online alias ‚Äúscrublord,‚ÄĚ entered his guilty plea Wednesday in federal court in Rutland to a charge of conspiracy to commit fraud through the use of computers.
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buff.ly | Alan J. Keays
RUTLAND — A Vermont man who prosecutors say was behind a hacking operation used to steal personal information from tens of thousands of people has pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge in Vermont. Nicholas Moses, 34, of Newport, who also uses the online alias “scrublord,” entered his guilty plea Wednesday in federal court in Rutland to a charge of conspiracy to commit fraud through the use of computers.
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vnews.com | Alan J. Keays
BURLINGTON — A federal judge has ordered a competency hearing for a California man accused of setting a fire at the Burlington office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders a little more than a year ago. Judge William K. Sessions III said Monday in federal court in Burlington that a hearing to take testimony on the competency of 36-year-old ShantSoghomonian would be set within the next 30 days.
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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