U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont
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South Burlington man sentenced to ten years for attempting to entice minor for child abuse materialsJason McGrath, a 45-year-old resident of South Burlington, Vermont, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor to produce child sexual abuse materials.
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A New Hampshire woman and a New York man have been sentenced for their involvement in transporting individuals who entered the United States illegally.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Juan Pablo Espinoza-Morales, a 51-year-old citizen of Sonora, Mexico, on charges related to human smuggling and improper entry into the United States.
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Serhat Gumrukcu, 43, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced to life in prison on November 24, 2025, for his involvement in the murder-for-hire plot that led to the death of Gregory Davis in Barnet, Vermont.
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Keahnard Rowell, also known as “Stacks,” a 35-year-old from New York City, was sentenced to five years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy.
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Artemio Cordova Mendez, a 36-year-old Mexican citizen, was sentenced to five months in prison for illegal reentry into the United States.
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During the recent lapse in government funding that began on October 1, 2025, and ended on November 12, 2025, employees of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont continued their work without pay.
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Three men have been sentenced in federal court for their involvement in the murder-for-hire plot that led to the death of Gregory Davis in Barnet, Vermont.
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Christopher Boisvert of Swanzey, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 74 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his involvement in a series of robberies that took place on August 26, 2024.
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Kenneth Beane, 37, of Richmond, Vermont, has been charged with possession of child sexual abuse materials following an investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Richard Bailey Jr., 34, of St. Albans, Vermont, on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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A Venezuelan man, Jorge Humberto Moreno Martinez, 34, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for being in the United States illegally after previously being removed by immigration officials.
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Jonathan Whalley, a 52-year-old resident of St. Albans, Vermont, has been sentenced to 74 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for mail fraud and aggravated identity theft.
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Stephen Loewe, 43, of Springfield, Vermont, has been sentenced to 45 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to straw purchasing 19 firearms and robbing three banks.
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A Venezuelan man has been sentenced to two years in prison for immigration and firearms offenses, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont.
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A federal grand jury in Burlington, Vermont, has indicted Samuel Alfaro-Sanchez, a 31-year-old Mexican national, on charges of illegal reentry into the United States.
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Michael Wilson, a 24-year-old Jamaican national from Kingston, has been charged in federal court with possession of a firearm while being an alien unlawfully present in the United States.
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A federal grand jury in Vermont has indicted Teresa Youngblut, 21, of Seattle, Washington, on charges related to the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent and the assault of two other agents.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Marco Antonio Jimenez Gonzalez, 27, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, on charges of transportation and possession of child pornography.
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Travis Collins, 43, of St. Albans City, Vermont, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm.