Romeo v. Department of Employment & Training

Claimant appeals pro se from an Employment Security Board decision affirming the denial of unemployment benefits because of misconduct connected with his work. See 21 V.S.A. § 1344(a)(1). The misconduct concerned allegations that claimant had taken approximately ten newspapers from a vending machine in downtown Burlington. At a hearing before the chief appeals referee, claimant denied he took the newspapers. The referee, however, sustained the denial because he gave greater credence to testimony identifying claimant’s taxicab by number as the one involved in the alleged theft, together with…