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Teresa Youngblut Pleads Not Guilty to Killing Border Patrol Agent in Vermont

Prosecutors are pursuing capital punishment in a federal case investigators link to the Zizians network.

FILE - U.S. Border Patrol agent David Maland is recognized with military honors before his burial at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis on Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)
FILE - In this undated and unknown location photo released by the Department of Homeland Security shows Border Patrol Agent David Maland posing with a service dog. (Department of Homeland Security via AP, File)
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Overview

  • At a Friday hearing in Burlington, the 21-year-old entered not guilty pleas to murder, two counts of assaulting federal agents with a deadly weapon, and related gun charges in a superseding indictment.
  • Attorney General Pamela Bondi has authorized a capital prosecution, and the acting U.S. attorney has filed formal notice to seek the death penalty.
  • Prosecutors say the January 20 shooting followed a traffic stop on I-91 in Coventry, where Agent David Maland was killed, Felix Bauckholt was shot dead by an agent, and Youngblut was wounded.
  • Youngblut remains in federal custody without bail, has new lead counsel in capital defender Christine Lehmann, and a previously scheduled November status conference has been postponed.
  • Investigators describe ties to the Zizians group, with related arrests in Maryland and a firearms trail that includes purchases linked to an Orleans, Vt., address and a person of interest in an unsolved 2022 Pennsylvania double homicide.