Kevin Tower, a 29-year-old resident of Cornwall, Vermont, has been charged with two felony counts of first-degree aggravated domestic assault and one count of misdemeanor domestic assault. The charges follow an investigation by the Vermont State Police with support from the Middlebury Police Department.
Tower appeared in Vermont Superior Court, Criminal Division, Bennington Unit for arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty. Judge John Valente ordered that Tower be held without bail for up to 60 days while awaiting a weight of evidence hearing. The court also imposed several conditions on his release: Tower must not contact the alleged victim or witnesses, is prohibited from possessing firearms or dangerous weapons, and must remain at least 300 feet away from both the victim and the crime scene.
The Attorney General’s Office stated: “The Attorney General’s Office emphasizes that individuals charged with a crime are legally presumed innocent until their guilt is proven beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.”
