Eva Vekos, 56, of Middlebury, Vermont, was sentenced in Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Criminal Division, after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. The incident occurred on January 25, 2024, in Bridport, Vermont. At the time, Vekos was serving as Addison County State’s Attorney.
According to the Attorney General’s Office, Vekos drove to a crime scene and met with Vermont State Police detectives. Detectives and troopers noticed that she smelled of intoxicants and spoke with slurred speech. When questioned by troopers about her condition, Vekos admitted to consuming alcohol. She refused to take Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and later declined to provide a breath sample at the police barracks.
Judge John Pacht presided over the case and allowed Vekos to plead no contest to the DUI charge despite objections from the Attorney General’s Office. The court sentenced her to a six-month deferred probationary sentence.
The Attorney General’s Office objected both to the plea of no contest and the deferred sentence. It argued that “Ms. Vekos had failed to take responsibility for her actions on January 25, 2024, and that imposing a deferred sentence on a predicate offense, an offense that could enhance a subsequent DUI conviction, did not take into consideration the serious harm that occurs when people drive while intoxicated.”
While on probation, Vekos is required to report regularly to a Chittenden County probation officer. She must also comply with standard conditions of probation as well as a special condition prohibiting her from drinking alcoholic beverages if it interferes with her welfare or employment or affects others’ safety.
