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Boelter Pleads Not Guilty as Judge Designates Case Complex, Delays Trial

The court has delayed standard speedy-trial deadlines in recognition of the vast trove of evidence

Overview

  • Vance Boelter entered a not guilty plea to six federal counts, including murder, stalking and firearms violations
  • U.S. Magistrate Judge Dulce Foster approved a complex case designation, pausing speedy-trial requirements
  • Prosecutors must review potentially hundreds of thousands of pages of documents and thousands of hours of video from the largest manhunt in state history
  • Boelter faces potential federal death-penalty exposure if Attorney General Pam Bondi authorizes a capital charge
  • A revised pretrial schedule was issued extending proceedings into 2026, with no trial date set