‘Family man’ gets 5-year prison term for 22 pounds of heroin in Highgate - Vermont Daily Chronicle

‘Family man’ gets 5-year prison term for 22 pounds of heroin in Highgate - Vermont Daily Chronicle

By Michael Donoghue Vermont News First BURLINGTON — A property manager/real estate agent from Rhode Island, who was found with 22 pounds of pure heroin on Lake Champlain at Highgate two years ago, has been sentenced to almost 5 years in federal prison. U.S. Border Patrol Agents arrested Freddy J. Rodriguez, 40, of West Warwick, R.I. with 10 kilograms of heroin on Sept. 19, 2023 as he prepared a nighttime load in a kayak to head north from Highga…