STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
STATION: HQ, Vermont State Police
CONTACT: Vermont Drug Task Force
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, Sep. 18, 2024
LOCATION: Bennington, Vermont
ACCUSED: Nicholas Goodrum
AGE: 35
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Bennington, Vermont
VIOLATIONS: Cocaine trafficking
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: On Sept. 13, 2024, the Vermont Drug Task Force and Bennington County Sheriff’s Department seized a backpack belonging to Nicholas Goodrum as part of a drug investigation in Bennington. The Bennington Police Department assisted with the investigation.
On Sept. 17, the Vermont Drug Task Force obtained a search warrant for Goodrum’s backpack. A search of the backpack by detectives revealed a single plastic bag containing approximately 174 grams of cocaine.
On Sept. 18, Nicholas Goodrum was arrested on a charge of trafficking cocaine. At the time of the investigation, Goodrum was on probation for previous charges of heroin trafficking and conspiracy to sell cocaine. Goodrum was brought to the Vermont State Police barracks in Shaftsbury for processing. He was subsequently jailed at the Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield on a probation violation and is to appear for arraignment on the trafficking charge on Sept. 19 in the Criminal Division of Vermont Superior Court in Bennington.
Goodrum is being prosecuted by the Bennington County State’s Attorney's Office. Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact the Vermont State Police at 802-773-9101 or submit a tip anonymously via https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.
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