A local man who tried to arrange a sexual encounter with a person he believed was a 14-year old prostitute was sentenced Monday to four years in prison. George Bruso, 45, of Whitehall, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vt., after pleading guilty to a federal charge of travel in interstate commerce for [...]
Elmy receives 2.5 year prison sentence
A former marina owner who was found guilty of felony assault last month for keeping his wife in an alcohol-induced stupor received a state prison sentence last Friday. Robert A. Elmy, 63, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in a state prison. He was charged with assaulting his wife, Patricia Elmy, in their apartment at Champlain [...]
Women pleads guilty to drug sale
AWhitehallwoman was sentenced to a two year prison term after pleading guilty earlier this month to selling prescription drugs. Stacey Ross, 43, was arrested in June for selling the prescription painkiller hydrocodone. Earlier this month she pleaded guilty to selling the drug with the understanding that she would serve two years in a state prison, [...]
Jillson:”I’m sorry”
No jail time. That was the decision made by Judge John S. Hall Jr. as he sentenced former Whitehall Town Clerk Janet Jillson on Friday, June 26, giving her five years probation for stealing funds from the town.





