BENNINGTON — A series of high-profile cases are making their way through the Bennington County legal system with scheduled jury picks early next week and trials set to follow.

Several of the cases have been covered by the Banner over the previous months, including a Pownal man who is charged with numerous sex assaults against a toddler, two cases of financial exploitation of protected individuals, an alleged arson, and the case of an individual accused of violating his conditions of release 200 different times.

Joseph Pallas, 28, is currently charged with one count of arson in the first degree for allegedly setting his home on fire in Stamford. The residence at 536 Mill Road was vacant and for sale when a fire broke out in the morning hours of December 27, 2023. According to a police aff

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