SWANTON — A grand jury in Burlington returned indictments charging Jesse Sweet, 26, and Eric Raymond, 31, both of Swanton, with unlawful possession of firearms.
Sweet is charged with possessing a Ruger .308 rifle while he was an unlawful user of controlled
substances and after having been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
Court records explain that in December 2021, Sweet traded a snowmobile for that rifle.
Raymond is charged with possession of an Anderson Manufacturing AM-15 rifle after having
been convicted of a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year.
Court records explain that on February 2, 2022, police observed Raymond driving an ATV toward the back portions of his Swanton residence.
Police followed those tracks, which led to footprints, which led to the firearm below an abandoned vehicle.
Both men were arrested last Friday, on February 11.
Sweet and Raymond are scheduled to be arraigned on the indictments next Friday, February 25.
