MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – One of the suspects connected to a 2022 murder in Danby can remain free on bail, according to a ruling by the Vermont Supreme Court.
Vermont State Police last month arrested the 28-year-old Bulson, along with Ashley Wicks, 32, both of Bennington, on charges of being accessories after the fact to the deadly shooting. Both pleaded not guilty and a judge released him on $5,000 bail.
Prosecutors argued that because Bulson was an accessory to first-degree murder, a violent felony, and that he should be held pending a weight of evidence hearing. But the justices said the charges against him were not a “qualifying crime” and that the law says he cannot be held liable for the violent acts committed by another person.
Police earlier this month also arrested a third person, Elijah Johnson, 22, of Manchester, who they charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
Investigators say the deadly shooting happened after a fight among a group of people over drug trafficking and stolen firearms.
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