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 the Defendant charged with interstate transportation of a stolen check.

Nicholas Melanson, age 41, of Manchester, New Hampshire, admitted to traveling from New Hampshire, where he lived and worked, to the residence of an elderly woman in Windsor, Vermont on five occasions between May 11 and May 19, 2022. Melanson was directed to tra... More...    $0 (10-31-2023 - 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 attorney represented defendant charged with drug distribuiton.

Elijah Jovann Wheeler-Watson, 25, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was charged in connection with his October 2019 drug trafficking activity in Vermont. Wheeler-Watson previously pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base and fentanyl.

According to court ... More...    $0 (12-10-2021 - 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)

Burlington, VT: Drug trafficking criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jorge Delaoz, 52, of Brattleboro, Vermont, and Matthew Sinclair, 25, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, were indicted for drug trafficking activities at 50 Central Street in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Delaoz and Sinclair each distributed fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine base from 50 Central Street in the early months of ... More...    $0 (08-25-2021 - 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)