Louis Fortier was sentenced on Monday for murder in the stabbing death of Richard Medina, 43, on Burlington’s Church Street Marketplace in March 2017. The plea deal will keep him in the state psychiatric hospital for the “foreseeable future” and potentially the rest of his life.
A former Vermont State Police trooper — who resigned amid a probe into alleged thefts from an evidence storage area totaling more than $40,000, and accusations of illegal purchases of
Giancarlo DiGenova pleaded not guilty Thursday to 16 misdemeanors and four felony charges. The allegations against him include stealing property worth more than $40,000 from an evidence storage area, including a Rolex watch, which he reportedly said he then gave to his son.