Vermont Lewd Molestation Law

<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...

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<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...

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<h1> United States of America v. Matthew Isaacs </h1></h1>

<h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production of Child Sexual Abuse Materials </font/color="red"></center><center> Hartford, Vermont Man Charged with Production of Child Sexual Abuse Materials</h2></center> </h2></center> Matthew Isaacs, 33, of Hartford... More...

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United States of America v. Alexander Chase

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...

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United States of America v. Eike Blohm

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 â€“ First Offense), and 19 counts of Voyeurism (Place â€“ First Offense) in state... More...

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State of Vermont v. Benjamin Charette <table> <td>

Defendant pled guilty to a charge of attempted luring of a child pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 2828 based on his attempt to meet with a person he believed to be a minor child for the purpose of having sex. The charging affidavit reflects that, after receiving complaints concerning defendant’s inappropriate online contact with minors, an investigator, posing as a thirteen-year old ... More...

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State of Vermont V. Kai A. Freeman

Defendant was charged with eleven offenses. The first five of these involved alleged offenses against thirteen-year-old A.H., including one count of sexual assault against a person under sixteen in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(c); one count of repeated sexual assault as part of a common scheme or plan under 13 V.S.A. § 3253(a)(9); one count of lewd and lascivious conduct wi... More...

$0 (11-03-2017 - VT)

State of Vermont v. Jonathan Villeneuve

On December 26, 2001, defendant pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious conduct with a child. According to the record, the conduct underlying the charge took place in August 2000, when defendant was twenty years old. Defendant successfully completed probation, including sex offender counseling and all other conditions of probation, on June 11, 2004, and received a satisfactory ... More...

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State Of Vermont v. Daniel Hunt

This case came before the Supreme Court on March 2, 2016, pursuant to an order directing the parties to appear and show cause why the issues raised in this appeal should not be summarily decided. The defendant, Daniel Hunt, was charged with two counts of second-degree child molestation sexual assault (second-degree child molestation). After a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant ... More...

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State of Vermont v. Leo Reynolds

Defendant is charged with four felony counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child and one felony count of aggravated sexual assault on a victim younger than thirteen. Defendant was sixty-seven years old at the time of the charged conduct, and the alleged victim, defendant’s neighbor Z.Z., was seven years old. Defendant filed a motion to suppress in October 2014, argu... More...

$0 (04-10-2016 - VT)

State of Vermont v. Leo Reynolds

Defendant is charged with four felony counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child and one felony count of aggravated sexual assault on a victim younger than thirteen. Defendant was sixty-seven years old at the time of the charged conduct, and the alleged victim, defendant’s neighbor Z.Z., was seven years old. Defendant filed a motion to suppress in October 2014, argu... More...

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State of Vermont v. Jason Atherton a/k/a Melton

The events that resulted in this conviction and appeal occurred during the late evening and early morning hours of October 26 and 27, 2012. All of the principal witnesses— the complainant K.M. and her two friends, M.B. and H.D.—testified that, along with defendant, they met at M.B.’s apartment in the City of Newport on the evening in question before driving to a bar in t... More...

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State of Vermont v. Jason Atherton a/k/a Melton

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of sexual assault, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(a)(1). He contends: (1) the seating of two biased jurors deprived him of his right to an impartial jury; (2) the trial court committed prejudicial error by prohibiting him from using a prior conviction to impeach a witness; and (3) the prosecutor’s comments during closing ar... More...

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State of Vermont v. Thomas Bryan

Defendant, Thomas Bryan, appeals from the criminal division’s denial of his motion to withdraw counsel and order finding him in violation of his probation. The critical question in this case is whether sexually touching a minor violates a probation condition prohibiting violent or threatening behavior. We hold that defendant’s act constitutes violent behavior and we affi... More...

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Mark Whiting v. James Lillicrap, et al., ,

Plaintiff Mark Whiting is a pretrial detainee currently in in the custody and control of Defendant Vermont Department of Corrections (the “Department”), who is incarcerated at Northern State Correctional Facility (“NSCF”). Plaintiff is awaiting trial on twelve criminal charges in a case pending in the Criminal Division of this Unit, Docket No. 566-10-13 Oscr. The char... More...

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Doreen Carpentier v. Douglas Tuthill and Town of Hartford Town Clerk

¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Defendant Douglas Tuthill, Administrator of the Estate of Paul Oakes, appeals from the jury's award of $150,000 in punitive damages to plaintiff Doreen Carpentier and the trial court's denial of his motion for remittitur. Defendant also challenges the trial court's denial of his post-judgment motion to vacate a writ of attachment. We affirm. ¶ 2. ... More...

$0 (10-04-2013 - VT)

Ann Marie DeSantis v. John E. Pegues

¶ 1. Father appeals the family court's denial of his motion to reinstate parent-child contact following a voluntary suspension of such contact due to an allegation of child sexual abuse. We hold that the court's finding of sexual abuse by a preponderance of the evidence was insufficient to support an order effectively terminating father's parental rights. We reverse and remand. <... More...

$0 (10-07-2011 - VT)

Ann Marie DeSantis v. John E. Pegues

¶ 1. SKOGLUND, J. Father appeals the family court's denial of his motion to reinstate parent-child contact following a voluntary suspension of such contact due to an allegation of child sexual abuse. We hold that the court's finding of sexual abuse by a preponderance of the evidence was insufficient to support an order effectively terminating father's parental rights. We reverse a... More...

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Ann Marie DeSantis v. John E. Pegues

¶ 1. SKOGLUND, J. Father appeals the family court's denial of his motion to reinstate parent-child contact following a voluntary suspension of such contact due to an allegation of child sexual abuse. We hold that the court's finding of sexual abuse by a preponderance of the evidence was insufficient to support an order effectively terminating father's parental rights. We reverse a... More...

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James Turner v. Roman Catholic Dioceses of Burlington, Vermont

Defendant Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont appeals an adverse final judgment on the grounds that the superior court erred by (1) granting plaintiff James Turner's motion for judgment as a matter of law and setting aside the jury's finding on the statute of limitations' discovery period, (2) failing to dismiss plaintiff's claim of negligent supervision, and (3) granting a mistrial and ... More...

$0 (10-12-2009 - VT)

Scott Mann and the Estate of Nathan LaBrecque v. Adventure Quest, Inc., d/b/a The Academy at Adventure Quest, and Peter Drutchal, a/k/a Peter Kennedy, a/k/a Peter Drutchal-Kennedy

Plaintiffs Scott Mann and the Estate of Nathan LaBrecque appeal from the Windsor Superior Court's grant of summary judgment to intervenor-insurer Virginia Surety Company, determining that insurer would not owe indemnification to Adventure Quest should it be found liable to plaintiffs for sexual abuse they experienced while attending Adventure Quest's school. On appeal, plaintiffs argue that insur... More...

$0 (11-30--0001 - VT)

Jane Doe v. Bennington County

Plaintiff sued the Bennington County Sheriff's Department claiming that she was damaged after being sexually attacked by a sheriff's deputy. She claimed that Richard Forrest, the Sheriff's bother, forced her to perform oral sex on him while he was on duing at the East Dorset General Store where she work in 1997. She claimed that she was emotionally permanently injured as a result of being for... More...

$0 (01-28-2005 - VT)

<a href="http://dol.state.vt.us/gopher_root3/supct/current/2003-187.op" target="_new">Cindy Serecky and Shannon Gioia v. National Grange Mutual Insurance, et al.</a>

Plaintiffs Cindy Serecky and Shannon Gioia appeal from the trial court's order granting summary judgment for defendants National Grange Mutual Insurance, Utica Mutual Insurance, and Cooperative Insurance. Pursuant to an assignment of rights, plaintiffs sued defendants for breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing based on defendants' refusal to... More...

$0 (07-26-2004 - VT)