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Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General TJ Donovan, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George, Vermont State Police, and the Burlington Police Department today announced the conclusion of their criminal investigation into the former St Joseph’s Orphanage in Burlington. No charges will be brought involving the Orphanage, which closed in 1974.
Due to the statutes of limitation, which limit the timeframe during which criminal charges can be brought by the state, only the crime of murder would have been prosecutable due to the passage of time since the events of the allegations. Sufficient evidence to support a murder charge was not found.
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RGGI & Our Health: December 16, 5-6: p.m. Join PennEnvironment; Michelle Manion, the Deputy Director of the World Resources Institute s Economics Center; and other health experts for a panel discussion on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and public health. We’ll hear from Michelle about the 2017 RGGI & health study she authored, and why RGGI is a necessary step forward in protecting Pennsylvanians’ health for generations to come. RSVP today to receive the Zoom link for this exciting event. bit.ly/RGGIandHealth
An 86-year-old woman from Lima was scammed out of $165,000, and now her family is speaking out.
Kathy OâNeil, the niece of the woman who was scammed, is now warning others to make sure the proper financial documents are in place for their elderly loved ones.
âHad we known that this was not in place at the time,â says OâNeil, âa lot of this, well most of it it would have been avoided.â
OâNeilâs aunt had been targeted by a string of scams which led her to unknowingly send cashier s checks to criminals all around the country. The womanâs family had previously filled out paperwork to assign trustees and Power of Attorney, but the woman never filed them.
Column: Programs for crime victims in jeopardy
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As a nation we are pulling out all of the stops to address the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated public health crisis. However, we are turning our backs on people impacted by long standing, pervasive public health epidemics domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault, trafficking, and other interpersonal violence.
Congress must take immediate action in the upcoming omnibus appropriations bill to support survivors and the programs that serve them across America, including Crime Victim Services in Allen and Putnam Counties, Ohio.
Specifically, Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grants are the largest source of federal funding for victim response organizations in the nation. These grants are drawn from the Crime Victims Fund (“CVF”), which is from penalties and fines from federal criminal convictions; VOCA grants are not funded by taxpayers! They have been used to assist survivors of all crimes, including business t