Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter.

The State of Vermont accused Stacy Vaillancourt with manslaughter as a result of the death of a 6-month-old Harper Rose Briar at her child care business in Rutland. The cause of death was said to be an overdose of a sedative.

Defendant pled not guilty and denied that she was the person ... More...    $0 (12-01-2023 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possessing child sexual abuse material, previously referred to as child pornography.

On May 7, 2022, Chester Police Officers received reports concerning potential voyeurism occurring at Norman Merrill’s home in Chester. During the investigation, witnesses alleged they had found a hidden recording device in... More...    $0 (04-25-2023 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping and interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle.

On January 4, 2019, Everett A. Simpson, age 45, formerly of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, absconded from the Valley Vista treatment facility in Bradford, Vermont, and stole a commercial van in Newbury, Vermont, eventually deserting that vehicle in a parkin... More...    $0 (04-18-2023 - VT)

Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with knowingly producing child pornography.

Cory Johnson previously pleaded guilty to a single count of child pornography production, admitting that, in or about September 2016, he video recorded sexually explicit content involving a minor. At sentencing, the government sought a 30-year sentence, the maximum allowed by... More...    $0 (05-11-2022 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with murder for hire, conspiracy to kidnap and murder a person overseas, conspiracy to produce child pornography, and possession of child pornography.

In September 2018, FSean Fiore, 38, of Burlington, Vermont, communicated over WhatsApp with a woman who was in Venezuela. Both used aliases. The WhatsApp communic... More...    $0 (04-01-2022 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children.

Ryan Beaulieu, 45, of Underhill, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of child pornography on March 29. According to court documents, Beaulieu used an anonymous video chat website to contact multiple prepubescent children and... More...    $0 (11-16-2021 - VT)

Burlington, VT: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with child exploitation and possession of child pornography.

Alexander Chase, 25, of Barre, Vermont, was indicted for child exploitation crimes, including obtaining images from a child victim and distributing them to others via email. In the summer of 2019, Chase posed as a 14-year-old boy on a child chat website. Chas... More...    $0 (09-22-2021 - VT)

Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.

Louis Hamlin II, 77, of Huntington, Vermont, was charged with one count of knowingly producing with intent to distribute child pornography that is an adapted or morphed depiction of an identifiable minor.

In February 2019, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Ch... More...    $0 (07-12-2021 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children

Eike Blohm, 39, of South Burlington, Vermont, was charged with one count of Possession of Child Pornographyand one count of Lewd & Lascivious Conduct, one count of Voyeurism (Circumstances – First Offense), and 19 counts of Voyeurism (Place – First Offense) in state court. <... More...    $0 (06-22-2021 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont child pornography criminal defense lawyer represented Alexander Chase, who was charged by the United States of America with activities relating to material constituting child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252. ... More...    $0 (09-24-2020 - VT)

8 was simultaneously monumental and incremental. Monumental in that its 9 changes to sentencing calculations, mandatory minimums, good behavior credits 10 and other parts of our criminal laws led to the release of thousands of imprisoned 11 people whom Congress and the Executive believed did not need to be 12 incarcerated. Incremental, in that, rather than mandating more lenient outcomes, 13 it of... More...    $0 (10-02-2020 - VT)

Burlington, VT - The United States of America charged Dr. Eike Blohm with production and possession of child porn.

Eike Blohm, 38, of South Burlington, Vermont, was charged with one count of production of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography. Blohm made his initial appearance to answer the complaint in federal court on May 22, 2020. At the hearing, U.S. Ma... More...    $0 (06-01-2020 - VT)

Burlington, VT - The United States of America charged Bradley Smith with child porn.

Bradley Smith, 67, of Jericho, Vermont, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison after his guilty plea to one count of possession of child pornography. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss also ordered Smith to serve a seven (7) year term of supervised release, and to pay a $100 special assessment.
... More...    $0 (12-31-2019 - VT)

Burlington, VT - The United States of America charged Bradley Smith with child pornography.

Bradley Smith, 67, of Jericho, Vermont, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison after his guilty plea to one count of possession of child pornography. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss also ordered Smith to serve a seven (7) year term of supervised release, and to pay a $100 special assessmen... More...    $0 (12-27-2019 - VT)

Burlington, VT - Bristol Man Sentenced for Receipt of Child Pornography

Cody Clark, 27, of Bristol, Vermont, was sentenced on October 18, 2018, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, to serve 120 months in prison after his guilty plea to one count of receipt of child pornography. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss also ordered Clark to serve a thirty (30) year term of s... More...    $0 (10-23-2018 - VT)

Burlington, VT - New York Man Sentenced for Child Exploitation Offense

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Brett Ferrell, 33, of New York, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Rutland for traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. Chief United States District Judge Geo... More...    $0 (09-13-2018 - VT)

Defendant Lucas Dwight appeals the trial court’s restitution order requiring him to pay dental expenses resulting from defendant’s conviction for simple assault. Defendant raises two main issues: (1) whether the court erred in awarding restitution for expenses that complainant’s father paid on complainant’s behalf; and (2) whether the ordered repayment schedule, which considered defendant’s e... More...    $0 (08-01-2018 - VT)

The central question in this case is whether a parent may be
convicted of custodial interference under 13 V.S.A. § 2451 for interfering with the custody of the
Department for Children and Families (DCF) in the absence of a court order specifying the
schedule and limitations of the parent’s visitation. Defendant Liana Roy was convicted of
custodial interference for taking her ... More...    $0 (07-09-2018 - VT)

Defendant pled guilty to a charge of attempted luring of a child pursuant to 13
V.S.A. § 2828 based on his attempt to meet with a person he believed to be a minor child for the
purpose of having sex. The charging affidavit reflects that, after receiving complaints concerning
defendant’s inappropriate online contact with minors, an investigator, posing as a thirteen-year
old gir... More...    $0 (06-11-2018 - VT)

Burlington, VT - 19 Year Old Man Accused of Sending Threats to South Burlington High School Students and Faculty Sentenced to Five Year Probationary Term

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Josiah Leach, 19, of South Burlington, Vermont, appeared today before the Honorable Geoffrey W. Crawford for sentencing. Leach previously pled guilty to ... More...    $0 (02-22-2018 - VT)

In 2015, defendant was living with his girlfriend. His girlfriend had a six-year-old
daughter, E.P., from a prior relationship. E.P. lived primarily with her father, but spent one night
a week at the home shared by her mother and defendant. On one of those evenings, defendant was
cutting boxes with a box cutter. The box cutter defendant was using was not a typical box cutter; More...    $0 (12-21-2017 - VT)

Defendant was charged with eleven offenses. The first five of these involved
alleged offenses against thirteen-year-old A.H., including one count of sexual assault against a
person under sixteen in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(c); one count of repeated sexual assault as
part of a common scheme or plan under 13 V.S.A. § 3253(a)(9); one count of lewd and lascivious
conduct with... More...    $0 (11-03-2017 - VT)

The underlying facts of this case are not in dispute. Defendant was arraigned on
July 17, 2013, for aggravated domestic assault and cruelty to a child. The Superior Court, Orange
Unit, Criminal Division imposed conditions of pretrial release that included a twenty-four-hour
curfew with exceptions only for legal and medical appointments and for emergencies. The court
restrict... More...    $0 (06-19-2017 - VT)

On June 7, 2013, after a nearly month-long investigation regarding a clandestine
methamphetamine operation, a detective with the Vermont State Police applied for and obtained a
warrant to search the residence and curtilage at a specified address on Windmill Point Road in
Alburg, Vermont. The search warrant was executed three days later by the state police and
associated law en... More...    $0 (12-17-2016 - VT)