State police are investigating alleged hate crimes involving theft on a Vermont college campus and a front yard in Enosburg.
May 2 at 10:30 AM, Vermont State Police responded to a call concerning an act of vandalism at College Road in the Town of Lyndon. Over the weekend, someone knocked down a flagpole and stole a recently placed LQBTQ Progress Pride flag on the Northern Vermont University campus. This occurred after the ceremony for the raising of the flag on Thursday the 29th.
The State Police have informed the Attorney General’s Office under the Bias Incident Reporting System.
On May 3 at 11 AM, state police received a report of a theft from a residence in Enosburg. A “Black Lives Matter” sign was taken from the front lawn of the victim. This incident was believed to have occurred sometime within the last 4 days. The State Police has informed the Attorney General’s Office of this case as a possible hate crime under the Bias Incident Reporting System. Anyone who witnessed this event or who has information is asked to contact the Vermont State Police St. Albans at 802-524-5993.
State police are looking for a horse taken from its home in Marshfield.
April 27 at 3 pm, state police were notified of a horse named “Tango” that had gone missing from a residence in Marshfield.
A nearby surveillance camera captured an unknown man and woman walking Tango towards John Fowler Rd at 2:30 pm on April 23. Police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying these individuals and locating Tango to return him safely to his owner.
Coke Dealer sentenced – Gregory Lewis, 26, of Williston was sentenced today to serve 58 months in prison after his convictions for being a felon in possession of a firearm and distribution of cocaine base. Judge Christina Reiss also ordered Lewis to serve a three-year term of supervised release after his incarceration.
According to court records, in early 2021, investigators with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Burlington Police Department conducted multiple controlled purchases of cocaine base from Lewis. On March 29, 2021, multiple law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant at Lewis’s residence in Williston.
During the search, agents seized a stolen Glock Model 45 9mm pistol from Lewis’s bedroom and a privately manufactured AR-style firearm (commonly called a “ghost gun”), along with numerous tools of the drug trafficking trade, including packaging materials, digital scales, and a money counter.
Agents also seized $43,135 of U.S. currency, and a collection of jewelry that appraised at over $70,000. Agents noted cocaine residue on the toilet seat in Lewis’s bathroom, after which Lewis admitted to having flushed approximately 750 grams of cocaine down the toilet as agents entered the residence. According to witness statements, Lewis’s admissions, and assets seized, Lewis is responsible for selling over 3 kilograms of cocaine in Chittenden County over a 16-month period.
Lewis’s federal sentence was ordered to run concurrent to his sentence imposed in Sarpy County, Nebraska, stemming from Lewis’s September 2019 arrest on Interstate 80 while in possession of 13 ounces of cocaine, bulk marijuana, and THC cartridges.