Judge Glen Tyler granted Tonya Bundicks request for 62 separate trials in Accomack County Circuit Court Monday.
Bundicks lawyer asked for separate trials so juries would not hear other matters involved.
Tyler rejected the Commonwealth's request to have try all charges at once because he said each instance was separate and there was no common theme or plan.
Tyler indicated earlier he might agree to have Bundick tried again in Virginia Beach where she was tried in January for arson in the case pertaining to the incident on April 1, 2013 where she and her accomplice Charles R. Smith III were caught in the process of setting a fire at a residence in Melfa.Bundick submitted an Alford plea in her trial in January in which she did not admit to the charges but acknowledged there was sufficient evidence to convict her.
Smith pled guilty earlier this year to 67 counts of arson and one count of conspiracy.
Neither Smith or Bundick have been sentenced for the crimes for which they have already been convicted.
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