Burlington, Vermont – In a shocking turn of events, convicted kidnapper Everett A. Simpson, 46, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, was sentenced to a 300-month term of imprisonment to be followed by a 5-year term of supervised release by United States District Judge William K. Sessions III on June 17, 2024.
Simpson was convicted by a jury on April 18, 2023, of two counts of kidnapping and two counts of interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle after a 6-day trial.
According to court documents and testimony, Simpson’s crimes began on January 4, 2019, when he absconded from the Valley Vista treatment facility in Bradford, Vermont, where he was required to be as a condition of his release from custody for pending charges in the State of Vermont.
He then stole a commercial van from the driveway of a residence in Newbury, Vermont, and drove into New Hampshire. Simpson deserted the van in a parking garage in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, later that morning and then walked to the Mall of New Hampshire. There, in the parking lot, Simpson forced his way into a young woman’s car, shoving her out of the driver’s seat and into the front passenger seat before driving away with her and her four-year-old child in the car.
Simpson held the woman and her child against their will, driving from New Hampshire into Vermont, where Simpson attempted to locate his estranged wife. After abandoning the effort to find his wife, Simpson continued the kidnapping and sexually assaulted the woman in her car and at a hotel in White River Junction.
Assistant United States Attorneys Matthew Lasher and Paul Van de Graaf represented the United States in the prosecution of Simpson, while Simpson represented himself at trial and sentencing, with Steven Barth of the Office of the Federal Public Defender serving as stand-by counsel.
United States Attorney Nikolas P. Kerest stated, “The defendant’s crimes were extraordinarily serious – both in their violent and random nature. An across-the-board guilty verdict in April and today’s sentencing closes a dark period in two victims’ lives and hopefully allows their healing process to continue and provides a sense of security to them and others, knowing that the community will be protected from this defendant for many years to come.”
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Key Facts
- State: Vermont
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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