Vermont State Police arrested a former Caledonia County victim advocate on charges that he used his position to sexually exploit a crime victim and then tried to cover it up.
Anthony Jackson-Miller, 39, of Stanstead, Quebec, is accused of entering into a sexual relationship with a domestic abuse victim he was assigned to represent while employed by the Caledonia County State's Attorney's Office, the Swanton Village Police Department, and the Caledonia County Sheriff's Department. According to an affidavit, when the victim expressed discomfort, Jackson-Miller allegedly threatened to have the case against her alleged abuser dropped if she did not delete text messages.
A friend of the victim reported the relationship to state police. Jackson-Miller faces charges of exploitation of a crime victim by a law enforcement officer and attempting to obstruct justice. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Thursday in Vermont Superior Court in St. Johnsbury and was released without bail. Judge Heather Gray restricted his communication with people involved in the case and with the state's attorney's office.
Jackson-Miller was fired from the sheriff's department and the state's attorney's office upon learning of the alleged misconduct, according to Caledonia County Sheriff Brandon Thrailkill and Tim Lueders-Dumont, executive director of the Vermont Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs. His full-time position was with the Office of Racial Equity.
NEK will be looking into whether prior complaints were filed against Jackson-Miller in his various law enforcement roles.
Originally reported by VTDigger.
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