http://rutlandherald.com/article/20140905/NEWS02/709059983
Published September 5, 2014 in the Rutland Herald
Springfield man faces felonies in heroin sting
By ERIC FRANCIS
CORRESPONDENT
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Springfield man accused of selling heroin to informants cooperating with the state’s drug task force is facing felony charges.
Christopher Jackson, 32, pleaded innocent to two counts of selling heroin during a brief arraignment Tuesday morning in White River Junction criminal court. Jackson was released on pre-trial conditions, including a court order that he not possess any regulated drugs without a valid prescription.
Jackson, who has a handful of minor convictions on his criminal record, could be sentenced to a maximum penalty of up to 20 years in jail if convicted on both felonies pending against him.
Detective Patrick Call wrote in an affidavit filed with the court that in May, a “cooperating individual” identified Jackson to the Southern Vermont Drug Task Force as someone they had allegedly been buying heroin from for some time “in a variety of locations around Springfield.”
Call said task force members first watched in mid-May as their informant traveled to Jackson’s house on Greeley Road. Jackson and the informant went inside and when the informant emerged minutes later, he had a “bundle” of 10 bags of heroin for which he said he paid Jackson $120.
Call said the individual bags of heroin were stamped with the street brand “Greedy Bastard” in blue ink.
A week later, the detectives had the same informant set up another purchase from Jackson at his residence, this time for 20 bags of heroin, and Call said the $240 purchase transpired smoothly, the exchange with Jackson allegedly taking place on his kitchen counter with less than a minute lapsing between the time the doorbell was rung and the informant left with the heroin, stamped with another street brand name, “Blue Magic.”
What is the point in writing in the headline faces felonies when he will b set free like everyone else
ReplyDeleteNot to worry Dude, you could have been selling pot, a much more serious crime. Shumlie has no plan to "save" those addicted to cannabis. But you my man will be saved. Praise the Shumlie.
ReplyDeleteRE: Jackson, who has a handful of minor convictions on his criminal record, could be sentenced to a maximum penalty of up to 20 years in jail if convicted on both felonies pending against him.
ReplyDeleteQuit teasing us about the severity of the penalty he "could" face. We're talking Vermont here. Thirty days and released for good behavior is more like it.
Well call the damn DA and ask for harsh sentences. Let them hear How Springfield residents feel. Call each and every select board member and ask them to also call the DA and ask for the same thing. Spend a minute online and find out who the judge is and start writing them letters demanding harsher sentences. Its the only way this is gonna stop!
ReplyDeletePaul Hudson and James Baker in town for Springfields select board meeting sep 22nd. These are two no bs guys who want to make a change and have the brains and power to do so. More details on spd facebook page or contact town hall. Concerned residents, if you have something to say these are the guys who need to hear it.
ReplyDeleteGood post Realist. I agree. Really should be a multi-town meeting. Chester, BF, and others, have the same problem. But starting in SF is good.
DeletePaul Hudson is the real deal. The higher ups in town should listen to every word he says.
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