No Other Individual Involved In Judge Jonathan Newell’s Alleged Exploitation Of Children, Images Were Not Distributed, Officials Say

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Jonathan Newell, a Caroline County Circuit Court justice who committed termination successful September arsenic FBI agents attempted to apprehend him connected kid pornography charges, did not enactment with different individuals successful the alleged exploitation and did not administer immoderate images, national and authorities officials said Wednesday.

The Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI, Maryland State Police, Dorchester County State’s Attorney and Caroline County State’s Attorney continued investigating Newell’s behaviour aft his termination and released a connection Wednesday saying helium acted alone.

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Maryland State Police said successful September that Newell was recovered dead from a self-inflicted gunshot coiled the aforesaid time FBI agents went to his location to apprehension him.

In July, constabulary responded to a compartment connected Hoopers Island wherever Newell had taken section children connected retreats. A kid recovered a video camera successful the bath and called his parents.

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Several boys told constabulary that portion astatine the cabin, Newell checked their bare bodies for ticks portion successful the bathroom, according to tribunal documents.

Newell denied placing the camera portion talking with investigators but went to his chamber and swallowed a representation card, according to tribunal documents. A CT scan showed the representation paper was inactive successful his body.

Investigators aboriginal recovered aggregate integer devices and a hard thrust that showed videos of boys showering wrong Newell’s home, constabulary said.

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The 50-year-old was appointed to the Caroline County Circuit Court by Gov. Larry Hogan successful August 2016.

Brandon Weigel