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Vermont Business Magazine The Attorney General’s Office today announced Mark Schwartz, 32, of Cambridge, Vermont, was arraigned in the Criminal Division of Vermont Superior Court in St. Albans on one count of Simple Assault. Mark Schwartz, a former officer with the St. Albans City Police Department, is accused of simple assault arising from an on-duty incident that occurred on February 28, 2019 involving use of a taser.
During the arraignment, Mr. Schwartz entered a plea of Not Guilty. Superior Court Judge Michael Kupersmith presided over the arraignment. The Court released Mr. Schwartz on conditions that he attend all court hearings when told to, inform the court and his attorney of his current contact information, and that he may not have contact with or harass the alleged victim.
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But they also want his criminal case transferred to juvenile court.
Tyshane Smith of Burlington, who fled to Florida after the Feb. 1 shooting, appeared briefly for his arraignment in Vermont Superior Court on Friday April 2.
Authorities have said the shooting may have been sparked by a gang-related confrontation. Smith fired at least five shots, three of them at the intended target before he fled with a group of 8 people, South Burlington Police said.
On Monday, the department said it has a lead on where the stolen handgun came from.
âIt was acquired in an unreported crime in Winooski,â Police Chief Shawn Burke said. He did not elaborate.
(Editor s Note: This story will be updated.)
Vermont State Police Trooper Robert Zink has been cited on suspicion of simple assault following a six-week investigation into a use-of-force incident in February.
In a press release issued by the Vermont State Police, Zink was cited after the Vermont Attorney General s Office requested Zink be cited for his actions after he was accused of striking a man who was on the ground and handcuffed but was actively resisting on Feb. 23.
Zink, 39, of Arlington works out of the Shaftsbury Barracks. He has been on paid relief from duty status since Feb. 24. As of Wednesday, April 7, he is on unpaid relief from duty.
His loss a wound that will never heal, Sue Hale, the mother of Liam Hale, said of her son during Monday s sentencing hearing for Bourgoin, 38.
Chittenden County prosecutors overcame an insanity defense in May to secure five murder convictions in the teens deaths, with a jury finding Bourgoin got on the highway going the wrong way speeding, then turning suddenly to crash into the kids car. She was my everything, Bella Harris, Mary Harris’s sister, said at Monday s hearing. She was my best friend. I m not sure if anything compares to the pain and heartbreak and devastation of losing a child, observed Colleen Ovelman, the mother of Eli Brookens, who also spoke at the hearing.