The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Kory Lee George, age 31, of Monkton, was arrested yesterday on firearms violation charges. The defendant appeared today before United States Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy in Burlington. He was ordered detained pending a bail hearing on September 6, 2019.
The federal Criminal Complaint filed today charges George with possession of two firearms, a semi-automatic pistol and a shotgun, after being convicted in Vermont courts of felony offenses. An affidavit submitted with the Criminal Complaint, signed by a Vermont State Police Detective with the Vermont State Police’s Major Crime Unit, alleges that both firearms were stolen. The pistol, a 9mm Berretta, allegedly was stolen the night before David Auclair was shot to death in Hinesburg on July 11, 2019. As the Criminal Complaint describes, the Vermont State Police recovered the Berretta from a creek a few days after Auclair’s death. The Vermont Forensic Laboratory has since determined that the Berretta fired 9mm bullets recovered from Auclair’s body.
The shotgun referenced in the Criminal Complaint was allegedly stolen last spring from a camp in upstate New York, and was found in George’s residence during the Vermont State Police’s homicide investigation.
The Criminal Complaint is an accusation only and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. The U.S. Attorney recognizes the efforts of the Vermont State Police in investigating the case. The case is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys William Darrow and Spencer Willig of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. George is represented by Federal Defender Michael L. Desautels.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
