Vermont Criminal Defense Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Christopher Dezotelle </h2> </center>
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, ... More...
$ (09-02-2026 - VT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Richard Bailey, Jr. </h2> </center>
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 repo... More...
$ (08-09-2026 - VT)<h2> <center> State of Vermont v. Jonathan Strippe </h2> </center>
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 ... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - VT)<h2> </center> State of Vermont v. Mark Sterling </h2> </center>
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... More...
$ (07-15-2026 - VT)<h2> <center> State of Vermont v. Daen A. Lovejory </h2> </center>
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] an... More...
$ (06-30-2026 - VT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Davor Olin, Corey Vasquez, and Lindsay Sheehan </h2> </center>
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; J... More...
$ (06-12-2026 - VT)<h2> <center> State of Vermont v. Travis Smith </h2> </center>
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... More...
$ (06-12-2026 - VT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Terry Russ </h2> </center>
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... More...
$ (06-01-2026 - VT)<h2> <center> United 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 – Mo... More...
$ (05-26-2026 - VT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tyshan Murray </h2> </center>
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. ... More...
$ (05-12-2026 - VT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Cedric Wormely </h2> </center>
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 onli... More...
$ (05-02-2026 - VT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Richard J. Vardenski </h2> </center>
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. Vardensk... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - VT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Anthony Hamel </h2> </center>
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 Offic... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - VT)United 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 appl... More...
$ (02-22-2026 - VT)United 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 custo... More...
$ (02-11-2026 - VT)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)United 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.... More...
$ (02-01-2026 - VT)United 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 Vermo... More...
$ (01-20-2026 - VT)<H2> United 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 tw... More...
$ (12-31-2025 - VT)<H2> State 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.... More...
$ (12-29-2025 - VT)<H2> United 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 ... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - VT)<H2> United 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.... More...
$ (12-12-2025 - VT)<H2> United 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 rem... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - VT)<H2> United 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 ... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - vt)<H2> United 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 th... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - VT)<H2> United 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).... More...
$ (06-06-2025 - VT)State 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.... More...
$0 (11-21-2025 - VT)<H2> United 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... More...
$0 (11-10-2025 - VT)State 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 th... More...
$0 (10-31-2025 - 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 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>... More...
$0 (10-30-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Boisvert </h1></h1>
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 o... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - VT)State 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.... More...
$0 (10-10-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Berk Eratay, Jerry Banks, Aron Ethridge </h1></h1>
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, o... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Boisvert </h1></h1>
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 Uni... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Boisvert </h1></h1>
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 Uni... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - VT)State 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 focu... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - VT)United States of America v. Brittany Fields
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling, distributing, or dispensinv fentanyl.... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - VT)United States of America v. Christopher Boisvert
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery by force or violence. ... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Carlos Alfredo Barrera Vasquez </h1></h1>
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 Vasq... More...
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