STATE
OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT
STATE POLICE
NEWS
RELEASE
CONTACT#:
802-722-4600
DATE/TIME:
11/4/2025 @ 1001 hours
INCIDENT
LOCATION: I-91 MM 35, Exit 6 Off Ramp, Rockingham, VT
VIOLATION: Trafficking
Fentanyl, Transporting Fentanyl, Fentanyl Possession, Theft of Rental Property,
Possession of Stolen Property, Possession of Cocaine, Trafficking Cocaine,
Operating without Owner's Consent
ACCUSED:
Derrick Wooding (46), Zakee Habeeb-Ullah (47), Michael Hayes (63), Stephen
Davidson (34)
CITY,
STATE OF RESIDENCE: Hartford, Connecticut, Middletown, Connecticut, St.
Johnsbury, Vermont
SUMMARY
OF INCIDENT:
On
11/4/2025 at approximately 1001 hours, Troopers with the Vermont State Police
Westminster Barracks observed a vehicle traveling northbound on Interstate 91
near mile marker 24.2. Troopers followed the vehicle and received information
that the vehicle was stolen. Troopers conducted a traffic stop, and an
investigation revealed that Derrick Wooding (46) of East Hartford, Connecticut,
Zakee Habeeb-Ullah (47) of East Hartford, Connecticut, Stephen Davidson (34) of
Middletown, Connecticut, and Michael Hayes (63) of St. Johnsbury, Vermont were
in possession of fentanyl and cocaine. Davidson was operating the stolen
vehicle, and Wooding had failed to return the vehicle to a rental car company
after being the authorized renter.
All
parties were issued criminal citations for the above offenses and are scheduled
to appear at the Vermont Superior Court, Windham Criminal Division on
11/05/2025 at 1230 hours. The subjects were ordered to be lodged at Southern
State Correctional Facility prior to their Court appearance.
COURT
ACTION: YES
COURT
DATE/TIME: 11/5/2025 at 1230 hours
COURT:
Vermont Superior Court, Windham Criminal Division
MUGSHOTS:
INCLUDED
BAIL – $10,000, $5,000
(Hayes)
Vermont State Police
Westminster Barracks
1330 Westminster Heights Rd
Putney, Vermont 05346
802-722-4600
