Vergennes man jailed on human trafficking and drug charges

The 69-year-old is held without bail; a lengthy Vergennes Police investigation looked into allegations that he’d pressured multiple women into sex in exchange for drugs.

The 69-year-old is held without bail; a lengthy Vergennes Police investigation looked into allegations that he’d pressured multiple women into sex in exchange for drugs.

Cristian Humberto Jerez Andrade, 31, has been held since the March 11 raid on a home that triggered an hours-long confrontation, street shutdown and forced entry by federal agents.

One Brandon man was killed and another was taken to the hospital with serious injuries as the result of a car crash in Orwell late Sunday afternoon.

Vt. Translines driver had to make a pitstop at the Vergennes Police Department due to altercation on the bus.

Middlebury police launched an investigation into a March 10 burglary at the Maplefields store on Route 7 South, during which the culprit(s) broke into the building at around 2:45 a.m. and removed an ATM machine.

Bristol police on March 4 tried to stop a vehicle that was traveling 70 mph in a 40 mph zone on Rockydale Road. Police said that while an officer was attempting to stop the vehicle, its driver turned onto Lincoln Road at a high rate of speed and passed a … (read more)

An Addison County Sheriff’s Department deputy stopped by a daycare in Middlebury on March 10 and spoke to the kids there. Later in the week, on March 13, a deputy spoke during Career Day activities at Otter Valley Union High School in Brandon.

Vermont is the target of the latest federal probe into Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse.

After he pleaded guilty to two crimes of violence, a Granville man on Monday was told by a judge that he will be spending several years on probation.

Researchers commissioned by the Vermont Department of State’s Attorneys and Sheriffs describe ‘crying, screaming or throwing items in the office” of Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos.

A jury trial has tentatively been slated for mid-March in the case of a Middlebury acupuncturist facing a felony lewd & lascivious conduct charge.

Christopher Rantanen, 40, of Brandon, was sentenced to a term of 35 months’ imprisonment. He previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

An alert Vermont state trooper from Addison County, who was on special foot patrol in downtown Burlington this past Friday, is credited with the apprehension of a dangerous Bristol driver.

A Franklin County drug dealer is facing a 20-27 year prison sentence after agreeing to plead guilty to two federal charges stemming from killing another drug dealer in Addison County, court records show.