Tag: Vermont
Evangelos Lohaitis, Multimillion-Dollar Grandparent Scam, Vermont 2025
BURLINGTON – In a stunning crackdown on a nationwide Grandparent Scam, the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on November 18, 2025, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging seven Canadian nationals with participation in a multimillion-dollar scam. The defendants, who were arrested in Canada on May…
Dayquan Smith, Cocaine and Fentanyl Possession, Vermont 2026
A federal grand jury in Vermont has indicted a Connecticut man on charges of possessing with intent to distribute a large quantity of cocaine base and fentanyl. According to court records, on January 21, 2026, members of the Vermont State Police executed a search warrant at a residence on Sand Hill Road in Bethel, Vermont.…
William Corey Warner, Cocaine Trafficking, Vermont 2026
Rutland man sentenced to 100 months in prison for cocaine trafficking A Rutland man has been sentenced to 100 months in prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking operation. According to court records, William Corey Warner, 37, was the passenger in a rental vehicle that entered a parking lot in Rutland, Vermont on May…
Michael Healey, Jr., Traveling to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, Vermont 2026
A Keene, New Hampshire man has been charged with traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor in Vermont. According to court records, Michael Healey, Jr., 49, messaged an undercover law enforcement officer, who was posing as a 14-year-old girl. Healey later agreed to pay the fictitious 14-year-old girl $200 for sex at…
Gary F. Scholze, Fraud, Vermont 2008
BURLINGTON, VT – Gary F. Scholze, a resident of Pennsylvania, has been ordered to pay a $1 million civil penalty and is permanently banned from the commodity futures and options markets, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today, September 18, 2008. The judgment, entered by the U.S. District Court for the District of…
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…
Purdue Pharma Executives, Opioid Trafficking, Massachusetts 2020
⏱ 5 min read Purdue Pharma, the opioid manufacturer, faces the music in a New Jersey courtroom. The company’s greed-fueled addiction to profits led to the deaths of countless Americans. Over $5 billion in fines is the price for their crimes. The Newark, New Jersey, court found Purdue Pharma guilty of fueling the opioid epidemic…
Cedric Wormely, Romance Fraud, Vermont 2026
Romance Scam Suspect Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison In a shocking case of deception, Cedric Wormely, 59, of Birmingham, Alabama, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his involvement in a multi-year romance fraud scheme that targeted women in Vermont and elsewhere. On Tuesday, April 28, 2026, United States District Judge Mary…
Two Dealers, Murder, Massachusetts 2023
⏱ 2 min read Two men were shot dead in Lowell, Vermont on October 12, 2023, in a brutal killing that’s now linked to a massive cocaine and fentanyl trafficking operation. Theodore Bland, a 29-year-old Stowe resident, is the one who pulled the trigger. According to court records, Bland conspired with others to sell cocaine…
