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B2 Rutland Daily Herald Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Police: Donut shop employee's boyfriend lifts cash box for work that day. As part of their investigation of Allen, police obtained a hand-written sworn statement in which Sargent confessed, "There's been I believe 5 or 6 times that I did remove money from the register. I had planned on putting it back as soon as I could. Last night I was asleep in the car when Trevor woke me and asked for the (store) key. I wasn't really thinking and gave it to him and fell back asleep." Sargent, who so far has not been charged in connection with the incident, wrote in her statement that she'd enjoyed her job at the donut shop and said she "started to freak out" when she realized that Allen to have used a key he obtained from Crystal Sargent, 28, to enter the store where she worked.

Waldmann said surveillance cameras captured a subject, believed to be Allen, running into the shop, vaulting over the counter, and grabbing the box before once again jumping the counter and running out. Waldmann said that several hours before the theft his department had already been contacted by a manager at the Dunkin' Donuts who told police he was concerned because he believed that Sargent had been taking money from the store's registers, adding that she hadn't shown up had apparently used her key to remove the cash box from the store. Allen, who is on probation for a car theft, has picked up two new criminal charges and two violations of probation in recent months, including a DUI2 charge out of Rutland County, Windsor County Deputy State's Attorney Rhonda Sheffield told Judge Nancy Corsones during Allen's arraignment. "It seems that Mr. Allen is just not getting it," Sheffield told the court.

Corsones set bail for Allen at $5,000, saying that was in addition to the $2,500 he had previously posted on the Rutland charges and adding that she would be willing to suspend all of Allen's bail to allow him to get into a residential drug treatment program if he is able to reserve a bed in one. Waldmann noted that when police finally caught up to Allen on Tuesday and arrested him he appeared "very lethargic" but denied having taken any drugs. After administering a drug test that showed positive for opiates and suboxone use, the staff at the Springfield jail determined he was "too intoxicated" for admission and so he was taken instead to a hospital emergency room in order to be "medically cleared," a process which delayed his court appearance by a day. By ERIC FRANCIS CORRESPONDENT WHITE RIVER JUNCTION A former Dunkin' Donuts employee and her boyfriend have been implicated in recent thefts of money from the cash registers at the Dunkin' Donuts shop in Ludlow. Tevor Allen, 23, of Windsor, was ordered held for lack of bail on Thursday afternoon after he pleaded innocent to a single felony count of burglary in connection with the theft of a cash box containing $175 from the locked donut shop at 1 1 p.m.

on Monday. Ludlow Police Officer Jonathan Waldmann wrote in an affidavit that Allen appeared Sanders Continued from Page B1 that person responsible," Sanders said. "On the other hand, where there is a problem is there is evidence that gun manufacturers do know that they're selling a whole lot of guns in an area that really should not be buying that many guns, that many of those guns are going to other areas probably for criminal purposes. So, can we take another look at that liability? Yes." The 74-year-old second-term senator also said he supports President Barack Obama's decision to stop training rebels in their fight against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "It failed.

I think the president acknowledged that," he told Todd. Sanders described Syria as "a quagmire inside of a quagmire." Assad is "a horrific dictator" who should be removed from office. And ISIS is "barbaric" and committing "atrocities every day." Still, Sanders said he supports the president's limited engagement in Syria. "I think what the president has tried to do is thread a very, very difficult needle, and that is keeping American troops from engaging in combat and getting killed, and I think that is the right thing to do," he said. Sanders said he would and treasure in the fight.

'You know what, they're going to have to get their hands dirty," he said. "Let them start putting troops on the ground." America has "got to be supportive, along with other western powers," though, Sanders said. "I believe we should play a supportive role very supportive but I want to see them, the Muslim nations, lead the effort," he said. The use of drones would continue in a Sanders administration. "When it works badly it is terrible and it is counterproductive," he said.

"We focus his efforts on trying to defeat ISIS rather than removing Assad from office. "I am worried about American troops getting sucked into a never ending war in the Middle East, and particularly, in Iraq and Syria," he said. Sanders has been criticized for focusing his stump speech on economic issues, perhaps at the expense of foreign policy. Sanders was questioned by Todd about his foreign policy, and pressed on how he would approach Syria. Sanders said he would push other countries, including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, to commit troops have got to be vigorous in protecting our country, no question about it." With tonight's debate looming, Sanders said he plans to focus on the "record that I've established throughout my political career" and how he has taken on "every aspect of corporate America." He said he won't launch personal attacks on Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, but will point out policy differences between the two.

"People will have to contrast my consistency and my willingness to stand up to Wall Street and corporations, big corporations, with the secretary," Sanders said. composed of those features," he said. When asked about his vote that protected gun manufacturers from any liability from killings, Sanders said it was "a complicated vote and I'm willing to see changes in that provision." "If you are a gun shop owner in Vermont and you sell somebody a gun and then that person flips out and kills somebody, I don't think it's really fair to hold Squier Continued from Page B1 said he's impressed with the Green Mountain State's recent politicking. "I think (presidential candidate) Bernie (Sanders) is our last hope of the people running the country, and not the money," Squier said. Squier said he is not a "collector of wealth" long ago, he decided to live an uncluttered life.

"What's important is what you do, not how much you make," he said. "You can go and get a job and not that people shouldn't but do the things you do enjoy. I could 've gone to college, I had good grades but my father had a disc out of his back and I made the decision to stay home and help on the farm. "I decided to have a simple life, and still do," he said. dan.colton rutlandherald.com physiologically-traumatized veterans with their animals.

"We do a lot of work to keep these horses here," Squier said. "That in itself inspires some stuff. When you see Navy SEALs who have been through war. go through this class and break down in tears and release to the horse those are the kinds of things that inspire me to write the poems." One of Squier's recent performances came during a dinner celebration for his daughter's one-year marriage anniversary. The ceremony came a year after she was married by her justice of the peace father, Squier.

"She called and said, 'Do you want to come up and chop a tree? And also can you marry Squier said. "It was fantastic. To me it was perfect." Squier said he's been a firefighter for over 30 years. Since the 1990s, he's made an annual summer trip to Oregon to combat wild breakouts. But even among the chaos of forest blazes, Squier pinpoints a calmness to weave into his poetry's scenes.

"I was sitting out in a black burned-down forest on a sunny afternoon," he said. "A puffy seed circled me and landed I thought, 'Holy cow, life is planting That inspired me." Once, Squier sat captivated on a stone wall in Spain, watching an old farmer make her way down a path. He had to write a poem. Or the time he meditated on the prairie breeze. "I was in the Midwest and watching the wind blow the prairie grass," he said, when suddenly the prairie's entire life stretched before his eyes.

"I saw the grass disappear, the buffalo disappear," he said. "I saw hands in water take more water than they needed," he said. What came out was a poem about greed, he said. It's clear Squier draws inspiration from nature. He mentioned Robert Frost, the celebrated American nature poet, but shot down comparisons.

"It's quite different poetry," he said. "I don't worry about rules and I don't agonize over words. I can write in meter. I can write without rhyme, with rhyme, it doesn't matter to me." Being immersed in new places is often a breath of inspiration, Squier said, like his visit to the Patagonia region of South America. "Just being there in this primitive place, as my mind calmed down all kinds of things started to happen," he said.

Unfenced for thousands of miles, dogs attacked a sheep in the wilderness. Squier said he went out to look, never expecting to find a trace. "I had no idea where to look. An eagle flew by and landed in a tree beside me the thing turned all the way around and looked back. I went in that direction, and there was that sheep." He took the wounded sheep back for treatment.

'You can say, 'Lucky But to me, it was being quiet enough to be connected." Although Squier was born in Florida, his roots in Vermont have become deep. And the man who gave away a lottery ticket business, Squier said. "I said, 'Don't write about me, it's the giving that's Squier purchased his father's cattle during the 1970s, he said, but got out of the business in the 1980s. Since then, he's been a Tinmouth planning commissioner and is currently justice of the peace and fire chief. He and his wife, Melody, raised three children.

They operate a horse farm in Tinmouth. The property, Forget-me-not Farm, has good sugaring, and is home to around 20 horses, Squier said. They are part of a horse program, Saratoga War Horse, connecting Ram Continued from Page B1 An official campaign kickoff event will be held on Oct. 26 at Burlington's Main Street Landing. Former Democratic Gov.

Madeleine Kunin will be a featured speaker. Republican Randy Brock, a former state auditor and senator from Franklin County, has announced he is running. Fellow Republicans Scott Milne and Joe Benning say they are also considering joining the race. neal.goswami timesargus.com by WCAX as a "super senior," will serve as Ram's campaign treasurer. She referred to Earle as "quite a legend." "It meant a lot to me to be anchored with support from folks from a past political generation," she said.

Brandon Batham, chairman of the Windham County Democratic Party, will run Ram's campaign. He previously managed Windham County Sen. Becca Balint's legislative campaign. said she won't be matching Riker's personal contributions, but is already seeing strong financial support. "I'm not independently wealthy, and like many Vermonters I rely on a paycheck to get by.

But I am already seeing a lot of early support, both in terms of people power and finances," she said. Ram said her tenure in the House has been productive, helping to advance home ownership and civil rights issues and supporting women in the workplace. "I have really enjoyed my time in the House and obviously still have work I could continue to do. I really feel like I was able to leave my mark," she said. "For me it felt like it was time to take engagement specialist in Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger's administration, Ram said she has been part of "difficult executive decisions." "I don't shy away from a challenge and believe I am known as someone who is a strong connector and listener, and I think that aligns well with the position of lieutenant governor," she said.

"I see the role as a connector-in-chief, as somebody who can bring various people together in the Legislature to find common ground, as well as spend time year-round bringing people to the table, holding summits, gathering feedback." Riker has already contributed about $60,000 to his own campaign, as well tens of thousands of dollars from family. Ram on a new challenge. This seemed like the right time." Ram said she has projects underway at her job in Weinberger's administration that she wants to complete. Eventually she will begin a transition from that role, she said. "We'll have to make a decision about when it's in the best interests of Burlington stakeholders to have someone that is able to bring new vigor and energy to this role," she said.

Ram said she has successfully managed any conflicts with her job as a legislator and will bring "that same sensitivity to this as a I make a transition." Former Republican lawmaker Stub Earle, who was recently highlighted the Chittenden 6-4 district in Burlington after winning her first term at the age of 22. Riker, on the other hand, has never held elected office at any level. "In the last month or so I've been getting a lot of encouragement and feedback to consider running," Ram said Monday. Seven Days' political editor Paul Heintz was the first to report Ram's candidacy Monday. A California native and University of Vermont graduate, Ram said she has "an eight-year track record of building consensus" in the House.

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