Maryland Judge About To Be Arrested Dies In Apparent Suicide

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September 10, 2021 astatine 12:53 pm

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — An Eastern Shore justice who was astir to beryllium arrested astatine his location was recovered dormant Friday, officials said.

Federal and section officials said FBI agents went to the residence of Caroline County Circuit Court Judge Jonathan Newell successful Henderson, Maryland, aboriginal Friday greeting to apprehension him connected a national transgression complaint.

He was nether probe for intersexual exploitation of a child, according to a national affidavit.

“Upon entering the residence the agents recovered Newell suffering from an evident self-inflicted gunshot wound,” a associated connection from Acting Maryland U.S. Attorney Jonathan Lenzner and different officials said. “He was pronounced dormant astatine 6:43 a.m. Maryland State Police volition pb the probe into the evident suicide.”

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