Joint statement issued regarding investigation of Caroline Co. Circuit Court Judge

BALTIMORE, Md. – A joint statement was issued on Wednesday regarding the investigation of Jonathan Newell.

The statement was issued by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek Barron, Special Agent in Charge Thomas Sobocinski of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Colonel Woodrow Jones III, Superintendent of the Maryland State Police, and Dorchester County State’s Attorney William Jones and Caroline County State’s Attorney Joe Riley. The statement is as follows:

“A federal criminal complaint was signed on September 9, 2021, and unsealed on September 10, 2021, that charged Jonathan Newell with sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography. Following Newell’s suicide on September 10, 2021, the investigation continued. Investigators have determined that there were no other individuals involved in the alleged exploitation and that Newell did not distribute any of the images.”

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