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Family Members ID'd As Victims In Vermont Triple Homicide Near NY Border Family Members ID'd As Victims In Vermont Triple Homicide Near NY Border
Family Members ID'd As Victims In Vermont Triple Homicide Near NY Border A man, his wife, and her 13-year-old son found shot to death at their Vermont home along the New York border have been identified by authorities. Related: Triple Homicide: Incident In Small Vermont Town Along Capital Region Border Under Investigation The three were discovered shot to death in the small Rutland County town of Pawlet on Sunday, Sept. 15. The Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday, Sept. 17, completed autopsies on the three victims and has ruled their deaths as homicides. The Vermont State Police confirmed their identities as Brian Crossman Sr., age 46; hi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Triple Homicide: Incident In Small Vermont Town Along NY Border Under Investigation Triple Homicide: Incident In Small Vermont Town Along NY Border Under Investigation
Triple Homicide: Incident In Small Vermont Town Along NY Border Under Investigation The Vermont State Police are asking the public for help after three people were found dead inside a home along the New York border. The incident occurred in the small Rutland County town of Pawlet on Sunday, Sept. 15. According to the Vermont State Police, early Sunday, the police received a call reporting a suspicious person. An investigation led the officers to a residence on Route 133, where troopers located the victims. Following processing of the scene, the victims’ bodies were brought to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington for autopsies to determine the cause and manner…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Missing Hudson Valley Man Dies After Being Caught In Current Of Brook In Vermont, Police Say Missing Hudson Valley Man Dies After Being Caught In Current Of Brook In Vermont, Police Say
Missing Hudson Valley Man Dies After Being Caught In Current Of Brook In Vermont, Police Say A missing Hudson Valley man hiking the Appalachian Trail died after being caught in the current of a brook in Vermont, according to authorities. Dutchess County resident Robert Kerker, age 67, of Rhinebeck, who had been missing since Sunday, July 9, was located about 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 28, by search crews along the Stony Brook in Stockbridge, Vermont, about 1.5 miles downstream from where the trail crossed the brook. According to Vermont State Police, search crews had focused their efforts Friday on the brook after a witness reported seeing Kerker, an experienced hiker, at the Stony Bro…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Actor Treat Williams, Stamford Native, Killed In Crash Actor Treat Williams, Stamford Native, Killed In Crash
Actor Treat Williams, Stamford Native, Killed In Crash Connecticut native and well-known actor Treat Williams best known for his role in the TV show "Everwood" and the movie "Hair," was killed in a crash in Vermont. Williams, who grew up in Fairfield County, in the city of Stamford, was killed around 4:50 p.m., Monday, June 12 in Bennington County on Vermont Route 30 in Dorset. Williams was born in Stamford and grew up in Rowayton, a coastal village in the city of Norwalk. He appeared in hundreds of TV shows and movies, but is most remembered for his portrayal of the suave doctor in "Everwood." His agent Barry McPherson told "People" magazin…

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by Kathy Reakes
Sports
Man Dies After Brawl At Middle School Basketball Game In Vermont (Video) Man Dies After Brawl At Middle School Basketball Game In Vermont (Video)
Man Dies After Brawl At Middle School Basketball Game In Vermont (Video) A brawl that erupted during a middle school boys basketball game in New England appears to have turned deadly. Vermont State Police said 60-year-old Russel Giroux died Tuesday night, Jan. 31, shortly after being involved in a large fight at the Alburgh Community Education Center in the town of Alburgh, Vermont. Troopers were called to the school just before 7 p.m. with reports that a fight had broken out between spectators during a 7th-8th grade game between Alburgh and visiting St. Albans. Video posted on Twitter shows nearly a dozen adults on the court, some throwing punches and yelling…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Two Murder Suspects Apprehended After Police Chase Ends On Taconic Parkway Two Murder Suspects Apprehended After Police Chase Ends On Taconic Parkway
Two Murder Suspects Apprehended After Police Chase Ends On Taconic Parkway Two out-of-state murder suspects were apprehended in the Hudson Valley by the New York State Police after receiving a tip that a Jeep they were traveling in was spotted in New York. The incident began on Tuesday, March 1, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont when Vermont State Police identified a Jeep Wrangler wanted in connection with an ongoing homicide investigation was spotted in Connecticut.  Shortly after receiving a tip from the Vermont State Police, the Jeep and its occupants were spotted traveling on the Taconic State Parkway in Columbia County, near State Route 199 in Milan, said Troope…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Lack Of COVID Test Stops Kidnapper's Bid To Cross Canadian Border With Girl In Trunk Lack Of COVID Test Stops Kidnapper's Bid To Cross Canadian Border With Girl In Trunk
Lack Of COVID Test Stops Kidnapper's Bid To Cross Canadian Border With Girl In Trunk A teenage man who was stopped at the Canadian border for lack of a COVID-19 test had kidnapped a 16-year-old from Connecticut, sexually assaulted her, and put her in the trunk of his car, according to police. The kidnapping was reported in Connecticut when the suspect, 19-year-old Christopher Jesus Constanzo, abducted and sexually assaulted the female victim on Thursday, Dec. 2, according to Vermont State Police.  Constanzo is then reported to have held the victim in the trunk of his car while he drove from Connecticut toward the US border crossing in Highgate Springs, Vermont. Early …

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by Joe Lombardi