STATE OF
VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE
POLICE
STATION: HQ,
Vermont Drug Task Force
DATE/TIME: June
18th, 2024
LOCATION: 37
Reed Street, Springfield, VT
ACCUSED:
Michael Spaulding
AGE: 50
CITY, STATE OF
RESIDENCE: Springfield, Vermont
VIOLATION: Sale
of Cocaine x2, Sale of Fentanyl x2
ACCUSED: Jesse
Morey
AGE: 31
CITY, STATE OF
RESIDENCE: Springfield, Vermont
VIOLATION: Sale
of Cocaine, Sale of Fentanyl
ACCUSED:
Douglas Marsh
AGE: 54
CITY, STATE OF
RESIDENCE: Springfield, Vermont
VIOLATION: Sale
of Cocaine, Arrest on Warrant
ACCUSED: Gianni
Gamble
AGE: 22
CITY, STATE OF
RESIDENCE: Springfield, Massachusetts
VIOLATION:
Fentanyl Trafficking, Cocaine Trafficking, Person Prohibited from Possessing a
Firearm, Possession of Stolen Property
ACCUSED: Joshua
Garcia
AGE: 25
CITY, STATE OF
RESIDENCE: Springfield, Massachusetts
VIOLATION:
Fentanyl Trafficking, Cocaine Trafficking, Possession of Stolen Property
SUMMARY OF
INCIDENT:
On Tuesday,
June 18, 2024, the Vermont State Police executed a search warrant at 37 Reed
St. in Springfield, Vermont. This operation involved members of the Vermont
Drug Task Force; the Vermont State Police Tactical Services Unit, Bureau of
Criminal Investigations, Field Force Division, Crisis Negotiation Unit,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program and Bomb Squad; the FBI; the Springfield
Police Department; and the Springfield Fire Department.
The execution
of the search warrant stemmed from a months-long drug investigation conducted
by detectives with the Vermont Drug Task Force into the distribution of
fentanyl and cocaine from 37 Reed St. During the execution of the search
warrant the Vermont State Police encountered multiple individuals including but
not limited to Michael Spaulding, Jesse Morey, Douglas Marsh, Joshua Garcia,
and Gianni Gamble.
The Vermont
Drug Task Force investigation involved the use of confidential informants who
purchased fentanyl and cocaine from Spaulding on two separate occasions and
Morey on one occasion, along with a single purchase of cocaine from Marsh. At
the time of his arrest for the sale of cocaine, Marsh had active arrest
warrants for offenses unrelated to this investigation, including possession of
heroin and possession of stolen property.
Bail on the Windsor County warrants was set at $1,000.
A search of 37
Reed St. yielded evidence of drug use, drug distribution, and a firearms
offense. During a search of a downstairs living room area that a witness later
described as Joshua Garcia’s and Gianni Gamble’s room, police found more than
10,000 bags of fentanyl (approximately 223 grams), over 9 ounces of cocaine
base (approximately 260 grams), and approximately 52 grams of crack cocaine.
Two handguns also were recovered, one of which was found to be stolen out of
New Hampshire. Additional ammunition also was found. Garcia and Gamble face
charges of fentanyl trafficking, cocaine trafficking and possession of stolen
property. Gamble also faces a charge of being a prohibited person in possession
of a firearm.
Morey,
Spaulding, Marsh, Garcia and Gamble were processed at the Westminster State
Police Barracks before being transported and jailed at the Southern State
Correctional Facility in Springfield. Gamble’s bail on the drug-trafficking and
firearm-related charges was set at $50,000. Garcia’s bail on the
drug-trafficking and stolen-property charges was set at $25,000. Morey’s bail
on the sale charges was set at $25,000. Marsh’s bail on the sale charges was
set at $15,000. Spaulding’s bail on the sales charges was set at $5,000.
Spaulding, Morey, Marsh, Garcia, and Gamble are due to appear at 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024, in the Criminal Division of Vermont Superior Court in
White River Junction.
Spaulding,
Morey, Marsh, Garcia, and Gamble are being prosecuted by the Windsor County
State’s Attorney’s Office. Anyone with information about this investigation is
asked to contact the Vermont State Police at 802-722-4600 or submit a tip
anonymously via https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.
No further
information is available at this time. The affidavits of probable cause will be
filed with the court and made public following the suspects’ arraignment.
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