STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
STATION: HQ, Vermont Drug Task Force
DATE/TIME: June 1, 2025
VIOLATIONS: Sale of cocaine
LOCATION: Rutland, Vermont
ACCUSED: Justin Zayas-Sanchez
AGE: 25
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Springfield, Massachusetts
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:
On June 1, 2025, Justin Zayas-Sanchez was arrested in Rutland City. His initial arrest was made by the Rutland City Police Department after police learned that Zayas-Sanchez had an extraditable arrest warrant out of North Carolina for statutory rape of a child. Zayas-Sanchez also faces charges of eluding police and assault on a protected professional.
After learning of his arrest, the Vermont Drug Task Force cited Zayas-Sanchez on one count of sale of cocaine. This charge stemmed from an earlier drug investigation into Zayas-Sanchez’s distribution of cocaine. At the time of the drug investigation and his subsequent arrest, Zayas-Sanchez was on federal supervised release after being convicted in July 2022 in U.S. District Court for fentanyl trafficking.
Zayas-Sanchez is due to appear for arraignment July 7, 2025, in the Criminal Division of Vermont Superior Court in Rutland. Zayas-Sanchez is being prosecuted by the Rutland 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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