Daniel Banyai arrested for violating conditions of release on pending aggravated assault charge

Daniel Banyai, owner of the Slate Ridge paramilitary training facility in West Pawlet, appears for his contempt hearing in Environmental Court in Rutland on November 4, 2022. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerDaniel Banyai was arrested Monday for violating conditions of release on his pending felony charge of aggravated assault against a police officer, according to a press release by Pawlet Constable Thomas Covino. Covino is the same officer who Banyai is charged with assaulting.Accordin