Vermont First Amendment Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Russell Biathrow </h2> </center>
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with to production of a morphed image of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). , in or about March 2025, Biathrow produced an image of an identifiable minor by cropping a hardcopy image that depicted a prepubescent girl engaging in a sex act. The image was printed on laminated paper and the reverse side of the paper c... More...
$ (09-22-2026 - 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> 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> Shela Linton v. Sargeant Jacob Zorn </h2> </center>
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... More...
$ (03-24-2026 - 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. 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> 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. 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)<h1> United States of America v. Samuel Alfaro-Sanchez </h1></h1>
<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>... More...
$0 (08-31-2025 - VT)<H2> Mohsen Mahawi v. Donald J. Trump, et al.
Concord, Vermont civil rights lawyers representing Plaintiff challenging arrest and detention.<br> <br> Mohsen Mahdawi is an undergraduate student at Columbia University. He is also a Lawful Permanent Resident who has lived in the United States for over a decade and is in the process of applying to become a U.S. citizen. When Mahdawi appeared for his naturalization interview in Vermont on April 14... More...
$0 (05-12-2025 - vt)<h1> United States of America v. Matthew Isaacs </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production of Child Sexual Abuse Materials </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hartford, Vermont Man Charged with Production of Child Sexual Abuse Materials</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Matthew Isaacs, 33, of Hartford... More...
$0 (04-11-2025 - VT)Courthouse News Service, et al. v. Teri Corsones, et al.
Defendants, administrators and clerks of the Vermont Superior Court, appeal from the judgment and permanent injunction of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Christina Reiss, J.) in favor of Plaintiffs, news and related media organizations. Beginning in 2020, when Vermont courts transitioned to electronic filing, the Superior Court adopted a policy of denying public acces... More...
$0 (03-11-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Purvis; Russell Mitchell; Tyler Orvis ;Alexis Sutton; Dorothy Wilde; Alexis Sutton </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with drug distribution conspiracy</font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Six Defendants Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy Related to 2022 Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficking in Chittenden County and Elsewhere </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br... More...
$0 (03-05-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Timothy Gabriel </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Firearms Charge </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Timothy Gabriel Imprisoned on Federal Firearms Charge</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Timothy Gabriel, 31, who most recently has been living in the Rutland area... More...
$0 (03-10-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Jahking Allah, a/k/a “Stop Sign†</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fentanyl and Crack Cocaine Trafficking in Burlington, Vermont </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Connecticut Man Sentenced to 37 Months for Fentanyl and Crack Cocaine Trafficking in Burlington, Vermont</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center... More...
$0 (03-11-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Loren Senna, III </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with intent to distribute cocaine base and being a felon in possession of ammunition </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Burlington Man Who Committed Shooting Sentenced to 10-Year Prison Term</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Lor... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Loren Senna, III </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Committing \\Shooting </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Burlington Man Who Committed Shooting Sentenced to 10-Year Prison Term </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of V... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Loren Senna, III </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base and being a felon in possession of ammunition. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Burlington Man Who Committed Shooting Sentenced to 10-Year Prison Term</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cente... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Jordan Phelps </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful user of controlled substances, specifically cocaine base, in possession of a firearm </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Morrisville, Vermont Man Sentenced to 18 Months of Incarceration in Firearm Possession Case</h2></center></b></... More...
$0 (01-27-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Jamontay Brister </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Conspiracy </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jamontay Brister Imprisoned for Drug Conspiracy </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont announced that Jamonta... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Ryan Buckley </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm after previously having been convicted of a felony. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Windsor, Vermont Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Gun Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Ryan Buckley, 36, of W... More...
$0 (01-21-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Jacob McKenna </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Making False Statements in Acquisition of Firearms </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> hJeffersonville Husband and Wife Sentenced for Making False Statements in Acquisition of Firearms </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> J... More...
$0 (12-18-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Sharad Collier </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firearm Possession </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hartford, Connecticut Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Firearm Possession Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Sharad Collier, 27, of Hartford, Connecticut, pleaded gui... More...
$0 (12-18-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Jacob McKenna </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Making False Statements in Acquisition of Firearms </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jeffersonville Husband and Wife Sentenced for Making False Statements in Acquisition of Firearms</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The ... More...
$0 (12-18-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Sharad Collier </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firearm Possession Case </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hartford, Connecticut Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Firearm Possession Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the D... More...
$0 (12-18-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. John Ryea </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a stolen firearm after having been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Rutland Man Sentenced in Gun Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United States... More...
$0 (12-02-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Lawrence Jackson, (a/k/a “Boo-Beeâ€) </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Rutland Man Sentenced to 190 Months in Firearm and Drug Trafficking Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Lawrence Jackson, (a/k/a "Boo-Beeâ€), 53, of Rutland, Ve... More...
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