VERMONT STATE POLICE PRESS RELEASE
Incident: Multiple Burglary Cases
Case: 09A204398
Date of Incident: Throughout the month of September
Locations: Franklin County and possibly Addison County
Trooper: John MacCallum
DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT
The Vermont State Police made an arrest, with more to follow, in a series of burglaries that occurred throughout Franklin County and possibly Addison County.
Over the course of the last month, the communities within Franklin County began experiencing a high volume of burglaries. These break-ins were investigated by both the Vermont State Police and the Franklin County Sheriff's Department. The majority of victimized homes had been forcibly entered. Furthermore, once inside these homes the offenders stole various items, to include:
* Jewelry collections
* Money
* Electronic music devices
* Laptops
* Watches
* Hunting equipment
* Antique/Collector Coins
While Vermont State Police (VSP) was conducting its investigation into these burglaries, VSP came into contact with a vehicle on September 18, 2009 that contained items that were believed to be stolen. These items were seized by VSP and a victim from one of these burglaries later confirmed that the seized items were indeed theirs. From this, VSP obtained a search warrant that was later conducted on September 21, 2009 at a residence in Fairfield, VT.
During this search warrant, various stolen items were located and seized. Later this same day, VSP conducted another search warrant at the Cadillac Motel, as VSP obtained information that the suspects were staying at the motel. However, the suspects were not located and it wasn't until the following day, September 22, 2009, that VSP was able to speak with one of the suspects, Melissa Labounty, age 21, from Fairfield.
This investigation has also shown that many of the items, to include coins and jewelry, were sold at a local pawn shop. At this time, VSP is currently seeking two remaining suspects:
* Kyle Gagner, age 24, from the St. Albans area
* Shawn Gagnon, age 24, from the St. Albans area
Both males were already wanted for previous unrelated matters. This case is still being investigated by VSP and continues to evolve. VSP has successfully been able to identify seven burglaries to this investigation with more expected to follow. The dollar amount associated to this investigation is expected to be in the tens of thousands of dollars, given the prices associated to the stolen property and the damage done to the victim's homes.
VSP has also identified items from the search warrant in Fairfield that may link this investigation to a burglary that occurred in the Addison County area as well.
Anyone with information regarding this case or is knowledgeable as to the whereabouts of Kyle Gagner or Shawn Gagnon is asked to contact the Vermont State Police at (802) 524-5993.
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Melissa Labounty
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Kyle Gagner
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Update !!!
Fourth Suspect Caught !!!
VERMONT STATE POLICE PRESS RELEASE
Incident: Multiple Burglary Cases (Update from previous press release)
VSP Cases: 09A203765 Franklin County Sheriff's Department Cases: 09FRC3256
09A204167 09FRC3355
09A204199 09FRC3302
09A204200
09A204235
09A204236
09A204291
09A204353
09A204368
09A204192
09A204349
09A204376
Date of Incidents: Starting as early as August 16, 2009 thru September 18, 2009
Locations: Throughout Franklin County
Trooper: John MacCallum
DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT
As of this date, the Vermont State Police have arrested four people in connection to fifteen burglaries that occurred throughout Franklin County with most having occurred in the month of September. The four people arrested in connection to these 15 burglaries are as follows:
Shawn Gagnon, age 24, from the St. Albans area
Kyle Gagner, age 24, from the St. Albans area
Miles Lawler, age 20, from the St. Albans area
Melissa Labounty, age 21, from Fairfield
** Please see attached photos**
After an extensive investigation that included three search warrants being conducted and multiple interviews, the Vermont State Police have been able to recover multiple stolen items to include five handguns (See attached photo). Unfortunately, the investigation also showed that many pieces of stolen jewelry were continually sold to a pawn shop that in turn, sold and shipped the jewelry out of state.
The majority of these burglaries involved homes that were forcibly entered. Once inside the homes, the offenders often ransacked the homeowner's belongings in search of various items to steal. The majority of victims had jewelry, money and electronics stolen. However, in one instance, five handguns had been stolen, which were later, successfully recovered. Initial indications revealed that these handguns were in the process of being sold or traded for narcotics either in the area or out of state.
VSP has seen a significant decline of burglaries within the area, as a result of this investigation and the related arrests. VSP continues to pursue and investigate several associated avenues of information potentially related to this criminal group, as the investigation has been extensive and continues to evolve.
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Melissa Labounty
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Kyle Gagner
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Shawn Gagnon
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Miles Lawler
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Guns