by Joseph Gresser
NEWPORT — Under the terms of an agreement worked out with the state Alfred Charest, 40, of Derby Line, the state dismissed charges of attempted first-degree murder, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon that had been filed against him.
In return Mr. Charest pled guilty to two charges of reckless endangerment and no contest to attempted aggravated assault, a felony. Judge Justin Jiron sentenced Mr. Charest to serve two years of a two-to-six-year prison term, as specified in the agreement.
According to the affidavit submitted by then Vermont State Police Sergeant Andrew Jensen, a call came in around 9:46 a.m. on January 10, 2022, from a man who said what he thought were gunshots from somewhere on Caswell Avenue in Derby Line…
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