FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
	PRESS RELEASE

TYPE OF INCIDENT:	Possession and Control of
			Regulated Drugs – 
			Selling on School Grounds
OFFICER: 		McHugh	
DATE OF INCIDENT:	02/03/06
TIME OF INCIDENT:	0730
LOCATION OF INCIDENT:	St. Albans

NAME:		LAVALLA, Kenneth
AGE:  		17
ADDRESS:	Georgia, VT

NAME:	Unnamed Juvenile

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:

On February 4, 2006 at approximately 9:30pm, I was
dispatched to a report of a theft of prescription medications
which had occurred on Fairfax Road in St. Albans Town.
The complainant stated that a third party had informed her
that he (the third party) had overheard students at the BFA
St. Albans basketball game on 02-03-06 saying that if you
wanted pills, talk to the complainant’s juvenile son. Upon
hearing this, the complainant checked her prescription
bottle and found some of her prescription pulls to be
missing. The complainant then confronted her son with the
facts of the missing pills and the rumor that he was selling
them at school 

The complainant stated that her son confessed to her that
he had taken the pills and brought them to school where
he gave them to another student, Kenneth Lavalla with the
intention that Lavalla would sell the pills and split the
money with him. 

I spoke to the juvenile at the scene and he stated that on
02-02-06, during the afternoon, he took 15 Vicodin pulls
from his mother’s prescription bottle. He stated that he did
this because Kenny had told him that he could sell the
pulls for him at school. He stated that on 02/03/06 he
brought the 15 pills to school and gave all 15 pills to Lavalla 
at BFA St. Albans. Lavalla started to give the
juvenile money throughout the day on Friday. The juvenile
stated that Lavalla would give him money as he sold the
pills throughout the day. The monetary transaction was
conducted at school. 

Both the complainant and her son provided sworn statements. 

Lavalla was interviewed and denied any involvement in
this case. He declined to give a sworn statement at the
time of the interview. Lavalla was subsequently cited to
appear in Franklin District Court at a later date.