Moll in the running for state’s attorney

Moll will seek the Democratic nomination in the primary election Aug. 26.

In all, three candidates are seeking to replace Page. Two are his deputies — Moll, who’s a resident of Essex, and Todd Shove of Elmore, who’s running as an independent and so won’t be on the primary ballot Aug. 26. The third is Paul Finnerty of Huntington, who is a Chittenden County deputy state’s attorney. Finnerty and Moll will face off in the Democratic primary.

Moll graduated with honors in 1987 from the Thomas M. Cooley School of Law in Michigan, then chose to return home to Vermont “because the citizens care about their state. The folks who live in Vermont insist all voices are heard, whether on the environment, the criminal justice system, the education system — Vermont is a participatory democracy trying to do what is best for Vermont.”

Moll has tried more than 200 cases that went to jury trials, and has argued more than 30 cases before the Vermont Supreme Court.

If elected, he wants a State’s Attorney Office that “reaches out to all those involved in the criminal justice system — police, first responders, addiction treatment providers, corrections, select boards, schools, crime victims and citizens — seeking collaborative ways to make Lamoille County a safer place to live, work, play and the best place to raise children.”