New York man sentenced in decade-old Vermont heroin case

The Office of the Attorney General announced that Brooklyn, New York resident Maleek S. Drummond, 43, was sentenced today in Vermont Superior Court, Addison County, Criminal Division. Drummond pleaded guilty to a felony charge of possession of two grams or more of heroin. Judge John W. Valente presided over the case and sentenced Drummond according to the plea agreement made by both parties. The sentence is set for 10 to 11 months of incarceration.

The charges for which Drummond was sentenced today were originally filed by the Attorney General’s Office in 2012. However, before sentencing could take place, Drummond absconded and an arrest warrant has been pending since 2013. In January of this year, Drummond turned himself into Vermont law enforcement and thus brought resolution to this decade-old case.