SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF
PRESS RELEASE
On January 4, 2012 Springfield Police Department took part in attempting to gain information from a suspect in a burglary ring. Eight burglaries from the Springfield were solved, while other Burglaries from New Hampshire and Vermont estimated to be over 100 were solved. Springfield Police Department obtained information in regards to the location of stolen Firearms and other Stolen Property said to be housed at a local area drug dealer’s residence. On January 5, 2012 the Springfield Police Department, Vermont State Police, Hartford Police, and New Hampshire State Police executed a search warrant which yield not only the stolen firearms and a variety of stolen property, but large amounts of Marijuana totaling 1.2 pounds and 137 bags of Heroin were also seized. Miles Lovell was arrested and charged with several various crimes to include Selling/Distributing Marijuana and Heroin, 3 counts of Conspiracy, Inciting a felony, 3 counts of stolen property. Lovell was believed to be the leader in a multi-state burglary ring and an upper level drug dealer. Lovell was lodged in lieu of bail and later remanded back to Southern State Correctional Facility in lieu of $150,000.00 cash/surety bond. Additional charges maybe pending and further information will be available at a later time as this case is under investigation.
http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20120125/NEWS02/701259912
Published January 25, 2012 in the Rutland Herald
Police say Connecticut River Valley burglary ring busted
By SUSAN SMALLHEER
Staff Writer
SPRINGFIELD — A Weathersfield man is in jail, and police believe they have a kingpin to a burglary ring responsible for upward of 100 burglaries in the Connecticut River Valley.
Springfield Police Chief Douglas Johnston said Miles Lovell, 30, was being held for lack of $150,000 on charges of possession of stolen property, as well as multiple drug charges, including selling and distributing marijuana and heroin.
He said the burglaries were “up and down the valley.”
Johnston said a search warrant executed of an unnamed alleged drug dealer’s home, and recovered a number of stolen firearms and other stolen property.
He said eight burglaries in Springfield were solved in the Lovell arrest and associated investigations, and he said there were other burglaries in Vermont and New Hampshire that were also solved.
“Lovell is believed to be the leader in a multistate burglary ring and an upper-level drug dealer,” the chief said.
Police, acting on a search warrant, found more than a pound of marijuana and 137 bags of heroin.
Johnston said most electronics and video games were taken in the burglaries, although he said that a snowmobile, stolen in 2005 from northeastern Vermont was also recovered.
“It’s still ongoing and others are cited to appear, who are currently in jail in New Hampshire,” the chief said.
Johnston said Lovell had lived in Weathersfield for the past couple of years, and he said the case was still under active investigation and that additional charges could be filed against additional people.
Johnston referred more comment to Vermont State Police Trooper Steve Otis, who couldn’t be reached for comment.
Lovell is being held at the Rutland jail.
Police say Connecticut River Valley burglary ring busted
By SUSAN SMALLHEER
Staff Writer
SPRINGFIELD — A Weathersfield man is in jail, and police believe they have a kingpin to a burglary ring responsible for upward of 100 burglaries in the Connecticut River Valley.
Springfield Police Chief Douglas Johnston said Miles Lovell, 30, was being held for lack of $150,000 on charges of possession of stolen property, as well as multiple drug charges, including selling and distributing marijuana and heroin.
He said the burglaries were “up and down the valley.”
Johnston said a search warrant executed of an unnamed alleged drug dealer’s home, and recovered a number of stolen firearms and other stolen property.
He said eight burglaries in Springfield were solved in the Lovell arrest and associated investigations, and he said there were other burglaries in Vermont and New Hampshire that were also solved.
“Lovell is believed to be the leader in a multistate burglary ring and an upper-level drug dealer,” the chief said.
Police, acting on a search warrant, found more than a pound of marijuana and 137 bags of heroin.
Johnston said most electronics and video games were taken in the burglaries, although he said that a snowmobile, stolen in 2005 from northeastern Vermont was also recovered.
“It’s still ongoing and others are cited to appear, who are currently in jail in New Hampshire,” the chief said.
Johnston said Lovell had lived in Weathersfield for the past couple of years, and he said the case was still under active investigation and that additional charges could be filed against additional people.
Johnston referred more comment to Vermont State Police Trooper Steve Otis, who couldn’t be reached for comment.
Lovell is being held at the Rutland jail.
Great job to all involved law enforcement agencies.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately for the people reporting this story your facts should have been checked more closely, since this happened the majority of these charges have been dropped and the people actually responsible for this so called "ring" are the ones walking the street such as his GF and her crew not too mention his ex GF's brother HEADED it. Also Mr. Lovell is NOT at the springfield prison he's housed in RUTLAND just look online. The mastermind behind this so called "ring" is Cody Loewe who LIED in his first statement to get out of trouble hence why he "corrected" his statement and is being held in NH for BURGLARY and ESCAPE as for upper level drug dealer? I've seen more drugs delt in the prison it's self then what he was supposedly caught with. Once again all this hype over nothing.
ReplyDeleteLOL. This is obviously Darcy Lovell. His sister.
DeleteThey way I heard it was his GF's brother rolled over on him. The brother was not the mastermind. He was pinched by the cops for possession and rolled over on Miles to get out of it.
This is exactly the problem with a 1/2 house too.
ReplyDeleteWe are all talking about people's private issues and not
creating free electricity.
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Springfield. Pull together.
Kudos to Springfield Police Officers , now lets get some more! This once booming industry town has now become a service town, with all the problems that go along with a prison town. There seems to be a drug house on every street these days, I sit in my office at work and watch the consent trafficing in two buildings with some of springfields most undesirables coming to and from, its throw right in our faces daily! So glad you are making progress in this on going battle , and hope we can see more in the near future. Our little Springfield seems to becoming an arm pit of Vermont. No jobs...Prison, recovery centers, HCRS, 1/2 way houses, low income housing on the rise, and a seeming endless supply of drugs, burgarlies , armed robberies even.
ReplyDeleteThe problem will never be fixed until state and federal laws are changed regarding sex offenders. Once they serve their time nothing to stop them from moving here. The same goes for the state making it too easy for people to move to VT and get a hand out. You you be calling your state reps and demanding change.
ReplyDeleteAn SPD Press Release timed to coincide with annual budget discussions? Hmmmmmm. Better conduct a thorough line item review of their request.
ReplyDeleteIf the police are going to do there job they should do it a lot more thorough and incarsarate all the people involved like the one u let walk out of that house where this raid took place people in vt need to think about that and ask the police why hmmmmm i wonder so high profile why would this be?only the person walking around still and the police know i can almost bet her children are playing with some of yours right nowww scary thought isnt it!!!!!let the cycle continue springfield police oh yeah great job ummmm NOT
ReplyDeleteI don't know who you are but I would wonder what kind of person you are to slam the children. Children are not responsibile for the messes their foolish parents create and it is narrow minded spiteful thinking like yours that breeds nastiness in children which in turn leads to bullying in school and which also in turn, sadly and tragically, sometimes leads to suicide in children. Leave the children alone!!!!!!!!
Deleteand since they already live in Springfield they can qualify for the 1/2 house and get out early.
ReplyDelete1. glad you go to work and pay your taxes ??
2. I know of 3 families,about 16-22 people, moving to Springfield just so their expected to be arrested family member can qualify for the 1/2 house.
wow thats food for thought,And pretty bad the cycle continues what is wrong with this picture
ReplyDeleteWhats wrong is the Springfield Police only deal with anything that might make them look like there doing something. Or that helps there career. Took them 3 weeks to write a statement that attempted to make it sound like they were doing something. Whats concerning is they don't list the whole story or the other people involved. Another Epic Fail for the SPD
ReplyDeleteAmen!
DeleteAmen!
DeleteSPD doesn't solve burglaries, and people complain. SPD solves burglaries, and fools complain.
ReplyDeleteFOOLS RARE WALKIN THE STREETS GGOD LUCK TO SPD ON THAT ONE
ReplyDeleteOHH U MUST BE THE FOOL WALKIN THE STREETS HUH
ReplyDeleteSorry...I don't speak gobbledeegook - nothing you wrote makes a lick of sense.
DeleteGobbledygook or gobbledegook (sometimes gobbledegoo) is any text containing jargon or especially convoluted English that results in it being excessively hard to understand or even incomprehensible. "Bureaucratese" is one form of gobbledygook. There are two distinct and opposite cases. One is that incomprehensible material is actual gibberish. In the other some abtruse material is either ineptly presented or is subjectively perceived to be gibberish due to a lack of preparation. The SMOG statistic for gobbledygook for example yields an index in terms of years of required education.
Deletefor those of us used to paying for text and or typing on a hand held with modern abrv..
Deletethey key word is "Bureaucratese"
as any foo wkn strt wd no
SPD didnt solve anything, They assumed and blamed someone that didnt do it. Everyone jumps to conclusions but noone has the facts other then those involved which are clearly some people who have wrote on here. The ones that get defensive and mis spell words and write in all caps are probably the fools that pointed the blame on other people to cover there own ass.
ReplyDeleteo.k. let's let the cat out of the bag. (again)..
DeleteI mispell words on purpose. I go back and edit my comment and add in misspelled words. I do this to fit in. You would probably know who I was if I didn't mis-spell words on purpose.
Also, I have a job. I am working most of the time and do not really care if I use one hand to type these comments or if they are mis-spelled.
when YOU realize this is just a blog. and not a grammer class... You might learn to read between the lines.
most of the people who spell things correctly are missing the idea or concept behind the post or guilty of a wrong doing.
cheers
I think that people need to be DOING something instead of writing on a blog all day. Come on! Can any of you imagine being a police officer every single day? I can't. I think people need to go and register to vote, actually go to town meetings, and selctboard meetings instead of hiding anonymously behind a blog post. This is all silliness! And, yes, I am posting anonymously, because I work and live in the Springfield Area, and I am afraid that something would happen to my job, vehicle, or house!
ReplyDeleteSpringfield PD, good job!
re: "I think that people need to be DOING something"
ReplyDeleteI'll grant you many of the posts have taken on a juvenile, near illiterate content. I'd appeal to the administrator to initiate a means to curtail that caliber of remarks. This forum is far too valuable a community sounding board to see it reduced to verbal graffiti.
As far as "doing" something, for many that is not an option. 60-80 work weeks are typical to most households. Trying to be a responsible community member by maintaining a home, raising a respectable family, or running a business can not be done with spare time attending town meetings.
Conversely, Springfield has an increasing population of idle parasites. Parasites that perpetually have their greedy hands out demanding, "you owe me!" Just wait till you see the town report filled with these articles. Agencies that make no attempt to fund raise or appeal to voluntary charity. Instead, they feel justified in fleecing the honest, working, taxpayer. This forum is the ONLY means to call out those parasites for what they truly are.
juvenile.... come on have a doughnut....
DeleteThis is The Home Of THE SIMPSON'S.
verbal graffiti..
hahahahaha
I'm 55+
Thanks for the complement!
Hhhmmmm.....I am afraid that was not a compliment, just a big bag of wind blowing your way. God some people think they are SO self important, it is just smoke and mirrors you know.
DeleteWow..
ReplyDeleteIt seems that the local police DID NOT get the right people.
Further, it seams the above anon knows something.
The above anon seems to want to tell the truth soooo bad.. just to point out the fact that the SPD is lying and incompetent.
Hahaha...... Even criminals have conflicts of interest !
admit your the guilty one and demonstrate how the police can't do there job... or.. live free, above the incompetent swine. ??????
welcome to Springfield.
I wonder if Springfield Police Department has the following:
ReplyDeleteA. Less resources than other VT towns of the same population
B. More resources that other VT towns of the same population
C. The same resources as other VT towns of the same population
What do you all think?
The one claiming that the PD messed up is the convicted persons sister. Of course when criminals are caught they own up to their charges and don't blame anyone else.... Someone is just mad that their brother got caught and is gonna serve some time.... Now the facts are on the table...
ReplyDeleteI'm not taking sides on this but as long as we are putting facts on the table, a person is not "convicted" of a crime until they have had their day in court and are determined to be guilty by a judge and jury. At this point it is only a charge. Being "arrested" for a crime does not make a conviction....at least not in this country....not yet. Just presenting another "fact" adjustment.
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