WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
Rutland, Vermont - The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on March 27, 2026, Richard J. Vardenski, 57, of Charlestown, Massachusetts was sentenced by United States District Judge Mary Kay Lanthier to a term of 66 months' imprisonment to be followed by a 3-year term of supervised release. Vardenski previously pleaded guilty to interfering with commerce by robbing a convenience store in the Old North End of Burlington, Vermont.
According to court records, Vardenski walked into a convenience store in the Old North End on August 25, 2024, pointed what appeared to ...