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'Just Plain Evil:' Jealous Inmate Sentenced For Viciously Beating CO With Phone In Maryland 'Just Plain Evil:' Jealous Inmate Sentenced For Viciously Beating CO With Phone In Maryland
'Just Plain Evil:' Jealous Inmate Sentenced For Viciously Beating CO With Phone In Maryland An inmate who threw everything but the kitchen sink at a corrections officer in a jealous rage-fueled fury will spend the rest of his days in the Big House. Matthew Dwight Tingler, 39, of Joppa, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to one count of attempted first-degree murder for attacking Cpl. Michael Vesek in the Harford County Detention Center on Nov. 20, 2022, the state’s attorney’s office announced. The vicious assault happened when Vesek, a Correctional Deputy at the detention center for more than two decades, was supervising Tingler during a phone call at the facili…

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Unruly Harford County Inmate Tried Killing Deputy In Attack With Phone: Officials Unruly Harford County Inmate Tried Killing Deputy In Attack With Phone: Officials
Unruly Harford County Inmate Tried Killing Deputy In Attack With Phone: Officials A Harford County inmate being held on charges of assault, robbery and more, has been additionally charged with attempted murder after beating a deputy with a telephone and then strangling him with a phone cord and his own hands, authorities said. Cpl. Michael Vesek was supervising as Matthew Tingler, 38, placed a phone call from the county detention center around 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, according to Kyle Andersen, a spokesperson for the county sheriff's office. During that call, Tingler became agitated and turned to the corporal, hitting him in the face with the phone receiver multiple…

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by Cecilia Levine