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United States of America v. Christopher Dezotelle
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics - cocaine and fentanyl in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Christopher Dezotelle, age 43, a life-long Vermonter with an extensive criminal history, conspired to distribute narcotics around Burlington, Vermont, between May 2024 and June 2024. A conf
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Richard Bailey, Jr.
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> On June 2, 2025, police in St. Albans, Vermont, received a report of a domestic violence incident in which Richard Bailey, Jr. , age 25, was reported to have struck a woman in the face and strangled her approximately six times, leaving her unabl
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Jonathan Strippe
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault, unlawful mischief, and hate-motivated crimes. Jonathan Strippe, 52, of Burlington, assaulted a woman on Market Street who was wearing a hijab and damaged her cell phone. They say he also made several derogatory statements about her perceived race, religion and country of origin. A witness captured part of the attack on video,
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Mark Sterling
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stalking. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Mark Sterling was charged with one count of aggravated stalking while possessing a deadly weapon under 13 V.S.A. § 1063(5). Additionally, he was charged with violation of an abuse prevention order, aggravated stalking in violation of a court order, unlawful possessio
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Daen A. Lovejory
Hyde Park, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r lewd or lascivious conduct with a child pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 2602. . In February 2022, the State charged defendant with lewd or lascivious conduct with a child pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 2602(a)(1) (prohibiting lewd or lascivious conduct with a child). The information alleged that defendant had "touch[ed] and/or rubb[ed]" his step-daughter J.B.'s buttocks during a period beginning on or about January 2018,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Davor Olin, Corey Vasquez, and Lindsay Sheehan
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants wire fraud conspiracy, bank fraud conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Davon Olin, 36, of Hackensack, New Jersey and The Bronx, New York; Corey Vasquez, 35, of The Bronx, New York; James Michael Roosevelt Williams, 34, of The Bronx, New York; Mark Ochoa, 34, of The Bronx, New York;
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Travis Smith
Wyndham, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with lewd and lascivious conduct. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Travis Smith was charged with felony lewd and lascivious conduct in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 2601. At the February 2023 trial, the following facts were presented. The victim, then eighteen years old, visited her friend’s house in Grafton, Vermont, t
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Terry Russ
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a michine gun during the commission of a drug trafficking crime. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Terry Russ was connected with a firearm used in an incident in Springfield, Massachusetts, in which police officers were shot and one was seriously injured. Russ later sold an untraceable privately-m
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Evangelos Lohaitis, et al.
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with wire fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Evangelos Lohaitis, a.k.a. “Bucky,” (36 – Saint-Eustache, Québec) Mitchell Burnett-Guarna, a.k.a. “Juice,” (39 – Dorval, Québec) Kyle Lesser, a.k.a. “Brock,” (34 – Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot, Québec) Luca Santalucia, a.k.a. “Rocco,” (27 – Montreal, Québec) Glen Crossley, a.k.a. “Buju,” (56 – Kirkland, Québec) Cody Jodouin-King, a
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Tyshan Murray
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bringing in and harboring aliens. By Kent Morlan on September 8, 2024, nine citizens of Ireland had illegally crossed into the United States in the vicinity of Drew Road in Richford, Vermont. Tyshan Murray, 44, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, picked up the five adults and four children near the U.S.-Canada border. U. S. Border Patrol Agents had been alerted to an unlawful crossing in the area, responded to inves
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Cedric Wormely
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud transmissions of text messages and transfer of money for the purpose of executing a scheme to obtain money and property by false pretenses. For years Cedric Wormely, 59, of Birmingham, Alabama, defrauded women who were seeking love. With limited exceptions, Wormely met his victims through various online dating platforms where he falsely presented himself as a man living in New England who had worked
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Richard J. Vardenski
Rutland, Vermont, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with armed robbery. , Richard J. Vardenski, 57, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, walked into a convenience store in the Old North End on August 25, 2024, pointed what appeared to be a pistol at the store clerk, demanded money, and took approximately $500 in cash from the register as well as a pack of cigarettes. Vardenski then left the store and fled in a Volvo. Investigators later recovered the apparent weapon used in
View VerdictShela Linton v. Sargeant Jacob Zorn
Rutland, Vermont, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights theory. Shela M. Linton sued Jacob P. Zorn claiming that she was wrongfully injured as a direct result of Zorn violated her Fourth Amendment rights by using excessive force. On the Governor’s inauguration day in Vermont, protest- ers staged a sit-in at the state capitol. When the capitol closed for the day, police officers told them that they would be arrested for trespassing. They refused t
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Anthony Hamel
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child porn. Anthony Hamel, 25, of Cowansville, Quebec, Canada, applied to enter the United States from Canada at the Morses Line Port of Entry (POE) on May 9, 2025. Based on his responses to screening questions, Hamel was referred to a secondary inspection by the Customs and Border Protection Officer (CBPO). During the secondary inspection, Hamel indicated that he was entering the United States t
View VerdictJohn Excheverri and Carin Pratt v. Town of Turnbridge
Towbridge, Vermont, civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued claiming that the town did not have the power to maintain and repair trails across their property.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. John Cozza
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to the Social Security Administration during its redetermination of eligibility to receive disability benefits. John Cozza, 64, of Plainfield, Vermont, stated in a March 2021 application for SSDI benefits that he had not been self-employed in 2020 or in 2021, through the date of his application. When Cozza submitted the application, he knew that information was false. In fact, Cozza ha
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Joseph Llano
Rutland, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Joseph Llano, 26, of Springfield, Massachusetts, his uncles, Tanashe Edwards and Edwin Davila, and numerous other co-conspirators, that trafficked cocaine base and fentanyl from Massachusetts to Central Vermont. The group distributed drugs to a large number of customers in Washington, Orange, and Lamoille counties. The defendant recruited individuals in Vermont th
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Ramone Hosten
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated domestic assault. Defendant was charged with two offenses-first-degree aggravated domestic assault in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1043(a)(1) and domestic assault in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1042- alleging assaults of the complainant on or about September 19, 2025. The State applied for and obtained an arrest warrant for defendant on October 15, 2025. Defendant was arraigned on December 11, 2025, and
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Rantanen
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer Lisa Shelkrot represented the Defendant charged with felony possession and transportation of firearms and ammunition.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Terry Dawayne Catching
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of distribution of cocaine and cocaine base and one count of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute it. Dawayne Catchings, 31, of Detroit, Michigan, was indicted by a grand jury. Catchings distributed cocaine and cocaine base on December 23, 2025, and December 30, 2025, at a location in Vermont. On January 7, 2026, Vermont State Police stopped Catchings for speeding on Interstate 89 in Rand
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Geison Reynoso
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base. From 2023 until April 25, 2024, Geison Reynoso, 27, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Davon Lee, age 26, also of Springfield, engaged in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base in Rutland County, Vermont. In February 2024, law enforcement seized two backpacks belonging to the pair containing two firearms, U.S. currency, and a large quantity of co
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Michael Merrick
Moretown, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, Michael Merrick, age 27, of Bedford, Massachusetts, who was charged with DUI.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Samuel Alfaro-Sanchez
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after having been found in the District of Vermont on August 13, 2025, without any lawful status to be in the country. Alfaro-Sanchez, illegally entered the United States on numerous prior occasions. In 2008, Alfaro-Sanchez voluntarily returned to Mexico after having been apprehended near Tucson, Arizona. In 2018, Alfaro-Sanchez was removed from the United States twice a
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Theodore Bland
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with murder. Theodore Bland, 30, pleaded not guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Burlington to capital crime charges brought against him in a new indictment returned by a grand jury last month, accusing him of firing the shots that killed the two men.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Carlos Nonoal-Cano
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transportation of illegal aliens. On December 16, 2025, agents from U.S. Border Patrol received a notification of border crossing on the Vermont-Canada border and received an image of individuals crossing the snow-covered border on foot taken that evening. When Border Patrol agents conducted a search of the remote area near the Canadian border, they observed a black Honda Pilot with New Jersey license plates
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Crawford
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Christopher Crawford, age 36, was detained by the State of Vermont on charges of first-degree murder, cocaine possession, methamphetamine possession, and possession of a firearm after violent crime conviction. The State alleges that on September 4, 2022, Crawford snuck
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jason McGrath
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor to produce child sexual abuse materials (CSAM, also known as child pornography). Jason McGrath, age 45, of South Burlington, Vermont corresponded with two people via an internet messaging application, offering to pay money for the production of original CSAM. McGrath sent money to the users in an effort to obtain CSAM and received CSAM from at least one user that depicted a child a
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Tyler Hayes
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful obtaining a unregistered firearm and possessing a destructive device (bomb).
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Aaron Loucks
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defenant charged with aggravated disorderly conduct and a hate crime.<br> <br> Aaron Loucks, age 32, of Burlington, Vermont was accused for engaging in disorderly conduct and yelling racial slurs at a black neighbor.
View VerdictRonald Jensen v. Cody Lane, et al.
Denver, Colorado, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation, 42 U.S.C. 1983 claim.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kayla Ramos
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> knowingly possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin.<br> <br> Google A.I.<br> <br> 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) and (b)(1)(C)<br> is a federal statute that makes it unlawful to knowingly possess a controlled substance with the intent to distribute it, or to manufacture or distribute it. The "knowingly possessed with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin" describes the specifi
View VerdictDiana Newton v. Kohl's, Inc.
Rutland, Vermont, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights employment discrimination theory.<br> <br> Google, A.I.:<br> <br> Employment discrimination law<br> prohibits unfair treatment in the workplace based on characteristics like race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information. Key federal laws, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the Americans with Disabilit
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Karen Norton
Middlebury, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.<br> <br> Defendant was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after a police officer observed the passenger-side wheels of defendant's car leave the paved portion of the road twice in quick succession. Defendant moved to suppress the evidence collected during the traffic stop and dismiss the case, arguing that the arresting officer did not have reasonable susp
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Damien Diaz
Bennington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and robbery.<br> <br> In January 2024, defendant was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, grand larceny, unlawful mischief, carrying a dangerous or deadly weapon while committing a felony, and assault and robbery. The State subsequently amended the information to add a charge of larceny from the person. <br> <br> The trial court instructed the jury that, to find defendant guilty of this c
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Aaron Loucks
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of aggravated disorderly conduct. Prosecutors added a hate crime.<br> <br> Aaron Loucks, 32, of Burlington, with two counts of aggravated disorderly conduct. Prosecutors added a hate crime enhancement to one of the charges and say Loucks was yelling racial slurs at one of his neighbors, who is Black.<br> <br>
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Boisvert
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 2024 Robbery Spree.<br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on September 30, 2025, Christopher Boisvert of Swanzey, New Hampshire was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 74 months' imprisonment to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release.<br> <br> On June 10, 2025, Boisvert pleaded guilty to one count of Bank Robber
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Aaron Loucks
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated disorderly conduct, one of which is being considered a hate crime after he allegedly shouted racial slurs at children and neighbors.<br> <br> Aaron Loucks, age 32, was accused threatening neighbors and law enforcement.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Berk Eratay, Jerry Banks, Aron Ethridge
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Murder-for-Hire.<br> <br> he United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on September 25, 2025 and September 26, 2025, Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss, sentenced three men, Berk Eratay, 38, of Las Vegas, Nevada, Jerry Banks, 37, of Gardener, Montana, and Aron Ethridge, 45, of Henderson, Nevada for their roles in the January 6, 2018 murder of Gregory Davis in Barnet, Vermon
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Boisvert
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Bank Robbery and stipulated to the commission of a second bank robbery and an attempted robbery of a marijuana dispensary.<br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on September 30, 2025, Christopher Boisvert of Swanzey, New Hampshire was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 74 months' imprisonment to be followed by a t
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Boisvert
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Bank Robbery and stipulated to the commission of a second bank robbery and an attempted robbery of a marijuana dispensary <br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on September 30, 2025, Christopher Boisvert of Swanzey, New Hampshire was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 74 months' imprisonment to be followed by a t
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Aaron Badeau
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling drugs.<br> <br> On September 30, 2025, at approximately 10:30 AM, the Burlington Police Department's Drug Unit, Emergency Response Unit, and members of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted a coordinated operation in City Hall Park. This operation was part of an ongoing drug investigation focused on suspected activity in the park, during which multiple controlled purchases of drugs have been
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Brittany Fields
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling, distributing, or dispensinv fentanyl.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Boisvert
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery by force or violence.
View VerdictTom Daley, et al. v. Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Burlington, Vermont consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a fraud theory. <br> <br> This was a class action lawsuit against Defendant Toyota Motor North America, Inc. ("Toyota" or "Defendant") by Plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and a class of current and former owners and lessees of model year 2022-2024 Toyota Tundra and Toyota Tundra hybrid vehicles (the "Class Vehicles" or "Vehicles").<br> <br> The engines in the Class Vehicles suffer from a serious defect which causes them to s
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Carlos Alfredo Barrera Vasquez
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Transportation of Illegal Aliens<br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on September 19, 2025, Carlos Alfredo Barrera Vasquez, 31, of Jalapa, Guatemala, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 12 months imprisonment. Barrera Vasquez previously pleaded guilty to transporting two adults and two small children after they had illeg
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Richard Bailey Jr.
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> St. Albans Man Charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Richard Bailey Jr., 34, of St. Albans, Ver
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Samuel Alfaro-Sanchez
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Reentry to the United States </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mexican National Charged with Illegal Reentry to the United States</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on
View VerdictRobin O'Neill v. Nicholas Deml
Burlington, Vermont Plaintiff pro se without counsel sought a writ of habeas corpus.<br> <br> Robin O'Neill, who is serving a life sentence for a<br> double homicide, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for<br> the District of Vermont (Sessions, J.) dismissing her pro se petition for a writ of<br> habeas corpus made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court dismissed<br> O'Neill's petition for failure to fully exhaust all her claims in the state courts. On<br>
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Aaron Williams
Burlington, Vermont Criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with road rage assault and battery.<br> <br> Aaron Williams, 44, allegedly passed the victim's car on Mallet's Bay Avenue on Tuesday, cut in front of them, and braked suddenly while still in traffic.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Talbert Hill
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 95 Months for Conspiring to Distribute Crack Cocaine and Fentanyl</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> Talbert Hill, 44,
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