ASCUTNEY - Two suspects have been arrested in connection with last Monday's armed robbery of the Ascutney Sunoco station by a masked man with a gun who emptied the cash register.

Robert "Bobby" Hutt, 40, of Windsor was arrested without incident late Saturday in a house in South Royalton after police picked up his girlfriend, Amy LaHaye, 29, earlier in the day in Hartford.

Hutt and LaHaye are the suspects in the stickups of the Ascutney Sunoco, the Super 8 Motel in Hartford on Dec. 23, and the Citgo station in Williamstown on Wednesday evening.

Hutt has an extensive criminal history, including convictions for drugs, burglaries and escapes. He is expected to be charged as a habitual offender with several counts of assault and robbery when the Vermont District Court in White River Junction opens Tuesday.

The habitual offender status would make Hutt eligible for enhanced penalties of up to life in prison under the state's so-called "Three Strikes" law.


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Community broadcasting thrives in Bellows Falls
By Joe Milliken | Special to the Vermont Guardian

Posted January 12, 2007

The Great Falls Community Broadcasting Company in Bellows Falls, known on the radio dial as WOOL 100.1 FM, goes by the moniker Black Sheep Radio.

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Julia Lloyd Wright
Contributing Writer

WEATHERSFIELD - Verizon Wireless is proposing construction of a 107-foot monopole telecommunications tower between Interstate 91 and Route 5 in Ascutney. The proposed location is the seasonal Getaway Mountain Campground, owned by Ellen Fraczek.

At a Weathersfield selectboard meeting Thursday in Ascutney, land use administrator deForest Bearse said the proposed pole is designed to look like a pine tree, but the fact that the pole will extend 40 feet above the existing tree canopy drew various board comments, comparing the fake pine to a "bottle brush."

Board member John Arrison said that "cell pines against a hill are OK," but he called them "foolish" looming above pines.

Bearse said the tree design is less noticeable than regular poles.

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Ascutney, Vermont - January 9, 2007

A young mother had to act quickly to protect her baby during a robbery. It happened Monday in Ascutney just before 11:00 p.m. Police say a masked gunman held up the Sunoco station on Route 131. The owner's wife was the only worker there and she had her six-month-old with her. The robber ordered her to open the register then get onto the floor. The 24-year-old shielded her baby and pushed the alarm. Police are still looking for the gunman.

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Armed robber steals cash from Ascutney gas station

Vermont State Police are looking for an armed robber who stole cash from a gas station Monday night in Ascutney.

Ragieenben Patel, owner of the Ascutney Sunoco on Vermont 131, was approached at about 10 p.m. by a masked man who pointed a gun at Patel and demanded money from the cash register, police said.

The robber then collected an undetermined amount of money and told Patel to lie on the floor. Patel, while on the floor, shielded her six-month old baby from harm, police said.

The robber got away with a "small amount" of cash, according to police.

Anyone with information about the incident should contact Detective Sgt. Richard Holden at the Vermont State Police barracks in Brattleboro at 254-2383.
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Many locally flavored bills on the agenda

Matthew McCormick
Eagle Staff Writer

One wants to bump state payments for property it occupies in towns. Another hopes to allow New Hampshire justices of the peace to marry people in Vermont. Getting heavy trucks off local roads will be a priority for a third.


Those are just some of the locally inspired pieces of legislation that Windsor and Windham County lawmakers hope to pursue once the Vermont Legislature reconvenes on Wednesday.

It is a session that likely will be dominated by hot-button issues of statewide prominence, most significantly bringing relief to those whose rising property values have resulted in skyrocketing tax bills, majority leader Carolyn Partridge, D-Windham, said.
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Reps. Ernie Shand, D-Windsor, and Kathy Pellett, D-Chester, plan to introduce legislation aimed at visitors of another kind. At the request of a constituent, Shand said he hopes to extend reciprocity to New Hampshire justices of the peace, who right now only can obtain one-time permits for a fee to perform marriages in Vermont.

The same is not true the other way around, with Vermont justices able to readily perform ceremonies in New Hampshire, he said.

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December 11, 2006
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Vermont State Police said an 18-year-old woman who fell asleep at the wheel avoided injury after her vehicle drove off the road Thursday afternoon in Poultney.

Police said around 2:40 p.m. Thursday a trooper driving north on Route 30 saw a southbound vehicle drive off the right shoulder of the road and return to the roadway a short time later, at which point the trooper pulled the driver over.


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