VSP News Release-Incident
STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
NEWS RELEASE
CASE#: 26A5005675
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Sergeant Daniel Lynch
STATION: Derby Barracks
CONTACT#: (802) 334-8881
DATE/TIME: 10/1/26, 0245 hours
INCIDENT LOCATION: 4486 US Route 5, Derby
VIOLATION:
Possession of Cocaine
Violating a Condition of Release
In-State Warrant Arrest
ACCUSED: Troy Guertin
AGE: 42
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Newport Center, VT
ACCUSED: Nicholas Blake
AGE: 37
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: No fixed address
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:
On the above date and approximate time, a VSP Derby Trooper observed a vehicle with two unresponsive occupants at the Mobile gas station in the Town of Derby. The occupants were contacted and identified as Guertin and Blake. Both became responsive upon police contact.
During the investigation, indicators of drug use were observed in the vehicle, and it was learned Guertin was the subject of a 24-hour curfew at a residence in Newport Center. Blake was learned to be the subject of in-state warrants for the offenses of Retail Theft, DUI Drug, and Operating with a License Suspended for DUI.
Blake was placed under arrest pursuant to his arrest warrants and transported to the Northern State Correctional Facility for lack of $200 bail. A search of the vehicle yielded a substance believed to be cocaine. Guertin was issued a citation to appear in court to answer to the offense of Cocaine Possession and Violating a Condition of Release (Curfew).
COURT ACTION: Y
COURT DATE/TIME: 10/1/26, 1230 (Blake), 12/8/26, 0830 (Guertin)
COURT: Orleans
LODGED - LOCATION: NSCF (Blake)
BAIL: $200 (Blake)
MUG SHOT: NOT AVAILABLE
*Please note: court date and time are subject to change at the discretion of
the court. Please call the criminal court clerk to confirm arraignment time.
