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BENNINGTON â Two doctors said Tuesday that retrying Leonard Forte would endanger his already poor health â statements that the case victim heard during her first time back in a Bennington courtroom since Forteâs original trial in 1988.
Dr. Robert Lobel, a cardiologist with the University of Vermont Medical Center, said itâs âan incredibly bad ideaâ to ask 79-year-old Forte to travel back here from Florida given his various heart ailments.
Forte is accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in Landgrove in 1987 after he retired as an investigator with New Yorkâs Suffolk County District Attorneyâs Office.
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BENNINGTON â A woman accused of striking an elderly pedestrian in a Bennington hit-and-run crash has pleaded not guilty. The court found no probable cause for an initial police charge of gross negligent vehicle operation.
The woman, Nikki Harrington, 23, is charged with leaving the scene of a crash, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 2 years in jail. She is hoping to reach a settlement with the state and meanwhile is awaiting the results of an eye exam, her attorney told the court last week.
Harrington, of North Bennington, was driving west on Overlea Road one evening last summer when the passenger side of her truck hit an 83-year-old man who was walking east, according to the Bennington Police Department.
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BENNINGTON â Police said two women and a man were arrested on Monday following the discovery of around $300,000 worth of heroin and cocaine at a local apartment. The Bennington Police Department described the operation as its biggest illegal drug seizure in at least five years.
The three people who were arrested, all Bennington residents, pleaded not guilty in court on Tuesday.
Laci Mayer, 33, and Frederick Grant Jr., 44, are both charged with heroin trafficking and cocaine trafficking. Each charge carries maximum potential penalties of 30 years in prison and/or a $1 million fine.
Heather Farley, 39, is charged with possessing at least 200 milligrams of heroin, which is punishable by up to five years in prison and/or a $100,000 fine.
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