Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1334(1).

Giovanni Joseph, 34, formerly of Dix Hills, New York, was with one count of bank fraud.

According to court records, Joseph presented stolen checks at five banks around central Vermont in March of 2020. The checks had been stolen from U.S. Postal Service mai... More...    $0 (12-12-2021 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont firearm felony charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Veronica Lewis, 36, of Worchester, Vermont who was charged with Interference with Commerce by Robbery, and Possession of a Stolen Firearm. United States District Judge Christina Reiss deferred acceptance of the plea agreement by the Court until sentencing, which has been scheduled for May 28, 2021. The agree... More...    $0 (02-15-2021 - VT)

Portland, Maine counterfeit credit card criminal defense lawyer represented defendants charged with conspiracy to us a coutnerfeit access device.

In December 2018, Charles Harris, 37, and his co-defendant, Bryan Boley, used counterfeit credit cards at Maine retail outlets. The credit card numbers were purchased online.

Harris faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He... More...    $0 (12-11-2020 - VT)

Manchester, VT - Katie Stygles Sentenced For Defrauding Bradford Employer

Katie Stygles, 29, of Piermont, New Hampshire, was sentenced on August 9, 2018 in United States District Court in Rutland to five years of probation following her guilty plea to a charge of credit card fraud. Chief U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford also ordered that Stygles pay restitution totaling $71,583. More...    $0 (08-12-2018 - 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)

Defendant William Schenk was charged with two counts of
disorderly conduct, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1026(a)(1), in connection with the distribution of
Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyers in the City of Burlington. For each count, the State charged that
the penalty should be enhanced under 13 V.S.A. § 1455 because the crime was hate-motivated.
Defendant appeals the trial cour... More...    $0 (06-11-2018 - VT)

Defendant William Schenk was charged with two counts of
disorderly conduct, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1026(a)(1), in connection with the distribution of
Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyers in the City of Burlington. For each count, the State charged that
the penalty should be enhanced under 13 V.S.A. § 1455 because the crime was hate-motivated.
Defendant appeals the trial cou... More...    $0 (05-05-2018 - VT)

Defendant appeals the trial court’s decision that he violated the
terms of his juvenile probation by failing to attend school, comply with his GPS-monitoring
requirements, and participate in a Restorative Justice Panel. Defendant also appeals the trial
court’s decision to revoke his youthful-offender status based on these violations. We affirm in
part and reverse and remand ... More...    $0 (04-28-2018 - VT)

Defendant Jeffrey Davis appeals his conviction for financial
exploitation of a vulnerable adult under 13 V.S.A. § 1380(a) following a jury trial. He raises four
arguments on appeal. His first two arguments arise from the trial court’s denial of his motion for
a judgment of acquittal and the sufficiency of the State’s evidence. He also argues that the court’s
instructions to... More...    $0 (03-26-2018 - VT)

Burlington, VT - Orwell Man Sentenced to 84 months of Imprisonment for Armed Robbery of Fair Haven Maplefields Store in September 2015

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Matthew Hinton, 28, most recently of Orwell, Vermont, has been sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss to 84 months of imprisonment for an armed robbery of the ... More...    $0 (02-12-2018 - VT)

Burlington, VT - Perkinsville Man Pleads Guilty in Armed Pharmacy and Bank Robbery Case

Michael Bickford, age 38, formerly of Perkinsville, Vermont, pled guilty on December 18, 2017 in the United States District Court in Burlington to charges stemming from the December 5, 2016 armed robbery of the River Street Pharmacy in Springfield, Vermont. Bickford also admitted to the armed robberie... More...    $0 (12-29-2017 - VT)

Burlington, VT - Katie Stygles Pleads Not Guilty To Defrauding Bradford Employer

The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Katie Stygles, 29, of Piermont, New Hampshire, pleaded not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to federal fraud charges. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy released Stygles on conditions pending trial, which has not... More...    $0 (10-26-2017 - 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)

Burlington, VT - Sally Kirby Imprisoned For Hunger Free Vermont Embezzlement

Sally Kirby, 61, of Essex Junction, was sentenced to 15 months of imprisonment following her guilty plea to a federal forgery charge. U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III also ordered that Kirby serve three years of supervised release following completion of her prison term and pay restitution of more than... More...    $0 (09-20-2016 - VT)

This interlocutory appeal calls upon us to decide whether V.S.A. § 462 creates an exemption from the general six-year limitation for the State of Vermont’s claims against a host of defendants for generalized injury to state waters as a whole due to groundwater contamination from gasoline additives. On the basis of the statute of
limitations, the trial court dismissed the State’s claims ins... More...    $0 (05-29-2016 - VT)

After the 2013 merger between American Airlines, Inc. and U.S. 23
Airways, four former Trans World Airlines (“TWA”) flight attendants, 24
now working for American Airlines, and Flight Attendants in Reunion 25
(“FAIR”), an unincorporated association formed to enforce the legal rights 26
of similarly situated flight attendants, filed this lawsuit.  In their amended 27
compla... More...    $0 (02-18-2016 - VT)

Plaintiffs Michael Bandler and MB&Co, Ltd. (“corporation”)
bring an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s ruling that Bandler, a nonattorney, may not
represent corporation in this case. He argues that the trial court violated his due-process rights
by ruling on the basis of the parties’ respective written submissions on the issue of representation
without giving him pri... More...    $0 (10-24-2015 - VT)

In the early 1980s, landlords William and Susan O’Brien purchased the subject
property, which is located in the Old North End of Burlington and includes a two-story house
and brick building (referred to as the creamery) with a common wall to the rear of the house.
The creamery has no fixtures and has never been inhabited. After landlords purchased the
property in 1982, the ho... More...    $0 (10-24-2015 - VT)

In the early 1980s, landlords William and Susan O’Brien purchased the subject
property, which is located in the Old North End of Burlington and includes a two-story house
and brick building (referred to as the creamery) with a common wall to the rear of the house.
The creamery has no fixtures and has never been inhabited. After landlords purchased the
property in 1982, the h... More...    $0 (10-23-2015 - VT)

Defendants began renting Unit #39 at 35 Skyline Drive in Barre in July of 2011 under a written lease as part of a HUD program involving rental assistance. At that time their share of monthly rental was $514. The written lease provided in Paragraph 4 that “The Landlord agrees to give the Tenant at least 30 days advance written notice of any increase in the Tenant’s rent except as noted in paragra... More...    $0 (10-23-2015 - VT)

Burlington, VT - Patricia Merz And Christopher McGuigan Sentenced For Embezzling From Mother's Bennington Estate

Patricia Merz, 58, of Niskayuna, New York, and her brother, Christopher McGuigan, 53, of Rutland, have been sentenced in United States District Court in Burlington following their convictions on federal fraud and conspiracy charges. Today, Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Re... More...    $0 (07-28-2015 - VT)

¶ 1. REIBER, C.J. In a second appeal to this Court, father argues that the magistrate and the family division of the superior court erred on remand by not awarding him a credit for the entire lump-sum derivative Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefit given to mother as representative payee for the parties’ son, by not imputing income to mother, and by granting mother ... More...    $0 (06-12-2015 - VT)

Burlington, VT - Paul Hendler, 43, of Taftsville, was sentenced in United States District Court in Brattleboro to 27 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to federal fraud charges. United States District Court Judge J. Garvan Murtha ordered that Hendler serve three years of supervised release following completion of his prison term and pay restitution in the amount of $550,000. The co... More...    $0 (05-21-2015 - VT)

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that a federal jury in Burlington on Friday found Patricia Merz, 57, of Niskayuna, New York, guilty on charges of conspiracy, interstate transportation of stolen money, wire fraud and forgery after a three-day trial in U.S. District Court. The week before, Christopher McGuigan, 52, of Rutland, Merz's brother and co-def... More...    $0 (10-14-2014 - VT)

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Gregory Brusso, 57, of Hinesburg, Vermont, was sentenced on December 1, 2014, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, to serve 18-months imprisonment and a five-year period of supervised release following his conviction on one count of possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(... More...    $0 (12-01-2014 - VT)

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Jayne Concialdi, 51, a former resident of Quechee who now lives in Connecticut, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington to 18 months of imprisonment following her guilty plea to a charge of wire fraud. U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III also ordered that Concialdi serve three yea... More...    $0 (12-01-2014 - VT)