Fatal crash suspect wants trial moved

Rutland County State’s Attorney Rose Kennedy. Rutland Herald photo
RUTLAND – The lawyer for a Middletown Springs man charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash is asking a judge to move his trial out of Rutland County because of widespread media attention the case has attracted.
William Cobb, the attorney for Thomas H. Velde Jr., 42, says his client will not be able to get a fair trial in Rutland County. Leo Branchaud, 57. a farmer, was struck and killed April 22, 2016, by a vehicle Velde