Tag: Burlington
Angel Louis Concepcion, Fentanyl Distribution, Vermont 2026
⏱ 2 min read A federal grand jury has indicted three men, Angel Louis Concepcion, Troy McIlwain, and David Lauderbach, for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine in Burlington, Vermont, from August 2025 to May 2026. The men, aged 37, 37, and 42, respectively, face charges of distributing more than 40 grams of…
Donald Stewart and Lisandro Brown, Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine, Vermont 2026
⏱ 2 min read Donald Stewart and Lisandro Brown, two men from Schenectady County, New York, have been charged with conspiring to distribute crack cocaine in Burlington, Vermont. The alleged crime took place throughout June and July 2026, with the men selling cocaine base to a confidential source. On July 24, 2026, law enforcement executed…
Chad Michael Boal, Wire Fraud, Conspiracy, Money Laundering, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Chad Michael Boal, 58, and Cory Duane Richards, 52, both from Burlington, Iowa, have been indicted for running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme that affected dozens of victims in the Southern District of Iowa. The scheme, which operated through various fake business entities, promised high returns and low risk to investors.…
Stephen Lane, Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material, Vermont 2024
⏱ 2 min read Stephen Lane, a 57-year-old man from Burlington, Vermont, was involved in a disturbing case of distributing child sexual abuse material. Between September 26, 2024, and October 9, 2024, Lane corresponded with an undercover U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) special agent, who pretended to be a 13-year-old girl living in Korea.…
Jason Douglas, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Vermont 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jason Douglas, a 42-year-old felon from Saint Albans, Vermont, wreaked havoc in Burlington on July 29, 2024, when he pointed a gun at two men during separate disputes in broad daylight. The first incident occurred on College Street, where Douglas emerged from a vehicle, loaded a round into the chamber of…
Evangelos Lohaitis, Fraud, Vermont 2021
⏱ 3 min read A group of seven Canadian nationals, including Evangelos Lohaitis, Mitchell Burnett-Guarna, and Kyle Lesser, were charged with participating in a nationwide Grandparent Scam that defrauded elderly individuals in Vermont and over 40 other states between the summer of 2021 and June 4, 2024. The scam, which involved phone calls from call…
Deandre Watson, Possessing with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base, Vermont 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 35-year-old Michigan man is heading to the slammer for five years after getting caught with a massive haul of crack in a Burlington, Vermont, bust. Deandre Watson was sentenced to 60 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for possessing with intent to distribute 28 grams or…
Lori Hunt, Crack Cocaine Sale, Vermont 2024
⏱ 2 min read Burlington, Vermont, was the scene of a crack cocaine sale gone wrong. On November 15, 2024, Lori Hunt, 54, sold 2.66 grams of the stuff to a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) undercover agent. She arranged the deal over the phone and had her co-defendant, Silas Hunt, 30, handle the handoff at…
Terry Dawayne Catchings, Cocaine Distribution, Vermont 2025
⏱ 2 min read A Detroit man was caught selling cocaine in Vermont, breaking his federal supervised release. Terry Dawayne Catchings, 31, was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to two charges of distribution of cocaine and cocaine base in December 2025. Catchings was still serving a federal sentence of supervised release…
Errol Richards, Cocaine Possession, Vermont 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Bronx native, Errol Richards, 42, is behind bars after a stash of 47.2 grams of cocaine was found on him in Burlington, Vermont. Law enforcement arrested Richards on September 11, 2026, while serving an outstanding state warrant, and discovered the cocaine during the arrest. Richards entered a plea of not…
