STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
CASE#: 24A2002067
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Detective Sergeant Michael Mattuchio
STATION: VSP St. Albans
CONTACT#: 802-524-5993
DATE/TIME: January 2024
TOWN: Swanton, VT
ACCUSED: Skylar K. Lawder
AGE: 24
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Swanton, VT
VICTIM: (The Vermont State Police does not release the names of victims of sexual assault or domestic violence.)
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:
On April 1, 2024, the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations and the Vermont Department for Children and Families began an investigation after receiving a report of child sexual abuse called in by a mandated reporter. According to the results of the investigation, Skylar K. Lawder, 24, of Swanton sexually assaulted a female under the age of 16 back in January 2024.
Lawder was arrested by the Vermont State Police on Thursday, April 18, 2024, on a charge of Sexual Assault and Lewd and Lascivious. He was ordered jailed and held on $10,000.00 bail and is due to appear for arraignment on April 19th, 2024 at 1300 hours in the Criminal Division of Vermont Superior Court in St. Albans.
No further information is available at this time. The affidavit of probable cause will be filed with the court and made public following Lawder's arraignment.
Detective Sergeant Michael Mattuchio
Bureau of Criminal Investigation A-West
Vermont State Police – St. Albans
140 Fisher Pond Road
St. Albans, VT 05478
Crisis Negotiator
Phone: (802) 524-5993
Fax: (802) 527-1150
Email: Michael.Mattuchio@vermont.gov
