Vermont
Man arrested last week in Vermont charged with murder of Concord couple
Oct. 20—A person arrested final week in Vermont has been charged with two counts of second-degree homicide within the taking pictures deaths of Stephen and Djeswende Reid in Harmony in April, the Lawyer Common’s Workplace mentioned Wednesday.
An arrest warrant was signed charging Logan Levar Clegg, 26, most not too long ago of South Burlington, Vermont, with two counts of second-degree homicide for killing the Reids by taking pictures them a number of instances on April 18.
After the warrant was issued, it was given to Vermont authorities and used Wednesday to arrest Clegg as a fugitive from justice on the homicide expenses out of New Hampshire.
Clegg has been in custody on an unrelated cost since Oct. 12 on the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans, Vermont. He’s being held for violating parole in an unrelated Utah case, officers mentioned.
Clegg’s arraignment on the fugitive from justice cost in Vermont is anticipated to happen Thursday on the Franklin County Superior Court docket in St. Albans.
After Clegg’s arraignment, New Hampshire authorities will to have him extradited to New Hampshire.
Clegg’s attorneys on Wednesday had filed appeals looking for a bail listening to within the Utah matter.
Clegg’s attorneys argued he couldn’t be held with out bail previous to trial as a result of that cost would not carry a doable sentence of life in jail.
The Vermont Supreme Court docket rejected that argument, saying below Vermont legislation Clegg was not being held previous to trial, however fairly as a fugitive from justice.
The protection then made a separate enchantment in civil court docket for a bail listening to, which was granted. However the New Hampshire homicide expenses seem to make that moot.
The our bodies of Stephen and Djeswende Reid, a retired couple, have been discovered April 21 in a wooded space close to the Marsh Loop Path in East Harmony.
In Might, police and prosecutors launched a composite sketch of an individual of of curiosity they have been looking for in reference to these murders.
In July, police introduced a $50,000 reward for info resulting in the conviction of the individual answerable for the double murder in Harmony.
Harmony police proceed to research the circumstances surrounding the murders. They are often reached at 603- 225-8600, or ideas could be submitted anonymously by contacting the Harmony Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100.
Suggestions will also be submitted on-line by means of the Crimeline web site at www.concordregionalcrimeline.com, or textual content message TIP234 and your message to CRIMES (274637).