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NJ Trucker Indicted For Murder After GF Found Stabbed To Death In Morovia: State's Attorney NJ Trucker Indicted For Murder After GF Found Stabbed To Death In Morovia: State's Attorney
NJ Trucker Indicted For Murder After GF Found Stabbed To Death In Morovia: State's Attorney A New Jersey truck driver who had a history of domestic violence with a 43-year-old woman found dead in his vehicle in Maryland has been indicted on murder charges, authorities announced. On Tuesday, Oct. 24, a grand jury indicted 43-year-old Matthew Sidney Watley, of Sicklerville, NJ on first- and second-degree murder charges in connection to the death of his partner, Candice Thompson. Thompson was found dead in the cab of Watley's truck last month. The two had a long history of domestic violence incidents out of Winslow Township, detectives in Maryland found. Officials say that a strang…

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Sheriff IDs Woman Found Dead In Tractor-Trailer Outside Costco Distribution Center In Monrovia Sheriff IDs Woman Found Dead In Tractor-Trailer Outside Costco Distribution Center In Monrovia
Sheriff IDs Woman Found Dead In Tractor-Trailer Outside Costco Distribution Center In Monrovia New details have been released by the Frederick County Sheriff's Office after a woman's body was found dead inside the cab of a tractor-trailer over the weekend. Investigators say that Candice Thompson, 46, has been identified as the victim who was found inside Matthew Sidney Watley's truck after he was busted for allegedly getting behind the wheel while he was intoxicated. Both the driver and victim are from Sicklerville, New Jersey. Watley was charged with multiple counts of murder on Sunday after a curious case outside the Costco Distribution Center on Intercostal Drive in Monrovia. Th…

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Woman's Body Found In Cab Of Tractor-Trailer After Slow Speed Pursuit In Monrovia: Sheriff Woman's Body Found In Cab Of Tractor-Trailer After Slow Speed Pursuit In Monrovia: Sheriff
Woman's Body Found In Cab Of Tractor-Trailer After Slow Speed Pursuit In Monrovia: Sheriff A woman's dead body was found in the cab of an allegedly intoxicated tractor-trailer driver who took police on a slow speed pursuit on Sunday morning in Frederick County, Officials say that a scene stranger than fiction played out at the Costco Distribution Center on Intercostal Drive in Monrovia shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24, where there were calls of an allegedly drunk driver who smashed out the window of his own truck. Upon arrival at Costco, deputies from the Frederick County Sheriff's Office found the driver in the front seat of his truck with it running in the parking lo…

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Frederick County Family Displaced After Early Morning House Fire Frederick County Family Displaced After Early Morning House Fire
Frederick County Family Displaced After Early Morning House Fire Dozens of firefighters were on hand to help knock down an early morning fire that unexpectedly broke out in a Frederick County home and rapidly spread, displacing a family. A house fire was reported shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 12 in the 4200 block of Ed McClain Road in Monrovia inside a single-family home, according to officials. Upon arrival, firefighters said that they located a fire showing from the back porch which worked its way up to the roof and attic space. Officials said that it took a crew of 50 firefighters approximately 45 minutes to get the fire under control and …

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Former Police Officer Ordered To Serve Home Detention For Death Of Infant Daughter In Maryland Former Police Officer Ordered To Serve Home Detention For Death Of Infant Daughter In Maryland
Former Police Officer Ordered To Serve Home Detention For Death Of Infant Daughter In Maryland A former police officer in Virginia could avoid prison time after being sentenced for his role in the death of his 6-month-old daughter in Maryland in 2017. Monrovia resident Jason Michael Colley, 42, a former 10-year veteran of the Fairfax County Police Department, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree assault in connection to the death of his infant daughter Harper on Oct. 31, 2017, the state’s attorney for Frederick County announced. Colley entered an Alford plea in Frederick County Circuit Court on Thursday, Aug. 4. An Alford plea “is a type of guilty plea in which a defendant…

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'Serial Swindler' In Frederick County Admits To Duping Three Romantic Partners, Families: AG 'Serial Swindler' In Frederick County Admits To Duping Three Romantic Partners, Families: AG
'Serial Swindler' In Frederick County Admits To Duping Three Romantic Partners, Families: AG A Maryland man with a checkered history will spend at least a decade behind bars for swindling former romantic partners and their families, the state’s Attorney General announced. Frederick County resident Joseph Carlini, 43, of Monrovia, pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to theft and violation of a Securities Order in three cases involving his former paramours. As part of his guilty plea, Carlini is set to be sentenced to 38 years in prison with all but 10 years suspended, followed by five years of supervised probation upon his release. Carlini was also ordered to pay restitution in the am…

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