Vermont Forfeiture Law
<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)<h1> United States of America v. Nitin Mishra </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Indian National Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The Office of the United Sta... More...
$0 (02-04-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Jeremy Brown </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling Unapproved Drugs with Intent to Defraud over the Internet </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> California Man Sentenced for Selling Unapproved Drugs with Intent to Defraud over the Internet</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><... More...
$0 (02-04-2025 - VT)State of Vermont v. Allan Washburn
<h2><br> Bennington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant on an animal cruelty charge including forfeiture allegation.<br> </h2><br> <br> ¶ 2. The following are the relevant, undisputed facts drawn from the record. On April<br> 15, 2022, Animal Control Officer Daniel Hollister arrived at a Bennington parking lot and2<br> observed a crowd of people encircling a car that belong... More...
$0 (08-02-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Law Zabriskie </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Opioids </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bridgewater, Vermont Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Opioids</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the... More...
$0 (06-12-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Paul Bateman; Samir Doshi; Rebecca Buckley </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a elder fraud scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Final two defendants, a mother and daughter, were sentenced to prison for their involvement in elder fraud scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On April 19, 2024,... More...
$0 (05-19-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Paul Bateman; Samir Doshi; Rebecca Buckley. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Drug Trafficking.</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> <br> Three Sentenced in International Controlled Substances and Prescription Drug Trafficking Operation </h2></center><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - VT)United States of America v. Carleena Graham
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> On May 31, 2023, the United States filed a one count information charging Carleena Graham, 56, of Accokeek, Maryland, with wire fraud. The defendant pleaded guilty to that charge today. According to the information, the victim, World Learning, is a non-profit global development and exchange organiz... More...
$0 (06-30-2023 - VT)United States of America v. William Stenger
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.<br> <br> William Stenger, 72, of Newport, Vermont, was charged with one felony count of knowingly and willfully submitting false documents to the Vermont Regional Center ("VRCâ€) in connection with his involvement in the Jay Peak Biomedical Research Park EB-5 investment project, also cal... More...
$0 (08-13-2021 - VT)United States of America v. William Kelly
Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.<br> <br> William Kelly, 72, of Weston, Florida, was charged in two felony counts in connection with his involvement in the Jay Peak Biomedical Research Park EB-5 investment project, also called the AnC Vermont project. <br> <br> Kelly pleaded guilty to conspiring with co-defendants Ariel Quiros... More...
$0 (06-11-2021 - VT)United States of America v. Ariel Quiros
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/VermontFED.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Rutland, VT - The United States of America charged Ariel Quiros, age 64, with fraud.<br> <br> Quiros pleaded guilty to conspiring with co-defendants William Kelly, Jong Weon (Alex) Choi, and William Stenger in a multi-year wire fraud scheme to defraud immigrant investors s... More...
$0 (08-22-2020 - VT)United States of America v. Bhaskar Patel
Rutland, VT - The United States of America charged Bhaskar Patel with paying kickback and bribery scheme conducted in connection with federal energy savings performance contracts (“ESPCs”). <br> <br> <P><br> <center><br> <h1><br> <font color="blue">M</font><font color="black">ore</font><font color="red">L</fond><font color="black">aw</fond><font color="blue">T</font><font color="red">V</font... More...
$0 (06-30-2020 - VT)United States of America v. Salmen Hernandez-Ayala
Burlington, VT - Mexican Man Sentenced for Alien Smuggling<br> <br> Salmen Hernandez-Ayala, 48, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on September 10, 2018 in United States District Court in Burlington for transporting three illegal aliens within the United States. United States District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Hernandez-Ayala to time served. Hernandez-Ayala has been in custody since his ar... More...
$0 (09-10-2018 - VT)<b>State of Vermont Supreme Court v. Joshua Anderson (Eastern Bail Bond Agency, Inc.) </ center></b>
The underlying facts are not disputed. On August 5, 2013, defendant was arraigned <br> on a charge of possessing stolen property. Defendant was ordered to provide the court with a <br> surety bond or cash in the amount of $5000. Defendant’s conditions of release also required him <br> to come to court for scheduled hearings and to provide his attorney and the court with his updated <br> addre... More...
$0 (12-17-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Joseph Mottolese (Allstate Bail Bonds)
¶ 1. SKOGLUND, J. Appellant Allstate Bail Bonds ("Allstateâ€) challenges the trial court's decision granting the State's motion for forfeiture of bond. On appeal, Allstate argues that the trial court abused its discretion in declining to reduce the amount of bail forfeiture when Allstate could not produce defendant due to his out-of-state incarceration. We agree that Allstate... More...
$0 (06-12-2015 - VT)Thomas Kellogg v. Cindy Shushereba
¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. This case presents the difficult task of equitably resolving the fallout from a collapsed, unwritten real estate transaction. Both parties challenge the monetary award arrived at by the trial court, sitting in equity. We conclude that, although correct in some respects, the trial court's decision mistakenly treated the parties' agreement as though it were an agreem... More...
$0 (09-06-2013 - VT)Victor J. Shattuck v. Donna Mae Peck
¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Defendant Donna Mae Peck appeals from a superior court judgment granting plaintiff Victor J. Shattuck a writ of possession for the parties' former residence in Cavendish and denying defendant's counterclaim for an equitable interest in the Cavendish property and another former residence in Springfield. We affirm. <br><br>¶ 2. The facts as found by the ... More...
$0 (01-20-2013 - VT)Richard S. Daniels v. The Elks Club of Hartford
¶ 1. Plaintiff Richard Daniels is seeking foreclosure of a mortgage on two parcels of real property owned by defendant Elks Club of Hartford, Vermont (the Club). Defendant creditors, who include the Vermont Human Rights Commission (VHRC), four individual women, and the Watts Law Firm (Watts), all have junior security interests in the property at issue and oppose foreclosure. Credito... More...
$0 (08-03-2012 - VT)Century Partners, LP v. Lesser Goldsmith Enterprises, Ltd., et al.
1. This case arises from a dispute over obligations under a lease between landlord, Century Partners, and tenant, Lesser Goldsmith Enterprises. Landlord brought an eviction action against tenant, alleging that tenant defaulted on the lease by constructing improvements to its store without the necessary municipal permit. Tenant counterclaimed for lost profits it suffered due to a four-year dela... More...
$0 (04-11-2008 - VT)<a href="http://dol.state.vt.us/gopher_root3/supct/current/2005-065.op" target="_new">Jo-Ellen Golden v. Peter Cooper-Ellis</a>
<P> 1. DOOLEY, J. Husband Peter Cooper-Ellis appeals from both the final divorce order dividing the parties' marital estate and orders denying his subsequent motion to modify spousal maintenance and child support. Husband makes numerous contentions of error. Most significantly, he claims that the family court erred when it included all of his unvested stock options in the marit... More...
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