Tag: Vermont
Tyquan Washington, Cocaine Distribution, Vermont 2024
⏱ 2 min read Tyquan Washington, a 36-year-old Brooklyn man, has been charged with distributing 28 grams or more of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine in Vermont. The alleged crime occurred on February 22, 2024, when agents with Homeland Security Investigations made a controlled purchase of more than 29 grams of cocaine base…
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…
Maurice Nelson, Armed Robbery, Vermont 2026
⏱ 2 min read A brazen gunpoint robbery shook a Williston convenience store on April 3, 2026, when Maurice Nelson, 38, of Philadelphia, pointed a handgun at the clerk and threatened to kill them. Nelson made off with approximately $369, packs of cigarettes, lighters, and coins. The crime occurred at a convenience store in Williston,…
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…
Willard Perry, Possession of Child Pornography, Vermont 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 68-year-old Vermont man has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for possessing a staggering collection of child sexual abuse materials. Willard Perry, of Milton, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography and was sentenced on July 24, 2026. The investigation, led by the FBI, uncovered over…
Donald Stewart, Lisandro Brown, Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine Base, Vermont 2026
Burlington, Vermont – Two Schenectady County, New York men have been charged with conspiring to distribute crack cocaine in Burlington, Vermont. According to a statement from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont, Donald Stewart, 42, of Schenectady, New York, and Lisandro Brown, 49, of Rotterdam, New York, have been charged by…
Jesus Hernandez Ortiz, Alien Smuggling, Vermont 2026
Jesus Hernandez Ortiz, a 38-year-old Puerto Rican national, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle aliens into the United States. The crime took place in the District of Vermont on January 29, 2026. According to court documents, Ortiz was part of a transnational human smuggling and money laundering scheme that involved coordinating drivers for long-distance…
Todd Bussino, Attempted Robbery, Vermont 2026
⏱ 2 min read Todd Bussino, a 42-year-old man from Rutland, Vermont, walked into a local convenience store on June 14, 2026, wearing a hat and mask, and attempted to rob the place with a box cutter. Bussino demanded the cashier hand over the money in the register, but the cashier refused and retreated to…
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.…
Myrkel Latroy Staley, Bank Fraud, Vermont 2026
⏱ 2 min read Myrkel Latroy Staley, 43, of Shelburne, Vermont, has been charged with four counts of bank fraud for allegedly defrauding TD Bank out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The scheme, which lasted from June 2021 to March 2023, involved Staley submitting fake tax returns to secure a mortgage loan and a…
