Police Department Implements New Evidence Room Procedures

Department makes changes to “ensure evidence’s integrity” 6:29 PM EST Mar 05, 2015 COLCHESTER, Vt. —The $15,000 overhaul of the Colchester Police Department’s was successfully implemented with the EvidenceOnQ evidence management...

Former police officer admits to stealing drugs from evidence room

Hearst Stations Inc., WPTZ-TV 5 News, wptz.com BYLINE: Robyn Estabrook Video Colchester, VT BURLINGTON, Vt. — A former Colchester police detective changed his plea and admitted to stealing from the police department’s evidence locker room. On Monday in federal...

Police: Man broke into evidence room, stole handguns, drugs

Caledonian Record, WPTZ-TV News Channel 5, wptz.com Newport City, VT Empty evidence bags found at Newport City residence by parole officers Vermont State Police say 19-year-old Mikeal Rivers of Troy broke into Newport City Police Department’s evidence room on...

Report: Police failings, missing weapons in Colchester

Burlington Free Press, burlingtonfreepress.com BYLINE: Mike Donoghue, Free Press Staff Writer Colchester Police Memo on Missing Evidence or Property Executive Summary of Colchester Investigators Vermont State Police Evidence Audit %26amp; Policy Assessment Statement...

Former chief to be sentenced for drug abuse

The Burlington Free Press (Vermont), SECTION: VERMONT; Pg. A05 BYLINE: By, Sam Hemingway, Free Press Staff Writer Vergennes, VT MIDDLEBURY – Former Police Chief Michael G. Lowe, facing 18 months to four years in jail on a series of drug-related charges stemming...

Hikers find pot patch in Athens

Brattleboro Reformer (Vermont) BYLINE: By BOB AUDETTE, Reformer Staff Windham County, VT BRATTLEBORO — If you’ve been growing a patch of marijuana in the backwoods of Athens, the Windham County Sheriff’s Department has your crop in the evidence room....