Vermont Assault Law
State 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 ... More...
$ (02-01-2026 - VT)State 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 fro... More...
$0 (10-31-2025 - VT)State 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. ... More...
$0 (08-29-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Rahm Klampert </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Hartford, Vermont Man Charged with Drug Crime</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><cente... More...
$0 (08-05-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Luis Angel Gerardo Urias </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Phoenix, Arizona Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Ve... More...
$0 (01-08-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Javon Calderon </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Drug Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Holyoke, Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 85 Months in Armed Drug Trafficking Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Javon Calderon, 21, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, p... More...
$0 (01-02-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Javon Calderon </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Drug Trafficking Case </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Holyoke, Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 85 Months in Armed Drug Trafficking Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> The United States Attorne... More...
$0 (01-03-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Javon Calderon </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Drug Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Holyoke, Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 85 Months in Armed Drug Trafficking Case </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> Javon Calderon, 21, of Holyo... More...
$0 (01-02-2025 - VT)State of Vermont v. Randy Jacobs, Jr.
<h2><br> Newfane, Vermont kidnapping and domestic assault criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> ¶ 2. A five-count information charged defendant with one count of kidnapping, one count of aggravated domestic assault, and three counts of domestic assault.[1] For the kidnapping charge, the information alleged that defendant knowingly restrained another person with the... More...
$0 (10-22-2024 - VT)State of Vermont v. John Grismore
<h2><br> North Hero, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and batter.<br> </h2><br> <br> Franklin County Vermont Sheriff John Grismore was charged with assault and battery for repeatedly kicking a handcuffed and shackled man who was detained at the Sheriff's department in August 2022.... More...
$0 (10-04-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Hasan Williams </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Gun and Assault Case </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Burlington, Vermont Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Gun and Assault Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Hasan Williams, 27, recently of Burlington, Vermont was ac... More...
$0 (10-02-2024 - VT)State of Vermont v. Steven Perron
<h2><br> St. Albans, Vermont aggravated assault with a deadly weapon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> Just after 10:00 p.m. on May 28, 2024, Joshua Reynolds called the Franklin County Sheriff's Office to report an assault. He said that the assailant, later identified as Steven Perron, had pulled a gun on him and had left the scene.<br> <br> Deputy Stel... More...
$0 (07-12-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Bradley Saldi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> here </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on August 20, 2024, Bradley Saldi, 44, of Rutland, Vermont, was sen... More...
$0 (12-23-2023 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Bradley Smith </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution of Cocaine Base </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Rutland Man Sentenced to 27 Months for Distribution of Cocaine Base</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Between May 15, 2023, and June 14, 2023, Bradley Sald... More...
$0 (08-23-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Ivan Carmona </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Burlington, Vermont Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant for Assaulting a Federal Agent and Brandishing a Firearm</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> Ivan Carmona (also known as "Flaccoâ€), 32, of Springfield, Massachusetts was sentenced in the United States District Court following his guilty pleas to assaulting a federal ag... More...
$0 (12-15-2023 - VT)State of Vermont v. John Grega
Brattleboro, Vermont Defendant John Grega, age 32, was charged with rape and murder.<br> <br> Grega was accused of killing his 31-year-od Wife Christine in the bathtub of a condo where the couple were vacationing on September 12, 1994.<br> <br> According to the Supreme Court of Vermont:<br> <br> "Defendant, a resident of New York, drove to Vermont on September 10, 1994, for a vacation with his wif... More...
$0 (08-04-1995 - VT)United States of America v. Ivan Carmona
<h3> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant for assaulting a federal agent and brandishing a firearm during the assault </h3><br> <br> <br> Burlington, Vermont – The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont announced that Ivan Carmona (also known as "Flaccoâ€), 32, of Springfield, Massachusetts was sentenced in the United States Distr... More...
$0 (12-29-2023 - VT)State of Vermont v. Stacey Vaillancourt
Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> Defendant pled not guilty and denied that she was the person ... More...
$0 (12-01-2023 - VT)United States of America v. Dennis Martin
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. <br> <br> Dennis Martin, age 42, of Colchester, Vermont, was convicted by a jury on February 9, 2023. The evidence at trial included a Snapchat video Martin sent to his mother-in-law on February 18, 2019, in which he brandished a firearm. According to trial tes... More...
$0 (10-11-2023 - VT)United States of America v. Josh Puma
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with threatening public officials.<br> <br> <br> Between July 2021 and January 2022, Josh Puma, age 36, called a Vermont Department of Corrections reporting line hundreds of times. Puma was charged by federal indictment for three of those calls in which he (1) threatened to kill a state court judge and a defense attorney, (... More...
$0 (07-28-2023 - VT)State of Vermont v. Everett Simpson
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping and interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle.<br> <br> 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)Sate of Vermont v. Aita Gurung
Burlington, Vermont criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Aita Gurung was accused of killing Yogeswari Khadka and attempted second degree murder of Tulasa Rimal.<br> <br> Attorney General Susanne Young issued the following statement:<br> <br> "Murder is the most serious charge that can be brought in our system of justice. The Attorney General's Offic... More...
$0 (11-03-2022 - VT)State of Iowa v. Larry Labreoque
White River Junction, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually assault.<br> <br> Larry Labrecque, age 43, was charged with sexually assaulting a teenager.... More...
$0 (05-16-2022 - VT)State of Vermont v. Walter M. Taylor
Rutland, VT: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with aggravated assault, domestic assault, obstruction of justice and assault and robbery.<br> <br> Waltger M. Taylor, III, age 28, was charged aggravated assault, domestic assault, obstruction of justice and assault and robbery.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (09-24-2021 - VT)State of Vermont v. Andrew Hildbrand
Woodstock, Vermont felony assault with a deadly weapon and reckless endangerment criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Andrew Hildbrand, age 40. <br> <br> It was alleged that he pulled out his gun, chambered a round and pointed it at a man and a woman at a house party in 2016.<br> <br> Defendant claimed self defense.<br> <br> Defendant was a 16-year veteran of the Marine Corp.... More...
$0 (05-25-2021 - VT)United States of America v. Michael Scaduto
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with assaulting a border guard.<br> <br> Michael Scaduto, 33, of Littleton, Massachusetts, charged with assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol Agent. <br> <br> <br> Scaduto admitted that, after a U.S. Border Patrol Agent had pulled Scaduto over on Route 105 in the vicinity of Richford, Vermont, Scaduto got out of his vehicle and a... More...
$0 (10-11-2020 - VT)United States of America v. Chyquan Cupe, a/k/a “Cash”
Rutland, VT - Felony Drug Trafficking and Firearms Possession<br> <br> <center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/VermontFED.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> The United States of America charged Chyquan Cupe, a/k/a “Cash,” with felony firearms possession and drug trafficking conspiracy.<br> <br> According to Court documents, Cupe was the leader and organ... More...
$0 (09-12-2020 - VT)United States of America v. Joshua Brissett
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center> <br> <br> Burlington, VT - The United States of America charged Joshua Brissett with possession of a fi... More...
$0 (04-22-2020 - VT)United States of America v. Rashad Nashid
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/District-Vermont.png"><br> </center><br> Burlington, VT - Burlington Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm Charge Related to Nectar's Shooting<br> <br> Rashad Nashid, 38, of Burlington, Vermont, appeared in federal district court in Burlington and pleaded guilty to an Information charging Nashid with two counts of being ... More...
$0 (08-11-2019 - VT)United States of America v. Colin Germain
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/District-Vermont.png"><br> </center><br> <br> Germain Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography and Assaulting a Federal Officer<br> <br> Colin Germain, 21, formerly of New Haven, Vermont was sentenced to a total term of incarceration of twenty-six months for child pornography and assault offenses. On May 17... More...
$0 (08-01-2019 - VT)United States of America v. John Jones, a.k.a. “Champ”
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/District-Vermont.png"><br> </center><br> <br> Burlington, VT - Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 85 Months in Prison Following Jury’s Conviction For Drug-Related Offenses<br> <br> The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on November 27, 2018, United States District Judge Ch... More...
$0 (12-02-2018 - VT)State of Vermont v. Michael W. Tobin
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://kubrick.htvapps.com/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/ibmig/cms/image/wptz/35968316-35968316.jpg?crop=1xw:1.00000000000000000xh;center,top&resize=900:* "><br> <h2> <font color="red"> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> In October 2015, the State charged defendant with aggravated sexual assault in <br> violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3253(a)(8) based on allegation... More...
$0 (10-17-2018 - VT)State of Vermont v. Lucas Dwight <table> <td>
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 defen... More...
$0 (08-01-2018 - VT)State of Vermont v. Benjamin Charette <table> <td>
Defendant pled guilty to a charge of attempted luring of a child pursuant to 13 <br> V.S.A. § 2828 based on his attempt to meet with a person he believed to be a minor child for the <br> purpose of having sex. The charging affidavit reflects that, after receiving complaints concerning <br> defendant’s inappropriate online contact with minors, an investigator, posing as a thirteen-year<br> old ... More...
$0 (06-11-2018 - VT)State of Vermont v. Jack Sawyer <table> <td>
Defendant Jack Sawyer appeals the trial court’s decision holding him without bail. Defendant is charged with four separate counts, each predicated on his alleged attempt to commit a crime, and three of which are punishable by life imprisonment. The sole question before this Court is whether the evidence of guilt is great that defendant attempted to commit any of the four charged crimes given t... More...
$0 (04-28-2018 - VT)State of Vermont v. Jasen Suhr <table> <td>
Defendant appeals the trial court’s decision that he violated the <br> terms of his juvenile probation by failing to attend school, comply with his GPS-monitoring <br> requirements, and participate in a Restorative Justice Panel. Defendant also appeals the trial <br> court’s decision to revoke his youthful-offender status based on these violations. We affirm in <br> part and reverse and rem... More...
$0 (04-28-2018 - VT)State of Vermont v. Justin R. Kuzawski <table> <td>
In 2015, defendant was living with his girlfriend. His girlfriend had a six-year-old <br> daughter, E.P., from a prior relationship. E.P. lived primarily with her father, but spent one night <br> a week at the home shared by her mother and defendant. On one of those evenings, defendant was <br> cutting boxes with a box cutter. The box cutter defendant was using was not a typical box cutter; <b... More...
$0 (12-21-2017 - VT)State of Vermont v. Tyler Heffernan <table> <td>
Following a jury trial, defendant appeals his convictions for simple <br> assault and disorderly conduct stemming from a late-night brawl in downtown Burlington. First, <br> he argues that the court abused its discretion and denied him his rights to present a defense, to <br> compulsory process, and to due process when it denied his motion to continue the trial despite the <br> unavailability of... More...
$0 (12-03-2017 - VT)State of Vermont V. Kai A. Freeman
Defendant was charged with eleven offenses. The first five of these involved <br> alleged offenses against thirteen-year-old A.H., including one count of sexual assault against a <br> person under sixteen in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(c); one count of repeated sexual assault as <br> part of a common scheme or plan under 13 V.S.A. § 3253(a)(9); one count of lewd and lascivious <br> conduct wi... More...
$0 (11-03-2017 - VT)State of Vermont v. Ryan Palmer
White River Junction, VT - Jury Finds Former Police Officer Not Guilty<br> <br> The State of Vermont charged Ryan Palmer, age 30, with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and reckless endangerment for shooting and wounding Jorge Burgos during an undercover operation in the parking lot of Ferguson's Auto on November 16, 2014. <br> <br> Palmer took the stand to testify on his own behalf. ... More...
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