Published report · Nov 1, 2026
Gregory Bombard: The $175,000 Agreement and Its $100,000/$75,000 Split
A driver challenges an officer. The officer lets him leave, then stops him again and makes an arrest. This was Gregory Bombard's encounter with Vermont State Trooper Jay Riggen in February 2018. Years later, a settlement addressed that encounter and a separate, later citation. The agreed total was one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars.
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A driver challenges an officer. The officer lets him leave, then stops him again and makes an arrest. This was Gregory Bombard's encounter with Vermont State Trooper Jay Riggen in February 2018. Years later, a settlement addressed that encounter and a separate, later citation. The agreed total was one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars.
This is the February 2018 encounter and the 2024 settlement covering that dispute and a ChristmasDay 2023 citation. The financial terms are allocations in the agreement; the criminal record is described without a current custody inference.
From our report published Nov 2, 2026. This describes that report’s documented position, not a fresh check of today’s court docket.
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A driver challenges an officer. The officer lets him leave, then stops him again and makes an arrest. This was Gregory Bombard's encounter with Vermont State Trooper Jay Riggen in February 2018. Years later, a settlement addressed that encounter and a separate, later citation. The agreed total was one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars.
This is the February 2018 encounter and the 2024 settlement covering that dispute and a ChristmasDay 2023 citation. The financial terms are allocations in the agreement; the criminal record is described without a current custody inference.
COURT RECORDS
Vermont Superior Court, Washington Civil Division
21-CV-176
PRIMARY SOURCES
https://www.fire.org/cases/bombard-v-riggen-state-vermont-vermonter-arrested-cursing-cop
https://www.fire.org/sites/default/files/2023/12/2021-02-03%20-%20COMPLAINT%20-%20Bombard%20v.%20Riggen,%20State%20of%20Vermont.pdf
https://www.fire.org/sites/default/files/2023/12/2021-12-21%20-%20Denial%20of%20Motion%20to%20Dismiss.pdf
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/11-2846/11-2846-2013-01-03.html
FOOTAGE
FIRE / Vermont State Police cruiser recording (reframed)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5OjgljiaZA
Original cruiser audio preserves the officer’s stated rationale, release/second-stop sequence and Bombard’s response. Cropping removes baked subtitles; analysis does not infer a gesture from the camera or claim an adjudicated physical-force finding. Full source provenance remains linked. Limited excerpts support case-specific documentary reporting and original legal/financial commentary. Public access and credit do not establish an express license; no permission grant or legal guarantee is asserted. Source credit establishes provenance and does not claim an express footage license.
Licensed synthetic narration. Documentary reporting and commentary.
CHAPTERS
0:00 preview
0:17 setup
0:41 clip1
1:11 firststop
1:31 clip2
1:55 law
2:18 clip3
2:40 clip4
3:23 proceedings
3:44 money
4:05 ending
4:27 outro
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