Vermonter Averts Double Death Penalty Trial; Accepts Life Sentences

Vermonter averts double death penalty trial; accepts life sentences

BURLINGTON — A former Stowe resident, who was facing potential death penalty sentences in the fatal shooting of two out-of-state drug dealers, has accepted a plea bargain that will provide him consecutive life terms in prison.

Vermonter averts double death penalty trial, accepts life sentences

By Mike Donoghue Vermont News First Theodore “Theo” Bland, 31 BURLINGTON — A former Stowe resident, who was facing potential death penalty sentences in the fatal shooting of two out-of-state drug dealers, has accepted a plea bargain that will provide him consecutive life terms in prison. Theodore “Theo” Bland, 31, most recently of Burlington had pleaded not guilty in federal court in December to eight felony charges in his latest indictment, in…

Vermonter averts double death penalty trial, accepts life sentences for killing men from Pittsfield, Chicopee

A Burlington, Vt. man has agreed to plead guilty to killing two western Massachusetts men in a drug-related case, accepting consecutive life sentences and avoiding a potential death penalty prosecution.