A St. Johnsbury man, who was convicted for kidnapping a 23-year-old mother and her son

A St. Johnsbury man, who was convicted for kidnapping a 23-year-old mother and her son in 2019 and stealing two cars and taking them across state lines, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on Monday. Everett Simpson, 46, will be on federal supervised release conditions for five years once he is discharged from prison. Federal Senior Judge William K. Sessions III also imposed $400 in court costs, but waived any fine for Simpson. Sessions said he would not order Simpson to undergo sex offender counseling in prison, but will wait toward the end of his term to have the Federal Bureau of Prisons evaluate him as a possible sex offender. Testimony at trial showed Simpson sexually assaulted the woman at the Comfort Inn in White River Junction with her child present. Simpson, after dismissing several defense lawyers, represented himself during the trial.