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WOODSTOCK â A Windsor County jury acquitted a military veteran of criminal charges on Monday, the state courtsâ first jury trial in 14 months. This marks the resumption of a constitutionally protected practice that had been suspended since the coronavirus pandemic hit Vermont last year.
In a daylong trial in Woodstock that ended late afternoon Monday, the jury found 40-year-old Andrew Hildbrand not guilty of all his four charges. He had been facing two felonies, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, as well as misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment, stemming from a 2016 incident.