A federal grand
jury has indicted the uncle of slain 12-year-old Brooke Bennett, saying he
drugged, sexually assaulted and smothered her with a plastic bag this summer.
UVM is swept up in financial crisis; Bernie Sanders likely to vote "No’ on financial rescue plan; Experts recommend reining in credit card debt; Grand jury indicts uncle of Brooke Bennett; Vermont State Hospital denied re-certification; and remembering poet Hayden Carruth.
Two out-of-state
lawyers have joined the defense team of Michael Jacques, in anticipation that
federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the man accused of
kidnapping 12-year-old Brooke Bennett.
Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:
This year’s
gubernatorial candidates have taken very different
approaches to releasing their financial data;
The probation
officer who supervised the man accused of abducting 12-year-old Brooke Bennett
says he felt compelled to recommend the release of Michael Jacques from
probation on an earlier conviction;
Young baseball
players from New
Hampshire and Vermont leave today for Cuba…