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BRATTLEBORO â A former Vermont State Police trooper pleaded not guilty this week to the repeated sexual assault of a child in 2002-2004, starting when she was 11 years old.
Todd Chisholm, 56, now of North Brookfield, Mass., was arraigned Monday in Windham criminal court. He had been arrested on a warrant at his parentâs home in Massachusetts last week, and released on conditions on Christmas Eve. Chisholm left the state police in 2001, after 13 years as a trooper.
According to Windham County Deputy Stateâs Attorney David Gartenstein, Chisholm appeared at his arraignment Monday from his attorney David Sleighâs office in St. Johnsbury.
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BRATTLEBORO â The wrong-way driver who crashed head-on into a van on Interstate 91 in Dummerston 11 days ago was finally arraigned Thursday, remotely from Brattleboro Memorial Hospital.
Bernard McDonald, 65, of Westborough, Mass., pleaded not guilty to the 19 counts that have been filed by Windham County Deputy State s Attorney Steven Brown in the case. McDonald is charged with four counts of drunk driving, injury resulting, along with 10 counts of reckless endangerment, for driving down the interstate at speeds of up to 100 miles an hour, and going the wrong way, among other charges.
McDonald, who participated in the 30-minute court hearing by telephone, gave only mono-syllabic answers to a couple of questions posed by Windham Superior Court Judge Michael Kainen, except to say, I m Bernie McDonald, I m here to the judge s question.
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BRATTLEBORO The wrong-way driver who crashed head-on into a van on Interstate 91 in Dummerston 11 days ago was finally arraigned Thursday, remotely from Brattleboro Memorial Hospital.
Bernard McDonald, 65, of Westborough, Mass., pleaded not guilty to the 19 counts that have been filed by Windham County Deputy State s Attorney Steven Brown in the case. McDonald is charged with four counts of drunk driving, injury resulting, along with 10 counts of reckless endangerment, for driving down the interstate at speeds of up to 100 miles an hour, going the wrong way, among other charges.
McDonald, who participated in the 30-minute court hearing by telephone, gave only mono-syllabic answers to a couple of questions posed by Windham Superior Court Judge Michael Kainen, except to say, I m Bernie McDonald, I m here to the judge s question.
Driver accused in wrong-way crash faces felony DUI charges
December 21, 2020 GMT
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) A Massachusetts man accused of driving the wrong way on Interstate 91 and causing a head-on crash that injured five people is now facing four felony drunken driving charges.
Bernard J. McDonald, 65, of Westborough, Massachusetts, was expected be released from Brattleboro Memorial Hospital on Monday and arraigned later in the day, Windham County Deputy State’s Attorney Steven Brown told the Brattleboro Reformer.
McDonald had been arraigned on 15 charges last week. His lawyer pleaded not guilty on his behalf.
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He’s now facing two counts of driving under the influence with serious injury resulting and two counts of driving under the influence with his alcohol blood count above the legal limit with injury resulting. His lawyer declined to comment on the charges.
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BRATTLEBORO The Massachusetts man accused of driving the wrong way on Interstate 91 on Sunday, Dec. 13, causing a head-on collision and injuring five people, now faces four drunk driving charges.
Bernard J. McDonald, 65, of Westborough, Mass., is scheduled to be released from Brattleboro Memorial Hospital on Monday and will be arraigned at Windham criminal court later in the day, according to Windham County Deputy State s Attorney Steven Brown.
McDonald had been arraigned on 15 charges in absentia with the consent of his court-appointed lawyer last week so that court officials could impose conditions on his movements after release from the hospital. He was ordered not to drive nor consume alcoholic beverages.