BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - The state of Vermont has refiled an attempted murder charge against a woman accused of shooting a firearms instructor in 2015 after the Chittenden County prosecutor dropped the charge because evidence showed the defendant was legally insane at the time.
An arraignment was scheduled to be held remotely on Thursday for Veronica Lewis but it had to be postponed because of technical issues.
Lewis was charged in the 2015 shooting of firearms instructor Darryl Montague at his Westford home. Montague survived being shot multiple times. Lewis had previously pleaded not guilty.
Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George said in 2019 that her office was dropping charges against Lewis and in two other high profile cases because evidence showed the defendants were legally insane at the time. Republican Gov. Phil Scott questioned her decision and asked the attorney general to review the cases.
Lewis is also facing federal charges of unlawfully possessing a gun after having been adjudicated as “mentally defective” and possessing a stolen firearm.
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