Bennington Courthouse News Today

A Bennington judge released both defendants on bail with conditions in the 2022 murder of Massachusetts teenager Isaiah Rodriguez after finding no probable cause in two out of the three counts initially charged in the case.

A Bennington judge released both defendants on bail with conditions in the 2022 murder of Massachusetts teenager Isaiah Rodriguez after finding no probable cause in two out of the three counts initially charged in the case.

Three individuals, all traveling to Vermont from New York City and ranging in age from their mid-forties to over fifty-seven, were arraigned Tuesday afternoon at the Bennington courthouse on charges they burglarized the Brooks Brothers outlet in Manchester, stole over $21,000 in merchandise, then attempted to elude Manchester police officers on a low-speed chase that ended when Bennington officers, alerted to the ongoing chase, deployed “spike strips” twice to eventually stop the fle...

A young homeless man who was working at Hannaford supermarket in Bennington while living with his girlfriend in a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck he allegedly stole in Albany in September was arraigned Tuesday at the Bennington Courthouse on three counts related to the stolen vehicle.

Two felony cases seated juries Tuesday afternoon in anticipation of upcoming trials at the Bennington courthouse beginning Wednesday morning.

The one-day trial for convicted sexual offender Ryan Trapani at the Bennington Superior Courthouse on a charge of failure to comply with a sex offender registry ended in a mistrial after the jury became hopelessly deadlocked after several hours of unsuccessful deliberations.

Two well-known Bennington attorneys – seasoned prosecutor Alexander Burke and accomplished public defender Susan McManus – at the Bennington Courthouse are among a small group of lawyers nominated by Governor Phil Scott to become Vermont’s newest Superior Court judges.

Two well-known Bennington attorneys – seasoned prosecutor Alexander Burke and accomplished public defender Susan McManus – at the Bennington Courthouse are among a small group of lawyers nominated by Governor Phil Scott to become Vermont’s newest Superior Court judges.

Michael J. Arnold, 65, of Schuylerville, N.Y., pleaded not guilty in Vermont Superior Criminal Court in Bennington, Vt., to charges accusing him of flying a private airplane to harass and

BENNINGTON — Michael J. Arnold appeared again in Vermont Superior Criminal Court in Bennington on Thursday afternoon, and plead not guilty to two felony charges and three misdemeanors following his