Windsor County Court July 22

Leon Jiggetts, DOB 8/30/87, pled not guilty to charges of obstructing justice, attempted 2nd degree murder, assault and robbery with injury, unlawful trespass into an occupied residence, and committing crime with weapons.  There are plenty of online articles with more information about these charges that you can access by googling Mr. Jiggetts.

Mandi Delancy, DOB 1/8/8, pled not guilty to six charges of welfare fraud between 2009-2012 in Proctor, Vermont

Sandy Jones, DOB 5/17/67, pled not guilty to careless and negligent operation of a motor vehicle in Sharon on June 9

Brandin Durkee, DOB 4/6/88, pled not guilty to charges of careless and negligent operation of a motor vehicle, eluding a law enforcement officer, operating a vehicle with a suspended license and violating conditions of release, in Sharon on June 6

You can read more about the charges against Durkee and Jones here:  http://www.ourherald.com/news/2014-06-12/Communities/Sharon_Mom_Is_Arrested_And_So_Is_Her_Son.html

In February, Durkee pled not guilty to charges of operating without owner consent and operating with a suspended license, in Hartford on February 2


Angela Redmond, DOB 12/21/72, pled not guilty to charges of possession of cocaine and violating conditions of release in Hartford on July 3.  In April, she also pled not guilty to a charge of possession of heroin.

Charles Bomhower, DOB 5/22/57, pled not guilty to a charge of his first DUI, in Hartford on July 3

Frances Phelps II, DOB 12/23/91, pled not guilty to a charge of possession of marijuana, in Hartford on June 18

David Marmor, DOB 3/5/43, pled not guilty to a charge of unlawful trespass on land, in Rochester on June 20

Jonas Ing, DOB 9/17/74, pled not guilty to careless or negligent operation of a motor vehicle in Weathersfield on May 27 

William Brooks, DOB 10/11/55, pled not guilty to a charge of unlawful trespass on land in Hartford on May 12 

 

Laryssa Benner, DOB 1/18/93, pled guilty to a charge of petit larceny in Hartford on May 27 

Tracy Kellar, DOB 4/21/69, pled guilty to a charge of unlawful trespass on land in Springfield on May 26


Aaron Fitzgerald, DOB 1/11/91, pled not guilty in January to giving false information to a police officer, and to a charge of his first DUI, in Ludlow on January 20.  In September of 2013, he also pled not guilty to charges of aggressive domestic assault and resisting arrest in Springfield in September of 2013.



 

 

 

Windsor County Court July 15

The following individuals were charged with their first DUI:

 

Nathan Harwood, DOB 10/24/92 in Chester on July 5

Cody Root, DOB 9/6/92, in Weathersfield on July 4

Colby Martel, DOB 11/7/90, in Windsor on June 28

Sky Fogal, DOB 10/13/86, in Weathersfield on June 28

Peter Florucci, DOB 7/18/66 in Hartford on July 6

Michael Paquin, DOB 9/25/52 was charged with his second DUI in Windsor on June 26

Christopher Pierson, DOB 12/21/57, pled not guilty to a charge of driving with a suspended license, in Norwich on June 1

Clyde Brooks, DOB 5/23/67 pled not guilty to a charge of driving with a suspended license in Bethel on May 31

 

Kenvron Gardner, DOB 7/19/80, pled not guilty to charges of simple assault and disorderly conduct/fight, in Hartford on May 25

Russ Downing, DOB 8/30/69, pled not guilty to a charge of simple assault in Hartland on May 26

Brigette Eames, DOB 10/14/83, pled not guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct/fight in Hartford on May 15

Windsor County Crime Online:

Christopher Baade, age of Hartford :http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CDkQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hartford-vt.org%2Fdownloads%2F1959&ei=99nqU6rLONGYyATv-ICYBw&usg=AFQjCNHFcwMErzjTfXXm7iW7XkFMHhjhrA&sig2=ltQX4XwRSOosbaTbUk57yw

Timothy Phelps and Charles Manby, in South Royalton on July 7: http://www.vermonttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/RH/20140731/NEWS02/707319897

Donald LaRock, age 45, in Stockbridge: http://vtstatepolice.blogspot.com/2014/07/violation-of-stalking-order-stockbridge.html

 

 

Nathan and Sarah's wedding - Cornish, 1794

Nathan Smith, a doctor and surgeon in Cornish in the late 1700's, married Jonathan Chase's daughter Elizabeth in 1791. Elizabeth was 26 and Nathan was 29. They had only been married for two years when Elizabeth died. After Elizabeth died, Nathan married her younger sister Sarah, who was called Sally. At the time of their marriage, Sally was 18 and Nathan was 32.

Many of the rules of American society changed after the Revolution, and the customs of courtship and marriage were no exception. Although marriages had ceased to be an economic negotiation between the fathers of two families, families still viewed marriage as a way to align the leading families of a town or county. It was common for sisters to marry brothers, and it was not uncommon for second cousins to marry. If a mother or father remarried after their original spouse had died, often the children would marry into the stepfather or stepmother's family. Prudence Chase married married a man named Nathaniel Hall, who was almost certainly related to her stepmother, whose maiden name was Hall.

The Chase's were the leading family in Cornish, and would have been happy to have their daughter marry a doctor. Although Nathan was a doctor, he was the son of a farmer from Chester, Vermont, and gained considerable social status by marrying a Chase. Fifty years earlier, the marriage would have been negotiated between the parents of bride and groom, or between the groom and the bride's parents, with little input from the bride. By the late 1700's, the bride had much more voice in the decisions surrounding her marriage, although exactly how much voice she had depended on the family.

Regardless, it wasn't a matter of falling in love with a boy and presenting him to her father as the man she wanted to marry. Girls saw boys at school or at church or at other social events, usually weddings or funerals. Girls and boys didn't “date” like they do now. There was very little privacy in small houses where there were lots of siblings and often an unmarried aunt or grandparent. Sometimes if a couple were interested in maybe getting married, the family would let them “bundle”. “Bundling” was a custom invented to give a couple some privacy in order to get to know each other better. Each young person was tied or sewn into their clothes, and maybe tied or bundled into sheets and blankets, and put into a bed together, then left alone in order to be able to visit in privacy. Sometimes the parents would put lay a board up on its side between them – called a bundling board.

We often imagine the families of young unmarried guys and girls during this era being very strict, not letting them out of the house unsupervised and guarding the morals of their young people very closely. Actually, in the late 18^th century, one girl in three was pregnant when she was married, and the theory is that bundling had a lot to do with it. As long as girls were married by the time the baby came along, a premarital pregnancy wasn't the calamity it would be later in American history.

Obviously we don't know if Jonathan and Sally Chase allowed Elizabeth to “bundle” with Nathan Smith. We do know that neither Elizabeth nor Sarah was pregnant when they were married, although Sarah and Nathan's first child, a son, was born almost exactly nine months from their wedding day.

There is a story about Sarah and Nathan, that I have found in multiple sources. Apparently at Nathan's and Elizabeth's wedding, Sarah managed to get in between Elizabeth and Nathan for a few moments during the ceremony. One account portrays Sarah as a little girl, so I envisioned a four year old who had a crush on her future brother-in-law. No, Sarah was sixteen at Elizabeth and Nathan's wedding, so she may have had an eye on Nathan from the beginning. Keep in mind that wedding ceremonies were much simpler in those days. The bride and groom were married in the bride's parents' best room – the parlor if they had one, with close family members from both sides of the family in attendance. All attendees wore their best clothes, but not anything different from what they wore to church on Sunday. Afterward, there may or may not have been a big meal. Probably in Elizabeth and Nathan's case, there was, and probably there was a big meal for Sarah's wedding as well, although we don't know.

Windsor County Court July 8

The following individuals pled not guilty to a charge of their first DUI:

Victor Hall, DOB 9/11/47, in Windsor on June 18

Travis Noble, DOB 4/24/92 in Royalton on June 28

Vikrum Thimmappa, DOB 9/27/87 in Hartford on June 20

Jessica Bobar, DOB 2/2/93, in Cavendish on June 13. Bobar also was charged with a DUI in Weathersfield on November 8

Kathleen Shattuck, DOB 5/4/86, pled guilty to a charge of her first DUI, in Springfield on June 27

 

Ryan Digiore, DOB 1/21/88, pled guilty to a charge of heroin possession in Hartford on April 18

Terry Coates, DOB 11/17/56, pled guilty to a charge of retail theft in Springfield on March 3

Juliane Bowens, DOB 7/13/79, pled guilty to a charge of retail theft in Springfield on March 13

Earl Grose, DOB 8/27/58, pled not guilty to a charge of possession of narcotics in Hartford on May 30

James Brockhart, DOB 4/21/45, pled not guilty to charges of his third DUI and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license

Peter Shumway, DOB 6/5/82, pled not guilty to charges of eluding a law enforcement officer in Hartford on May 31

Rodney Stone, DOB 12/15/83, pled guilty to a charge of his 2^nd DUI, in Springfield on June 27

Michael Lachapelle, DOB 9/23/56, pled guilty to a charge of careless and negligent operation of a motor vehicle, in Weathersfield on April 26

Windsor County Court Cases Online:

Martin Gonyea, age 27, of Springfield-

http://www.vermonttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/RH/20140702/NEWS02/707029914

John Johnston, age 33 and Ray Millard, age 36, of Springfield http://www.vermonttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/RH/20140610/NEWS02/706109989

Brandon Adams-Smith, age 16, and Alex Jillson Corbosiero, of Springfield http://www.vnews.com/news/12552151-95/teens-charged-with-roles-in-vt-shooting

http://www.vermonttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/RH/20140701/NEWS02/707019911

http://www.vermonttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/RH/20140729/NEWS02/707299941