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- Courtesy Of Penny Thibault
- Left to right: Dennis, Jerry, Penny and Sean Thibault. The young men were Penny and Jerry's children.
Robert Robidoux, 34, of Richmond, is charged with selling a drug, death resulting, in the deaths of Sean and Dennis Thibault. The offense carries a 20-year maximum sentence. He's also charged with selling heroin.
- Bobby Robidoux
Robidoux had sold the lethal drugs to Sean the night before, police said. He also provided drugs to other people who overdosed but survived that same week, Burlington police said.
A federal judge sentenced Robidoux to three years in prison in December 2016 after he pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to distribute heroin.
Robidoux was being held in Northwest State Correctional Facility in Swanton.
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