Berlin Barracks / False Personation / False Pretenses / False Statements To Financial Ability

VSP News Release-Incident

 

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

       

CASE#: 24A3008125

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Robert Lemnah                            

STATION: Berlin Barracks                     

CONTACT#: 802-229-9191

 

DATE/TIME: 12/16/2024

INCIDENT LOCATION: Waitsfield / Waterbury

VIOLATION: False Personation / False Pretenses / False Statements of Financial Ability

 

ACCUSED: Amanda Haskins                                              

AGE: 37

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Waterbury, VT

 

VICTIMS: Mad River Valley Community Fund (Waitsfield)

               Mad River Valley Interfaith Council (Waitsfield)

               Community Action Service Team (Waterbury)

 

 

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:

On 12/16/24, the Vermont State Police was contacted by the Mad River Valley Interfaith Council. Troopers were advised of a fraudulent request for funds by Amanda Haskins of Waterbury reportedly to pay for back rent. After further investigation it was determined Haskins also fraudulently obtained money from the Mad River Valley Community Fund of Waitsfield and the Community Action Service Team of Waterbury. The investigation determined Haskins created several aliases to further the fraudulent activity that involved falsely claiming a need for money to pay for overdue rent. Haskins obtained tens of thousands of dollars from the Mad River Valley Community Fund, the Mad River Valley Interfaith Council, and the Community Action Service Team. Total losses by the victims are estimated to be about $40,000.

 

Haskins came to the Vermont State Police Barracks in Berlin on 2/26/25 and was then taken into custody. She was processed at the Berlin Barracks and released on a citation ordering her to appear at 8:30 a.m. April 10, 2025, in Washington County Superior Court, Criminal Division.

 

No further information is available at this time. The affidavit of probable cause will be filed with the court and made public following Haskins’ arraignment.

 

 

COURT ACTION: Yes

COURT DATE/TIME: 4/10/25 at 0830           

COURT: Washington County Superior Court

LODGED - LOCATION: N/A     

BAIL: N/A

MUG SHOT: INCLUDED

 

 

 

 

*Please note:  court date and time are subject to change at the discretion of

the court. Please call the criminal court clerk to confirm arraignment time.