Tucked away in the back of the City Center building in downtown Montpelier, a small group of volunteers worked on a recent Tuesday to unload over 700 pounds of food just transported from the Vermont Foodbank's warehouse in Barre. Within a few hours, the metal shelves they stocked would be nearly bare once again.
Brian Crossman Jr., 22, a resident of Granville, New York, is facing three counts of aggravated murder in the fatal shootings of his father, stepmother and stepbrother, according to Vermont State Police.
Police say Jerry Normandin, 65, sexually abused a juvenile over a two-year span while he was awaiting trial on charges related to two other sexual abuse cases that involved young males.
The Saturday night fire caused heavy smoke and fire damage to The Mad Taco and neighboring Charlie-O’s, a longtime Montpelier watering hole. State fire marshal investigators were on the scene Sunday morning.
A state police affidavit details what led up to a December prison assault that left 55-year-old Jeffrey Hall seriously injured. Hall died last week, having never left the hospital.
At a Tuesday morning press conference, police said advances in DNA testing helped lead them to Curran’s killer, identified as William DeRoos. Curran was found dead in her Burlington apartment on July 20, 1971. The suspect died in California in 1986, according to police.