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By VDC staff
A Chittenden County woman has been charged with selling fentanyl with a death resulting.
The Vermont State Police have completed an investigation into the April 16, 2023, death of 39-year-old Justin Cutler of Brookfield. Cutler was found deceased in his home with suspected drugs and drug paraphernalia nearby. An autopsy later confirmed that his death was an accidental overdose caused by fentanyl.
Investigators determined that the day before his death, Cutler had arranged to meet Nicole Wright in Burlington to purchase drugs, following communication via social media and text. After acquiring the fentanyl from Wright, Cutler returned home and died shortly afterward. Drugs located near his body tested positive for fentanyl.
Man charged with texting lewd photo without consent
On June 19, Vermont State Police began investigating 20-year-old Brayden Wilkins of North Bennington after receiving a complaint that he had sent a sexually explicit image of another individual without their consent.
According to the investigation, Wilkins sent the image via text message on June 18. He turned himself in at the Vermont State Police Rutland Barracks on July 22 and was issued a citation to appear in Bennington County Superior Court, Criminal Division.
‘Shopper’ took nearly $300 in food from supermarket
Vermont State Police are investigating a theft from Market 32 in St. Johnsbury that occurred on June 12. Troopers responded on July 6 after store staff reported the incident.
Authorities say an unidentified individual stole around $274 worth of seafood, meat, and hot food without paying. The case remains under investigation, and police are seeking a man captured in a surveillance photo (at right).
Early morning fire destroys Townshend home
A home at 1458 State Forest Road in Townshend was destroyed in an early morning blaze on Monday, July 21. Firefighters were dispatched around 2:30 a.m. and arrived to find the structure fully engulfed.
Despite efforts to extinguish the fire, the building was declared a total loss. No one was inside at the time, and no injuries were reported. The Vermont Department of Public Safety’s Fire & Explosion Investigation Unit is working to determine the fire’s cause.
Vermont woman seriously injured in New Hampshire boat crash
Kelley Brooks, 54, of Glover suffered a serious leg injury Monday, July 21, after being ejected from a boat on Robinson Pond in Hudson, New Hampshire, according to a report in the Union-Leader newspaper.
According to Marine Patrol, the boat struck a floating swim platform around 3 p.m., throwing Brooks into the water. She was airlifted to Lahey Hospital in Burlington, Massachusetts.
The boat, a Bass Tracker, was operated by 69-year-old Terry Tetreault of Hudson and was carrying four passengers. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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What is happening to Vermont ?
Once a crime free state, and in the past 20 years it has become a drug infested, crime ridden liberal wonderland.
Where did Wright get the drugs? It is one thing to arrest and charge the mules, aka low hanging fruit, do they ever find and charge the suppliers? No desire to find those committing federal/state felonies of drug trafficking, murder, attempted murder, transporting weapons and cash across state lines? Is there a plea deal to drop dimes on the higher level criminals or is it just a turn-style of prosecutural and judicial willful ignorance/incompetence?
Since our Administration and State is partnered with China – why not adopt China’s policy on drug dealers? The death penalty. If there were not dirty deeds done by those responsible for public safety and the public trust, there would be no heinous drug crimes, far less drugs flowing in our communities, and far fewer deaths and disabilities.