Fentanyl Thief With a Criminal Past | Burlington News

Burlington News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 31, 2026 · 1m

A 26-year-old man named Victor Contreras got busted in Vermont with over 1,200 fentanyl packets after allegedly stealing a backpack near the Amtrak station—thinking the owner had drugs. Cops found the stash near a hospital and caught him with some fentanyl on his person. But this isn’t his first brush with the law: he’s skipped court, violated probation in Massachusetts, faces a felony in Connecticut, and once tried to fake his identity to dodge Border Patrol. The judge called him a flight risk and danger to the community, citing his drug use, weapon history, and lack of ties to Vermont. His…