Fenton Bland | |
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Member of the
Virginia House of Delegates from the 63rd district | |
In office January 9, 2002 – January 26, 2005 | |
Preceded by | Jay DeBoer |
Succeeded by | Rosalyn Dance |
Personal details | |
Born | Fenton Lee Bland Jr. March 7, 1962 Petersburg, Virginia, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Elisabeth Edwards |
Alma mater | Virginia State University ( BS) |
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]