Taking the heat: Group tries to remove giant pepper off of Chili’s restaurant roof in VermontBENNINGTON, Vt. — A giant chili pepper on the roof of a Chili’s restaurant in southern Vermont was a hot property — police say four people have been caught trying to steal it. Vt. police say man accused of driving drunk left evidence on car trunk: A glass of beerBENNINGTON, Vt. — Police said a man accused of driving drunk left evidence on the trunk of his car: a glass of beer. A Vermont State Police trooper said when a car pulled up next to him at an intersection on Wednesday night he noticed a glass sitting on the trunk. Vt. man charged sexually abusing stepson; police say boy regularly confined at home for yearsBENNINGTON, Vt. — For years, a man regularly confined his adolescent stepson to a bedroom rigged with an alarm, molested him several times a week and often denied him food, water and access to a bathroom, authorities said. Vt. man charged with holding boy for sex; police say victim locked up at home for 6 yearsBENNINGTON, Vt. — Police in Bennington, Vt., say a man spent almost six years sexually abusing a boy whom he hit, threatened and locked in a bedroom with a homemade alarm system while denying him food and water. Broken contract leaves Vt. sex offenders without treatmentBENNINGTON, Vt. — Sex offenders living in two Vermont counties have gone without clinical treatment for several weeks because the state’s contract with the provider unexpectedly ended. |