Bethel man gets prison sentence for firing gun at partner
Modified: 2/1/2021 7:35:03 PM
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION A 52-year-old Bethel man accused of firing a gun at his partner while children were present has been sentenced to five months in prison, according to court documents.
Richard Boles pleaded guilty to one count of reckless endangerment last week for the incident in September 2019. Though the incident happened in Orange County, Boles pleaded and was sentenced in front of Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Mann in Windsor Superior Court where he had a pending violation of conditions of release case, according to court documents.
As part of his plea deal, prosecutors dismissed that charge against Boles; he was sentenced to 5 to 6 months in prison and issued a $441 fine for the reckless endangerment charge, according to his sentencing sheet.
Bethel father sees charges dismissed in daughter’s drowning
Modified: 1/29/2021 10:06:34 PM
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION A Bethel man accused of failing to watch his 18-month-old daughter when she drowned in the White River in 2019 has seen the charges related to her death dismissed as part of a plea deal.
Isaac McEwan, 22, was initially charged with abandoning a child and obstruction of justice following the death of his daughter, Heaven McEwan. Instead, he pleaded guilty in Windsor Superior Court on Friday to violation of probation, two counts of simple assault and disorderly conduct for two unrelated assault cases.
As part of the plea deal, the neglect and obstruction charges were dismissed, and he was sentenced to up to one year in prison for violating his probation, as well as a suspended one-year jail sentence and two years of probation.
Suspect in Twin State kidnapping, rape case denied release from jail due to COVID-19
Everett Simpson. (Police photograph)
Modified: 1/28/2021 10:14:15 PM
BURLINGTON A federal judge has denied a 43-year-old Vermont man’s request to be let out of jail ahead of his trial on charges he kidnapped a New Hampshire woman and her young child and took them across state lines into the Upper Valley in 2019.
In a ruling filed in the U.S. District Court in New Hampshire last week, Judge William Sessions responded to the request, filed last month by defendant Everett Simpson, who faces federal kidnapping charges for the January 2019 incident.
Hartford woman gets probation in toddler’s drowning case
Modified: 1/14/2021 11:01:01 PM
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION A 29-year-old Hartford woman was placed on probation Thursday for failing to keep a close eye on her boyfriend’s toddler, who drowned in the White River, and then lying to police about it.
Laura Shaw, 29, pleaded guilty during a virtual hearing in Windsor Superior Court Thursday to one count of reckless endangerment and one count of giving false information to a police officer in connection with the July 2019 death of 18-month-old Heaven McEwan. Prosecutors have said Shaw was drinking alcohol and looking at her phone, rather than watching the girl during an outing to the river, and that she later lied about what she was doing before Heaven’s death.
Getaway driver in White River Junction bank robbery receives suspended sentence
Katelyn Grizzaffi (Hartford Police photograph)
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Modified: 1/8/2021 9:45:40 PM
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION A 25-year-old Lebanon woman was given a suspended prison sentence and community service Thursday for driving a getaway car during a White River Junction bank robbery two years ago, according to court documents.
Katelyn Grizzaffi pleaded guilty in Windsor Superior Court on Thursday to one count of accessory after the fact.
She was sentenced to 2 months to 1½ years in prison, all suspended, according to a case summary. She was also ordered to complete four years of probation, which includes conditions that she not be convicted of another crime, not use drugs, report to her probation officer regularly and complete 40 hours of community service, according to the document.