NORTH HERO, Vt. (WCAX) – A Grand Isle jury Monday picked up their third day of deliberations in the assault retrial of Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore.
It’s the second trial for the beleaguered sheriff, whose first trial in July ended in a hung jury.
Grismore was charged with simple assault for kicking shackled inmate Jeremey Burrows in 2022 when he was a captain with the department. The state calls it a case of simple assault, pointing to the fact that Grismore was not in uniform and could have used other means of getting Burrows to comply. Grismore has always maintained that he did nothing wrong and that he was helping less experienced officers get a situation under control.
During the previous trial, the jury deliberated for only four hours before the judge decided they were deadlocked.
