Tag: cops-courts
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Victim Speaks Out Against Attacker at Sentencing
By Maggie Cassidy Valley News Staff Writer White River Junction — In a powerful victim’s impact statement read while his family wept and consoled each other in the courtroom, a 27-year-old Vermont man told his abuser that the man had “murdered (his) soul,” but that he would persevere through the alleged yearslong sexual trauma that […]
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Vermont Amber Alert Ends With Mother’s Arrest in Lyme
By Maggie Cassidy Valley News Staff Writer Lyme — A 49-year-old mother is awaiting extradition to face felony charges in Vermont, where authorities allege she abducted her biological son from his foster family near Bennington before transporting him to the Upper Valley, where she was apprehended Monday night. An Amber Alert was issued around 8:30 […]
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Perriello Gets 35 Years to Life; Sentence Is Harshest Possible For Man Who Killed Wife
By Maggie Cassidy Valley News Staff Writer Newport — James W. Perriello received the maximum sentence for the shooting death of his wife, teacher Natalie Perriello, following a heart-wrenching hearing on Wednesday where the oldest of the couple’s four children confronted her father for the first time since the murder, and Perriello apologized for what […]
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