MIDDLEBURY — A complaint has been filed with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel as to whether Peter Newton, a lieutenant in the Addison County Sheriff’s Department, is eligible to run for county sheriff because a portion of his police salary was paid through a federal grant before his campaign began.
Sheriff Don Keeler, who is not seeking re-election, and Newton said this week there is no basis for the anonymous complaint under what is known as the federal Hatch Act.