Burlington, Vermont criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawfully attempting to transport individuals that entered the United States illegally.

During the evening of November 7, 2022, a United States Border Patrol Agent performing surveillance in the vicinity of Moon Road in Derby Line, Vermont, less than a mile from the Canadian border, observed six individuals, who ... More...    $0 (12-07-2022 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug distribution.

On January 29, 2020, law enforcement executed a search warrant at 8 Sheldon Place in Rutland, Vermont. Court records show that Olyinka Babatunde, a/k/a "tom,", age 23, from Brooklyn, New York, and Quadeim Mack, also from Brooklyn, used this residence as a base station to distribute drugs in the R... More...    $0 (11-28-2022 - VT)

Rutland, Vermont criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Joel Ivan Caquias Aviles, age 22, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was arrested on March 23, 2022 during the execution of search warrants at the Highlander Motel in Rutland, Vermont. Aviles was located in Room 15 of the Motel. A search of that room resulted in the seizure of ap... More...    $0 (11-09-2022 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with knowingly acquiring and possessing hydromorphone tablets and solutions by fraud and deception in violation of 21 U.S.C. 842(a)(3).

While employed as a pharmacy manager of the CVS located in Berlin, Vermont, Brian Thomas Badgley, age 37, of Waterbury, Vermont, tampered with a bottle of Hydromorphone oral solution by... More...    $0 (11-01-2022 - VT)

Rutland, Vermont criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing fentenyl.

On January 28, 2022, Tiffany Fisk, age 33, of Barre, Vermont, and her husband David Tom were in a vehicle stopped by the Vermont State Police. A search of their vehicle revealed Tom to be unlawfully in possession of a firearm. As part of Fisk’s sentencing for drug distribution, she admitted ... More...    $0 (10-05-2022 - VT)

Rutland, Vermont criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with knowingly and willfully making false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements and representations to the Social Security Administration.

In May 2021, a federal grand jury in Burlington returned an indictment charging Daniel Chase, 61, of Weathersfield, with three counts of making false statements to the Social Security Admi... More...    $0 (09-08-2022 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with bringing and harboring aliens.

Nector Armando Garcia Perez, 26, of Waldorf, Maryland, and Deisy Del Cid Reyes, 27, of Falls Church, Virginia, were arrested yesterday and will appear tomorrow in federal court on a charge alleging that, on or about August 26, 2022, they unlawfully transported an individual they knew to h... More...    $0 (08-29-2022 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with providing false or fictitious statements to a federally licensed dealer of firearms in connection with her acquisition of a firearm.

Marissa Byrd, age 30, from Burlington, Vermont, pleaded guilty to the offense on April 29, 2022. The defendant acknowledged having purchased a firearm from Parro’s Gun Shop in Waterbu... More...    $0 (08-19-2022 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant charged with fraud.

General contractor J.A. McDonald, Inc. (“JAMâ€�), headquartered in Lyndon Center, Vermont, has agreed to pay $637,500.00 to the United States and the State of Vermont to resolve allegations that JAM violated the federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, and the Vermont False Claims Act, 32 V.S.A. Â... More...    $637000 (11-29-2021 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.

William Stenger, 72, of Newport, Vermont, was charged with one felony count of knowingly and willfully submitting false documents to the Vermont Regional Center (“VRCâ€�) in connection with his involvement in the Jay Peak Biomedical Research Park EB-5 investment project, also calle... More...    $0 (08-13-2021 - VT)

Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of cocaine base.

Michael Goodnough, 46, of Rutland was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Geoffrey Crawford to 24 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release, which will follow the term of imprisonment.

Goodnough previously pled guilty to distribution of cocaine bas... More...    $0 (07-29-2021 - VT)