Joseph Gresser

1 week ago | bartonchronicle.com | Joseph Gresser |Tracy Davis Pierce

by Joseph GresserNEWPORT — A Newport Center woman is facing four charges of reckless endangerment and one of reckless or grossly negligent driving after police say she rear-ended two vehicles on April 6. Forty-six-year-old Jana Leigh appeared in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court and pled innocent to the five misdemeanors. District Court Judge Rory Thibault released Ms. Leigh on conditions.

3 weeks ago | bartonchronicle.com | Joseph Gresser |Tracy Davis Pierce

by Joseph GresserNEWPORT — In an affidavit filed in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court, Newport City Police Detective James LeClair said he along with fellow Newport officers Sergeant Nicholas Rivers, and Patrolmen Joshua Lillis and Tanner Jacobs, were called to a home on Short Spring Street to investigate a call.

1 month ago | bartonchronicle.com | Joseph Gresser |Tracy Davis Pierce

by Joseph GresserNEWPORT — Roger Pion, 47, of North Troy pled innocent to a felony charge of selling cocaine and to violating an extreme risk protection order. Judge Rory Thibault, sitting in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court, released Mr. Pion on conditions. According to the affidavit submitted by Vermont State Police Detective Sergeant Steven Fauteux, ….

1 month ago | bartonchronicle.com | Joseph Gresser |Tracy Davis Pierce

by Joseph GresserBARRE — After a spectacular 19-1 season and a strong playoff run, the girls of North Country Union High School earned their way to the Division 2 championship game Sunday. It was the Falcons’ fourth winner-take-all game in the past four years and, for the third time, they faced the Fair Haven Union High School Slaters. North Country beat Fair Haven 49-38 in 2021, and lost to the Slaters by a score of 55-50 last year.

1 month ago | bartonchronicle.com | Joseph Gresser |Tracy Davis Pierce

by Joseph GresserNEWPORT — Judge Rory Thibault, sitting in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court, set bail at $10,000 for Brandon Cote, 34, of Newport. Mr. Cote pled innocent to two felony charges of selling cocaine along with charges of possession of cocaine and narcotics. In the first of three affidavits, Vermont State Police Detective Sergeant Steven Fauteux said he was part of the Vermont Drug Task Force and was focusing an investigation on Mr. Cote and a woman.