RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) – A Rutland man whose life-in-prison sentence for his role in a 1972 murder was commuted could be headed back to prison because of a probation violation.

The Vermont Corrections Department says there is probable cause to believe the Joseph Yandle, 57, violated his parole when heroin was found in his car during a traffic stop in Windham County. Yandle denied the violation on Thursday, said Michael O’Malley, the head of the Rutland office of Probation and Parole.

In the 1970s Yandle was sentenced to life without parole for being the getaway driver in the 1972 murder of Joseph Reppucci in a liquor store holdup. In 1995, his sentence was commuted by Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld after Yandle was featured on “60 Minutes,” saying he resorted to crime to feed a drug habit he developed in Vietnam to numb the nightmares of war.

Yandle moved to Rutland after his release. But three years later, it came out that Yandle never saw combat in Vietnam. The Parole Board then revoked his parole, and he served five more years in prison before his 2003 release. If Yandle is found to have violated his probation he could be sent back to Massachusetts and returned to prison.

O’Malley said it’s unclear when Yandle could be sent back to Massachusetts.

“That’s the … question,” he said. “The receiving state is us and the sending state is Massachusetts. If the receiving state has outstanding charges, those charges are expected to be cleared up before Mr. Yandle can be returned to the sending state.”

Meanwhile, Yandle’s Rutland landlord asked a judge to evict him from his apartment because he and his wife haven’t kept up on their rent.