A federal judge in Vermont has refused to delay a decision on whether a woman charged in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent will face the death penalty. In an order made public Monday, Chief ...

Attorneys for Teresa Youngblut filed a motion Monday afternoon in response asking the judge to reconsider her ruling.

Earlier this month, her attorneys said the court was rushing the process that could determine whether or not the government could seek capital punishment in the case. The government opposed that ...

Youngblut has pleaded not guilty to a two-count indictment. She is charged with using a deadly weapon to assault a federal ...

Federal prosecutors said Monday a judge shouldn't delay their decision on the death penalty against a woman accused of ...

Attorneys for the government wrote in a filing that the judiciary does not have authority to order the executive branch how to carry out its decision-making process.

FBI agents searched a neighborhood in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Feb. 5, where Teresa Youngblut and Felix Bauckholt, who were involved in the shooting death of a US Border Patrol agent in Vermont, had ...

FILE - FBI agents search a neighborhood in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Feb. 5, 2025, where Teresa Youngblut and Felix Bauckholt, who were involved in the shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol ...

At the time of the shooting, authorities had been watching Youngblut and her companion, Felix Bauckholt, for several days after a Vermont hotel employee reported seeing them carrying guns and ...