A Colchester couple were cited and released Friday after police allegedly found them with 1,100 bags of fentanyl in Brattleboro.
State police say they observed a motor vehicle violation and conducted a stop on the vehicle on I-91 north at around 12:40 p.m..
The driver of the vehicle was identified as Melinda Morgan, 41, of Colchester, and the passenger was identified as Dale Taylor, 39, of Colchester. Police say they were in possession of 1,100 glassine bags containing suspected fentanyl as well as crack/cocaine base and multiple firearms.
Both were arrested and transported to the Westminster barracks for processing. They were issued a citation and released to appear in court on August 29.
Woman in hospital gown arrested on warrant – Police arrested a Cabot woman for ‘absconding from furlough’ after she was found in a hospital gown at the Hobby Lobby store in the Berlin Mall Sunday.
Berlin police were called to the store for a report of a woman in a hospital gown acting suspiciously. They confirmed that Amanda Belville, 38, of Cabot had an active arrest warrant issued by the Vermont Department of Corrections for absconding from furlough. She was taken into custody and transferred to the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility for lack of bail.
DUI #5 – A 57-year-old man from Chester was arrested following an incident in Andover on Friday. Authorities say they were notified of an intoxicated person at the campground on Weston Andover Road at around 9:50 p.m. Lester Anderson was arrested for driving under the influence #5, criminal refusal, and driving with a criminally suspended license.nHe was ordered to be held on $500 bail at Southern State Correctional Facility. – Newport Dispatch
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Vermont is one deranged, dangerous, anti-Constitutional state led by Godless leftists who possess not a single iota of care for the citizens of this state they took an oath to serve.
Cited and released?? Did he ask for his drugs?? What is wrong with this state?? Enough drugs to kill and he’s released. You think he will come back???j
He’s long gone. Buying more drugsto sell. It’s embarrassing!! Truly embarrassing This some state betterwake up.
UNBELIEVEABLE!
Wow, thats more hyperbole and stereotypes than I’ve ever seen in a single sentence. Good job! You win the mass media award!
A bit of advice to opioid dealers: when traveling on the public highway with large amounts of illegal drugs made up in small quantities for retail distribution, use the cruise control and keep it in the proper lane…AND…if you get arrested, try to have it happen in Chittenden County where there is a prosecutor who is on your side.
Biological warfare on many fronts – war crimes perpetuated on all fronts – the Western nations occupied and under seige – stay diligent, frosty, and salty.
Both were arrested and transported to the Westminster barracks for processing.
They were issued a citation and released to appear in court on August 29.
Are you kidding ! NO bail ? A misdemeanor requires a citation and a future date to appear in court. This is a Felony ! Let me say that again for the hard or reading; this is a Felony ! Seriously folks, I can’t imagine how many people could die from 1,100 bags of Fentanyl. Don’t forget the other drugs, and fire arms.
How many weak politicians are you going to endorse in Montpeculier and the cities and towns all over Vermont ? Destroying the courts, law, and incarceration process will destroy Vermont.
These individuals should have been arrested, gone before a judge to plea, and a harsh bail should have been imposed due to the seriousness of the crime.
Our justice system is doing nobody any favors by giving a citation and releasing these two without lawful process for a Felony.
At least the drugs and firearms were confiscated, weren’t they???
this is what happens when one big city rules the rest of the state. look at how that citys gone down hill. they want all of us to join them.
Because of scumbags like this my son died of fentanyl poisoning.
Trump has the right idea.
Just a question: I had a friend who was killed by this kind of fentanyl and pusher. Why release? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY?
Indeed! And look at the giant SMIRK on the dude’s face – he’s playing Vermont & Sarah George is lovin’ every bit of it.
So sorry for your loss…but in the end – what goes around, comes around – and smiling will be the last thing these degenerates (including Sarah George) will eventually be doing.
You personify evil
Soft prosecutors and judges make hardened criminals!
I think the message would get across before to many got executed which is much better than our family members dying every day with drug abuse caused by the pushers. You might even get more people into drug rehab because if there were no drugs they would have to stay clean! I can’t shed a single tear for the pushers!
The Vermont Republican Party leadership is directly responsible for fueling this state of affairs. Time to throw them out. Realign a party platform that supports electable candidates championing personal rights, and family values. Acknowledge record dropout rates, unwed pregnancy, and overdose deaths are the result of hopelessness. A state that has willfully destroyed skilled manufacturing. Essentially leaving only mindless, service industry jobs.
The last republican governor Vermont had was Richard Snelling. I want all our elected officials to be replicas of Trumps positions. Remember no wars, energy independence, low gas prices and $2.04 fuel oil, still high but coming down, military a happy and good place to learn, laughing at Trump making liberals wet their pants and cry, waking up with hope for a better tomorrow and future for your children, a pride in being American again and doing the right thing. GOD I miss those few years we had before the steal.
Cracks me up that the younger gen doesn’t like to go to work at a “regular” job. But they’ll hustle drugs and humans for a buck. Anyone know why? I know it doesn’t pay all that well, hustling. So, what’s the real reason people do it?
I knew an entrepreneurial teen from a working class family like myself in high school who sold weed- never smoked- just sold it. By senior year, the kid had 100k in liquid cash and traded into a legitimate landscaping business. Last check, he owns 4 or 5 high end car dealerships along Rt 130 in NJ and I’m still toiling in the working class.
Anyway, that’s all legal now so the cartels and everyone else down the chain have to sell H to make any money. Great. Anyone notice the rise of heroin in this country when Cali an Colorado pot went legal?
Might as well legalize everything now and pull the rug out from that business too. It’s clearly already here anyway.
F.Y.I.
The Vermont Statutes Online
Title 18: Health
Chapter 84: Possession And Control Of Regulated Drugs
§ 4233a. Fentanyl
(a) Selling or dispensing.
(1) A person knowingly and unlawfully dispensing fentanyl shall be imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than $75,000.00, or both. A person knowingly and unlawfully selling fentanyl shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $100,000.00, or both.
(2) A person knowingly and unlawfully selling or dispensing fentanyl in an amount consisting of four milligrams or more of one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances containing fentanyl shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $250,000.00, or both.
(3) A person knowingly and unlawfully selling or dispensing fentanyl in an amount consisting of 20 milligrams or more of one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances containing fentanyl shall be imprisoned not more than 20 years or fined not more than $1,000,000.00, or both.
(4) In lieu of a charge under this subsection, but in addition to any other penalties provided by law, a person knowingly and unlawfully selling or dispensing any regulated drug containing a detectable amount of fentanyl shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $250,000.00, or both.
(b) Trafficking. A person knowingly and unlawfully possessing fentanyl in an amount consisting of 70 milligrams or more of one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances containing fentanyl with the intent to sell or dispense the fentanyl shall be imprisoned not more than 30 years or fined not more than $1,000,000.00, or both. There shall be a permissive inference that a person who possesses fentanyl in an amount of 70 milligrams or more of one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances containing fentanyl intends to sell or dispense the fentanyl. The amount of possessed fentanyl under this subsection to sustain a charge of conspiracy under 13 V.S.A. § 1404 shall be not less than 70 milligrams in the aggregate.
(c) Transportation into the State. In addition to any other penalties provided by law, a person knowingly and unlawfully transporting more than 20 milligrams of fentanyl into Vermont with the intent to sell or dispense the fentanyl shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $100,000.00, or both. (Added 2017, No. 62, § 4.)
Vermont State law is very clear.
WHY these two were released without bail is unconscionable.
State Police need to be held accountable.
Exile them to the Kensington section of Philadelphia