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Zizians Member Arraigned on Federal Murder Charge as Prosecutors Pursue Death Penalty

The case centers on a Jan. 20 traffic stop in Vermont where Border Patrol Agent David Maland was fatally shot during a confrontation with Teresa Youngblut.

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

  • Teresa Youngblut, 21, of Seattle, is set to appear in federal court on a superseding indictment that adds murder of a federal officer, assaults on two agents with a deadly weapon, and related firearms counts.
  • Federal prosecutors last month filed notice that they will seek capital punishment in the case after a grand jury returned the new charges in August.
  • Authorities say agents had surveilled Youngblut and companion Felix Bauckholt before stopping their car on I-91 in Coventry, where Maland was killed, Youngblut was wounded, and Bauckholt was shot dead.
  • Investigators describe Youngblut as part of the Zizians, a fringe network linked in filings to violent episodes across states, with alleged leader Jack “Ziz” LaSota and associates facing separate weapons and fugitive charges after February arrests in Maryland.
  • Related probes include the Vallejo, Calif., killing of 82-year-old Curtis Lind, for which Youngblut’s fiancé Maximilian Snyder is charged, and ATF firearm traces tying guns in the Vermont shooting to purchases connected to a person of interest in 2022 Pennsylvania slayings.