BURLINGTON — Two out-of-state men who police say operated a Rutland-based drug conspiracy that involved at least three dozen crack cocaine and powder cocaine sales since 2023 were ordered jailed by a federal judge on Thursday pending trial.

James E. Brown, 43, of Troy, New York, and Lionell Thompson, 40, of Manning, South Carolina, both have long criminal histories, including three felony drug convictions each, court records show.

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