HS student pleads guilty to molest charge

A Mount Anthony Union High School student has pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious conduct and admitted he touched another student inappropriately. The case against 17-year-old Brett Vlach of Bennington was transferred to family court under the youthful offender program. Vlach was charged after a 17-year-old classmate told them he had put his arms around her and touched her inappropriately. Public Defender Christopher Montgomery told the court Friday that Vlach had intended to taunt and intimidate the girl but not molest her.