Hinesburg Man Sentenced to More than Two Years for Being a Felon In Possession of a Firearm

Burlington, Vermont – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on December 12, 2025, Anthony Seagroves, 32, of Hinesburg, Vermont, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 26 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release.

On August 25, 2025, Seagroves pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon on October 14, 2024.

According to court records, Seagroves was encountered in two different stolen vehicles within the last two weeks of October 2024, each time with a loaded firearm he was prohibited from possessing, within arm’s reach. Seagroves was first encountered by Burlington Police Department officers on the afternoon of October 14, 2024, when officers were checking on Seagroves and multiple other people slouched over inside a running car parked at the Fletcher Free Library. The officers learned that the vehicle had been reported stolen. While removing Seagroves from the driver’s seat of the vehicle, officers observed a black and green pistol on the seat where Seagroves had been sitting. The pistol was determined to be a Privately Made Firearm (colloquially referred to as a “ghost gun”), which was loaded with four rounds of PMC brand 9-millimeter ammunition. Seagroves had previously been convicted of a felony burglary and was therefore prohibited from possessing this firearm.

After being charged and released in Vermont Superior Court based on the October 14, 2024 incident, approximately a week later, on October 23, 2024, the Hinesburg Police Department was investigating a report of a stolen vehicle, which the owner had located in Hinesburg. The owner identified Seagroves exiting the passenger seat of the vehicle shortly after the owner had located it and officers later found a loaded Sig Sauer P365 9-millimeter pistol on the passenger floorboard. The owner of the Sig Sauer firearm had reported it stolen from his car in his driveway in Starksboro on October 22, 2024.

First Assistant United States Attorney Michael P. Drescher commended the investigatory efforts of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Burlington Police Department, and the Hinesburg Police Department.

The prosecutor is Assistant United States Attorney Dana E. Hill. Seagroves is represented by Devin McLaughlin, Esq.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) and Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).