West Braintree
CRIME & SAFETY
Correctional officer accused of smuggling contraband into Vt. prison
RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) - A Vermont correctional officer faces charges after investigators say he smuggled contraband into a prison. Vermont State Police say David Orvis, 28, of Rutland, coordinated with at least two separate inmates to transport tobacco into the Marble Valley Correctional Facility. Police believe the inmates paid him to do so.
Border Patrol officers for Swanton Sector report record number of encounters with undocumented migrants
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The number of illegal U.S. border crossings in our region last month broke another record, according to officials. Members of the U.S. Border Patrol patrolling the Swanton Sector said in April alone, they encountered and apprehended "well over" 1,400 undocumented migrants. To put that number into...
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