{"id":541088,"date":"2023-05-31T16:14:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T20:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/?page_id=541088"},"modified":"2025-06-03T17:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T21:59:26","slug":"public-safety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/public-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Coventry shooting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The fatal shooting of a border patrol agent in Coventry in January 2025 led VTDigger\u2019s reporters to help uncover a dark network of people known by some as \u201cthe Zizians.\u201d Authorities have tied the group to a half-dozen homicides around the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Attorney seeks sentencing delay for leader of murder-for-hire plot that killed Vermont man<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t

Prosecutors oppose a delay, contending that Serhat Gumrukcu faces a mandatory life-in-prison sentence and any additional time to prepare for the hearing won\u2019t change that.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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After post-release transports scrapped, lawmakers consider how to handle rides to and from prison<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t

Last month, the state phased out a system, started during Covid-19, that provided rides for people leaving prison. It\u2019s only the latest change to a beleaguered judicial transport system. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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U.S. attorney general to decide whether to seek death penalty for double slaying in Vermont<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t

A federal prosecutor told a judge Monday in the case against Theodore Bland that they are waiting on a decision from Pamela Bondi on whether to pursue his execution. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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For Vermont survivors of orphanage abuse, the restorative justice process is over. The journey is not.<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t

\u201cFor some, this will complete their healing,\u201d one said at the dedication of a memorial at Burlington\u2019s shuttered St. Joseph\u2019s Orphanage. \u201cFor others, there\u2019s still much to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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