A 35-year-old man, who authorities said helped operate a drug house has pleaded not guilty

BURLINGTON — A 35-year-old man, who authorities said helped operate a drug house in Orleans County for more than two months last year, has pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in Burlington to two felony charges. Jeremy L. Young managed and controlled 2227 Maple Hill Road in Barton along with Erika Desormeaux, 36, of Barton from at least August 2022 until Oct. 26, 2022, the indictment said. Young also faces a second felony count for conspiring with at least six other people in Vermont and elsewhere to distribute cocaine and fentanyl from at least as early as August 2022 continuing through until Oct. 26, 2022, records show. Young, who has been wanted since his indictment on Dec. 22, surrendered in Burlington on Friday, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.