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Federal Tipoffs Involving Vermont Newsletter for Sunday July 21, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Vt. U.S. Attorney: Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 100 Months in Major Drug Distribution Case
RUTLAND, Vermont, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on July 17, 2024, Ronald Harris, 32, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey Crawford to a term of 100 months of imprisonment to be followed by a four-year term of supervised release. Harris previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute co  more

Vt. U.S. Attorney: Queens, New York Man Appears on Federal Drug Charge
BURLINGTON, Vermont, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont announced that Jamonty Brister, 29, of Queens, New York, appeared yesterday in United States District Court in Burlington on a complaint charging him with a federal drug offense. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle ordered that Brister be detained without bail pending trial, which has not   more

Vt. U.S. Attorney: Rutland Man Charged With Unlawful Firearm Possession and Maintaining a Drug Premises
BURLINGTON, Vermont, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office stated that on July 18, 2024 the federal Grand Jury in Burlington returned an indictment charging Daniel McSwiggan, 51, of Rutland, Vermont, with drug and gun offenses. The two-count indictment alleges that, between late June and early July 2024, McSwiggan possessed two firearms as an unlawful drug user and made his residence availabl  more