Ex-Addison County sheriff: ‘You can have my certification’

Former Addison County Sheriff Peter Newton in the Chittenden County Superior criminal court in Burlington in October 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerFormer Addison County Sheriff Peter Newton, sentenced to probation on criminal convictions last year, now has been banned from working as a law enforcement officer in Vermont.The Vermont Criminal Justice Council, the body that regulates police in the state, voted Tuesday to permanently revoke Newton’s law enforcement certification.&