NEWPORT – Four people, including a career criminal, were arrested during a drug raid at 501 Pleasant Street in Newport City on Tuesday, police said.

Jennifer L. Sanville, 40, and Matthew R. Prue, 46, were both lodged at the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport on charges from the drug raid and on some unrelated criminal counts, Newport Police said.

Sanville, with a long court record, is facing two unrelated charges of being a habitual offender with each count carrying a possible life sentence, records show.

City Police arrested Prue and Sanville on charges of sale of cocaine, trafficking fentanyl, possession of cocaine, and possession of narcotic drugs as part of a significant one-month drug investigation in Newport Police Chief Travis Bingham told Vermont News First.

Sanville also was arrested on charges of aggravated assault and criminal threatening in the separate investigation that has a habitual offender count.

Prue also was arrested for a criminal threatening charge as part of an unrelated investigation, police said.

The home owner, Trina Stetson, 47, was arrested on charges of knowingly permitting the sale of regulated drugs – both cocaine and fentanyl — at her residence, the chief said.

Stetson also is facing charges of possession of cocaine and possession of narcotic drugs. She was released on a court citation to appear for arraignment later in Vermont Superior Court.

The fourth person arrested was Stanley Crowe, 52, on charges of dispensing cocaine, possession of cocaine and possession of narcotic drugs, the chief said.

Crowe was also charged with unlawful restraint and interference with access to emergency services in reference to a separate investigation, police said.

The chief said neighbors applauded the city officers as they made the arrests and conducted the search for illegal drugs.

Bingham said Officer Andrew Gonyaw helped lead the investigation that was aided by some other criminal cases. They included proactive DUI drug charges, possession of cocaine, driving while license was suspended, and other crimes stemming from traffic stops coming from the home.

Newport Police officers seized about 58 grams of cocaine cut with fentanyl and $4,502 in cash.

Sanville was ordered held without bail.

Prue and Crowe had bail set at $25,000 each.

Bingham reported Crowe’s furlough from prison also was suspended due to these charges.

Sanville, Prue and Crowe are expected to be arraigned in Vermont Superior Court on Wednesday.

Sanville is known for a serious car-bicycle crash that left local man partially paralyzed three years ago. Sanville was driving on Water Street in Barton when she collided with Samuel Barbeau, 39, of Orleans on Aug. 26, 2023.

He was transported to North Country Hospital in Newport and then transferred on to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.

Vermont State Trooper Jesse Nash said Barbeau reported he was unable to feel anything from his chest down.

Further investigation revealed Sanville was operating her vehicle with an expired driver’s license, which was a violation of her active pretrial conditions of release, Nash said.

Drug impairment was believed to be a factor in the cause of this crash, police said. Drug recognition experts from the Vermont State Police in St. Johnsbury and Lyndonville Police responded to the Derby barracks to evaluate Sanville, Nash said.

The Orleans Fire Department, Orleans Ambulance and Newport Ambulance responded to the scene.