Editing Orleans County, Vermont (section)

===Judicial===
The Superior, Family and Probate courts are all located at 247 Main Street, Newport Vermont. The court system is part of the Northern Division.

The judge of the District Court is rotated to another county periodically. The state Supreme Court must approve assignments.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vermontjudiciary.org/about-vermont-judiciary/judicial-assignments |title=Judge Rotation Schedule |access-date=August 6, 2017 |date=August 6, 2017 |publisher=Vermont Judiciary }}</ref>

With one judge, the District Court can hear up to three jury-empaneled trials per month. In 2017, there were 40 people, pleading innocent, and awaiting trial.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Joseph | last=Gresser | title=Defendants can have long jail wait before trial | url=https://bartonchronicle.com/defendants-can-long-jail-wait-trial/| newspaper=The Chronicle | location=Barton, Vermont | pages= 1A,20A–21A | date=July 26, 2017 }}</ref>

[[Vermont court system#Superior courts|Superior Court]] presiding judge (appointed by the state) - [[Howard E. VanBenthuysen]]
* Superior Court clerk - Gaye Paquette
* Court Operations Manager - Julie Bronson
* Case Manager- Sally Carruthers

[[Vermont court system#Family courts|Family court]] presiding judge - [[Robert R. Bent]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/courts/family/index.htm#Orleans |title= Vermont Family Court: General Information|website=www.vermontjudiciary.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211165338/http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/courts/family/index.htm#Orleans |archive-date=February 11, 2009}}</ref><!---current info does not agree with this ref-->
* [[Magistrate#United States|Magistrate]] - Barbara Zander
* [[Side judge|Assistant Judges]] - Benjamin M. Batchelder and Curt Hardy
* [[County Clerk]] (appointed) - Susan Pion
* [[Probate Court|Probate Judge]] (elected) - Angela Ross<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/courts/probate/probateinfo/index.htm#Orleans |title= Vermont Probate Information|website=www.vermontjudiciary.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308140145/http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/courts/probate/probateinfo/index.htm#Orleans |archive-date=March 8, 2009}}</ref>

The District Court is located at 217 Main Street, Newport, Vermont, as is the [[State Attorney]].<ref>and the state offices of Human Services</ref>
The [[Vermont court system#District courts|District court]] presiding judge is Howard E. VanBenthuysen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/courts/district/index.htm#Orleans |title= Home Page of District Court|website=www.vermontjudiciary.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308123525/http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/courts/district/index.htm#Orleans |archive-date=March 8, 2009}}</ref> The Court Manager is Gaye Paquette. The State's Attorney (elected) is Farzana Leyva.

The sheriff's office is located at 5578 US Rte 5, Newport, Vermont. The [[Sheriffs in the United States|sheriff]] (elected) is Jennifer Harlow. She was appointed originally by governor Phil Scott to fill the remaining vacancy from Kirk Martin, who retired.<ref>{{cite book | author = Creaser, Richard |title = There's a new sheriff in town | publisher = the Chronicle | date = October 22, 2008}}</ref>

The sheriff's department made national news in 2012, when a driver of a large tractor deliberately drove over and wrecked at least six cruisers, out of a fleet of 11. The driver was apparently annoyed at having been previously arrested by the [[Newport (city), Vermont|city of Newport]] police, and not the sheriff.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/roger-pion-vt-man-accused-of-crushing-cop-cars-with-farm-tractor-due-in-court/ Roger Pion, Vt. man accused of crushing cop cars with farm tractor, due in court]. CBS News (August 3, 2012). Retrieved on 2014-04-12.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/50k-bail-for-vermont-man-accused-of-crushing-cop-cars-with-tractor/ $50K bail for Vermont man accused of crushing cop cars with tractor]. Fox News. Retrieved on April 12, 2014.</ref><ref>Mach, Andrew. (August 3, 2012) [http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/03/13103499-vermont-man-uses-tractor-to-flatten-8-police-cars?lite Vermont man uses tractor to flatten 8 police cars - U.S. News]. Usnews.nbcnews.com. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.</ref>