Fenton Bland Explained

State Delegate:Virginia
District:63rd
Term Start:January 9, 2002
Term End:January 26, 2005
Preceded:Jay DeBoer
Succeeded:Rosalyn Dance
Party:Democratic
Birthname:Fenton Lee Bland Jr.
Birth Date:7 March 1962
Birth Place:Petersburg, Virginia, U.S.
Alma Mater:Virginia State University (BS)
Spouse:Elisabeth Edwards

Fenton Lee Bland Jr. (born March 7, 1962) is an American mortician and former Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Successful in his first bid for office in 2001, he was subsequently reelected.

But he resigned in 2005 after pleading guilty to the crime of conspiracy to commit bank fraud which included bilking an elderly man of property and committing forgery to do so.[1] He was released from Federal Correctional Institution, Cumberland after serving 20 months of a 57-month sentence.[2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bob. Lewis. Former Va. Delegate Sentenced to Federal Prison. The Washington Post. April 29, 2005. December 8, 2017.
  2. Web site: Nick . Dutton . Sandra . Jones. Ex-Va. delegate expected time in federal pen to be ‘a lot worse’. WTVR. January 24, 2014. December 8, 2017.
  3. Web site: F. M.. Wiggins. Former Delegate Bland to be released by end of July. The Progress-Index. June 18, 2007. A1. December 8, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171209152028/https://secure.pqarchiver.com/progress_index/doc/383010035.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun%2018,%202007&author=FM%20WIGGINS&pub=The%20Progress%20-%20Index&edition=&startpage=&desc=Former%20Delegate%20Bland%20to%20be%20released%20by%20end%20of%20July. December 9, 2017. dead.
  4. Web site: . April 29, 2005 . Bland gets 57 months, told to pay $1.2 million . November 7, 2018.