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The Attorney General’s Office announced that Trint Johns, 20, of Montpelier, Vermont, was arraigned yesterday on one felony count of Lewd and Lascivious Conduct with a Child, two felony counts of Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials, and one felony count of Promoting a Recording of Sexual Conduct. The charges brought against Mr.

Lawsuit Protects Millions of Dollars Used for Vermont’s Emergency Services and Infrastructure Projects

Today’s lawsuit is the second environmental case brought by AG Clark this week

The Attorney General’s Office today announced that Amy Siegel, 48, of Middlesex, Vermont, was arraigned on two counts of felony Medicaid Fraud. The charges brought against Ms. Siegel are the result of an investigation conducted by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Residential Abuse Unit (MFRAU) and the Secretary of State’s Office of Professional Regulation (OPR), which found Ms.

Attorney General Charity Clark today joined a coalition of 16 other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from illegally terminating billions in congressionally approved funding for electric vehicle infrastructure. Unless the courts check the president’s overreach, Vermont stands to lose nearly $16 million in electric vehicle infrastructure funding.

Attorney General Charity Clark today announced that Vermont received a total of $23,132,483.92 from tobacco manufacturers under the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). Annually, Vermont receives monies from tobacco manufacturers from the MSA, which resolved the State’s lawsuit filed in the 1990s. The settlement funds are credited to the State’s Tobacco Fund, and the legislature determines how they are spent.

The Attorney General’s Office today announced that Ryan Upham, 26, of Bethel, Vermont, was arraigned on one felony count of Luring a Child. The charges brought against Mr. Upham are the result of a criminal investigation conducted by the Hartford Police Department and the Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (VT-ICAC) during which Mr. Upham engaged in sexually explicit conversations with an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old child.

Attorney General Charity Clark today won a court order stopping the Trump administration from dismantling three federal agencies that provide services and funding supporting public libraries and museums, workers, and minority-owned businesses nationwide.

The Vermont Office of the Attorney General, Department of Mental Health Litigation Unit, has an immediate opening for an energetic and talented full-time Assistant Attorney General who will be responsible for representing the Vermont Department of Mental Health.

Attorney General Charity Clark today reminded Vermont businesses of the resources available through her office’s Consumer Assistance Program (CAP). CAP’s Small Business Initiative assists businesses and consumers with resolving complaints, works to connect businesses with resources, and answers questions from business owners. Vermont is one of the few states in the country that considers businesses to be consumers, protected by consumer laws.