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Mac Parker pleads in fraud case

Posted on March 20, 2012 |
By Press release



BURLINGTON — Late Friday the Office of the I.S. Attorney in Vermont said that an Addison man who had gained prominence as a storyteller was involved in fraud that bilked potentially millions of dollars from investors in the “Birth of Innocence” film project.

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Bridport man draws sentence in sex case

Posted on March 19, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



MIDDLEBURY — A Bridport man at a Monday hearing in Addison District Court was sentenced by Judge Helen Toor to six months of house arrest for lewd and lascivious conduct with a child in May 2009.

That six-month sentence given to Jason Ethier, 29, was part of a three-to-15-year suspended sentence agreed to in a plea deal between Ethier’s attorney and state prosecutors for an offense involving a Bristol girl who was 14 at the time.

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Clerk faces no charges in Vergennes death

Posted on February 15, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



MIDDLEBURY — The Champlain Farms clerk in Vergennes who on Sept. 28 restrained a robber wielding a large knife was not responsible for her death during the incident, according to Addison County State’s Attorney David Fenster.

Fenster on Wednesday afternoon released the conclusions of his lengthy review of the circumstances surrounding the death of Yemalla Sprauve, 34, who attempted to rob the Main Street convenience store at 4 a.m. and was found unresponsive by police when they arrived. 

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Mark Snow gets long jail term for sex assault

Posted on December 15, 2011 |
By Christian Woodard



MIDDLEBURY — Mark A. Snow, 41, of Middlebury on Tuesday was sentenced to five years to life in prison for sexually assaulting a young woman on Jan. 1, 2010. Following sentencing by Judge Nancy Corsones in Addison County Superior Court, Criminal Division, Snow was taken to the Marble Valley Correctional Facility in Rutland.

“We were hoping for more, but the judge, after reviewing all the material, felt that five to life was an appropriate sentence,” said Deputy State’s Attorney Christopher Perkett.

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Robinson tapped for Supreme Court vacancy

Posted on October 20, 2011 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Addison County resident Beth Robinson’s impressive resume got a little more stellar on Tuesday. The longtime attorney, victorious co-counsel in the Baker v. Vermont marriage equality case, and current general counsel to Gov. Peter Shumlin learned that she will serve on the state’s highest court.

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Teacher pleads guilty to possession of child porn

Posted on October 17, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



RUTLAND — Former elementary school teacher Will Parini, 29, of Starksboro pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography last Thursday at the U.S. District Court in Rutland.

An FBI investigation, which stemmed from an investigation in Texas, led to Parini’s arrest in March. He was charged with possession and distribution of child pornography. At the time he was a music teacher at Bristol Elementary School and Robinson Elementary School in Starksboro.

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Starksboro music teacher implicated in child porn case

Posted on March 24, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



STARKSBORO — Elementary school teacher, private guitar tutor and local musician Will J. Parini, 28, of Starksboro was arrested last Thursday, March 17, on a federal charge for one count of distributing child pornography. The arrest came exactly one week after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed a court-authorized search warrant for Parini’s Route 116 home in Starksboro.

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