Liam Elder-Connors
Reporter, Public SafetyLiam is Vermont Public’s public safety reporter, focusing on law enforcement, courts and the prison system.
Liam has worked at Vermont Public since 2015 and has reported several special projects, including an investigation into one of the state's prominent landlords and a series of remembrances of Vermonters killed by COVID-19. In 2018, he reported and co-hosted JOLTED, a five-part podcast about an averted school shooting and was a finalist for the Livingston Award for his work on that project.
Leave Liam a voicemail at 802-552-8899 or get in touch using the form below: liam.elderconnors@vermontpublic.org
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Daniel Banyai, the owner of a controversial military-style training facility in West Pawlet, pleaded not guilty to assaulting a law enforcement officer. Banyai will likely remain in prison unless he posts bail and complies with a previous environmental court order.
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The owner of a controversial military-style training facility was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after a physical struggle with a constable.
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Law enforcement officials are now offering $40,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the recovery of Brianna Maitland, who disappeared 20 years ago in Montgomery.
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Town officials and residents strongly opposed the proposed facility, and the project was caught in a lengthy legal battle. DCF Commissioner Chris Winters said that the department is pursuing other options for where to build a secure facility to house justice-involved youth.
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Vermont municipalities are allowed to auction off a person’s property if they fall behind on their taxes. It’s a process called a tax sale. Local officials say tax sales are an important tool to ensure towns get the revenue they’re owed, but critics say the process has few protections for residents.
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Cirell Brown, 23, pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder on Wednesday in Orleans County criminal court. The investigation is ongoing.
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Jeffery Nichols died from a fentanyl overdose shortly after being booked at the state prison in St. Albans. Six months after his death, his parents are demanding that the state release more information about the incident.
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Robert Brown, who’d been held at the state prison in St. Johnsbury, died Tuesday at the University of Vermont Medical Center. State police said Brown was brought to the hospital last week after experiencing health issues.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, a Progressive, will be the first woman to serve as Burlington's mayor.
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Vermont Public's Bob Kinzel and Liam Elder-Connors sit down to discuss some of the big and small issues Vermonters will see on Town Meeting Day ballots across the state.