BRATTLEBORO- Dalton Kissell, one of two men who sold fentanyl-laced heroin resulting in the overdose death of Wilmington resident Connor Rusin, has been sentenced to 40 months to 12 years in prison.
The sentencing is the result of an agreement in which Kissell pleaded guilty to dispensing...
Friday, October 23, 2026
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Connor Rusin in an undated photo taken when he was in high school and playing football. Photo courtesy Cheryl Rusin
DEERFIELD VALLEY- Jeremy Kirk, pastor of the West Dover Congregational Church, convenes an open meeting called Voices of Hope on the last Tuesday of each month, now by videoconference. This is no ordinary church-basement interest group; it is a group of groups, each committed to Windham County’s...
WILMINGTON - Voices of Hope held its monthly meeting on Zoom on Tuesday, August 25. At the meeting, Robin Rieske, a prevention consultant with the Department of Health, said overdose deaths are up from a year ago. In addition, town nurse Jennifer Fitzgerald briefed the group about an upcoming...
VERMONT- The state’s opioid crisis was first brought sharply into focus - to Vermonters and to the nation - when Gov. Peter Shumlin took the unusual step of devoting his January 2014 state of the state address to the rising tide of addiction, crime, and overdose. “In every corner of our state,...
Dalton Kissell in court Friday afternoon.
BRATTLEBORO- On Friday, December 21, Dalton Kissell pleaded not guilty to amended charges stemming from the alleged sale of regulated drugs resulting in the overdose death of Wilmington resident Connor Rusin in June.
Kissell, 28, of Westminster, and Neal Bolster, 28, a Hinsdale, NH...
Kissell, 28, of Westminster, and Neal Bolster, 28, a Hinsdale, NH...
WILMINGTON- Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the overdose death of Connor Rusin on June 12.
Dalton Kissell, 28, of Westminster, and Neal Bolster, 28, a Hinsdale, NH resident, were charged with selling heroin, fentanyl, and dispensing a regulated drug resulting in...
Dalton Kissell, 28, of Westminster, and Neal Bolster, 28, a Hinsdale, NH resident, were charged with selling heroin, fentanyl, and dispensing a regulated drug resulting in...
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