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The case of Myles Hall once again highlights the difficulties in dealing with Vermont statutes for both prosecutors, criminal defendants, and mental health advocates to fairly balance an acceptable level of community safety with how we treat fellow citizens with mental health issues caught up in the criminal justice system.
An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for a Chicopee, Massachusetts teen wanted in a brutal mid-day stabbing incident in February that left one man dead in the roadway of a Pownal trailer park as local children made their way home from school.
Bennington Judge Kerry McDonald-Cady shot down a defense motion Thursday morning asking for the release from custody of a defendant accused in a 2023 shooting in which he is facing a possible life sentence for attempted murder. The charge against Arron O Shea stems from allegedly shooting at a friend multiple times at close range, hitting the victim at least one time, in a wooded area in Bennington known as “the desert.”