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Teen Facing 36 Years for Drug Trafficking | Montpelier News
An 18-year-old Connecticut teen, Rhaquise Burgos, is facing up to 36 years in prison after being arrested in Vermont for cocaine trafficking and possessing a stolen gun. This isn’t his first run-in with the law—he’s already got a pending fentanyl case and just two months ago was charged with another drug offense in the same state. Police pulled him over after spotting a busted-out car window and a suspicious baggie; when the driver consented to a search, officers found drugs and a loaded 9mm handgun—stolen just weeks before from Hartford. Burgos claims he was just going to the store, but now…
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