Jury Returns Verdict in Case of Pownal Man Accused of Assaulting Law Enforcement Officer

‘I finally won something here in Vermont’: Jury acquits gun-range owner of assault

Daniel Banyai, the former owner of a shooting range and paramilitary training site in Pawlet, looks on as the prosecutor speaks during Banyai’s trial in Rutland County Superior criminal court in Rutland on Thursday, May 28, 2026. Banyai is facing charges stemming from a 2024 altercation with Pawlet Constable Thomas Covino. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger RUTLAND — A Rutland County jury has acquitted the owner of Slate Ridge, a former gun range a…

Jury returns verdict in case of Pownal man accused of assaulting law enforcement officer

A jury has ruled that Daniel Banyai, the former owner of the paramilitary training site Slate Ridge, is not guilty after he was charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer in 2024.

Banyai acquitted of felony assault charge

Daniel Banyai was found not guilty on Thursday at the end of a one-day trial in Rutland County criminal court on a felony charge of assaulting a police officer.

Assault trial begins for owner of former paramilitary training site

Daniel Banyai has pleaded not guilty to aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.