The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that Jamonty Brister, 29, of Queens, New York, appeared Wednesday in the United States District Court in Burlington on a complaint charging him with a federal drug offence.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle ordered that Brister be detained without bail pending trial, which has not been scheduled at this time.
According to the criminal complaint filed on July 18, 2024, in June 2024, Burlington Police Department drug investigators and DEA Task Force officers made three controlled purchases of fentanyl from Brister utilizing a confidential source.
Earlier last week, officers obtained a state court warrant to search the Burlington residence where Brister had been living. They executed the warrant on the morning of July 17 and arrested Brister alone in a locked bedroom.
During the search of Brister’s bedroom, officers recovered about 900 grams of cocaine base, about 130 grams of fentanyl, about $10,000 in cash, and a handgun. The complaint charges Brister with possessing the seized narcotics with intent to distribute.
The United States Attorney emphasised that the charges in the complaint are only accusations and that the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Brister faces up to 20 years of imprisonment and a fine of up to $1,000,000 if convicted. The U.S. District Court will determine the actual sentence with guidance from the advisory United States Sentencing Guidelines and the statutory sentencing factors. Â
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