South Royalton man sentenced to 19 months imprisonment for firearms offense

Vermont Business Magazine The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on October 4, 2021, Jeremy Digby, 41, of South Royalton was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss to 19 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release, which will follow the term of imprisonment. Digby also agreed to forfeit the firearms recovered from his residence. Digby had previously pled guilty to being a user in possession of firearms, which carried a maximum sentence of up to 10 years imprisonment.

According to court records, before Digby’s arrest in October 2020, law enforcement had received regular complaints from citizens about Digby’s drug use and about gunshots coming from the area of Digby’s residence. On October 2, 2020, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Digby’s residence in South Royalton. During the search, law enforcement recovered evidence of drug use and 43 firearms, including a high-powered weapon. On October 12, 2020, law enforcement went back to Digby’s residence to arrest him on the federal indictment. At that time, investigators recovered two additional firearms. In a post-arrest statement, Digby told law enforcement that for the past couple of years, he had regularly used and sold methamphetamine.

This case was prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime. https://www.justice.gov/psn.

This matter was investigated by the Southern Vermont Drug Task Force and ATF. This case was prosecuted on behalf of the government by Assistant U.S. Attorney Wendy L. Fuller. Digby was represented by Assistant Federal Public Defender Steven Barth.