Robert Morrell pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Police said he shot Kevin Temple on Thursday afternoon on a road where both men live in Montgomery.
"Our courts are staffed by deputies who are overseen by the sheriff," said Hon. Martin Maley on Monday. "I guess at the least, that presents a possible appearance of conflict of interest, which I think we should try to avoid."
In a highly unusual event, a Vermont police officer is heading to prison for using force while on duty. Former St. Alban’s officer Jason Lawton was sentenced to three months in prison this week for punching a handcuffed woman in 2019.