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08-20-2003, 05:08 PM
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CBA TEACHER ARRESTED IN MURDER OF WOMAN FRIEND; DRUGS SUSPECTED
OCEAN GROVE -- A schoolteacher stabbed an Ocean Grove woman to death Sunday night after she threatened to reveal his crack cocaine habit to school officials, authorities said.
Matthew R. Dailey of Brick, a 30-year-old Latin teacher at Christian Brothers Academy in Middletown, is charged with murdering 47-year-old Linda Weed, said Monmouth County Prosecutor John Kaye. Dailey is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the county jail in Freehold Township.
Dailey and Weed had developed a drug-and-money arrangement, Kaye said.
Dailey would bring money to Weed, who would purchase drugs for the two to use in her Central Avenue apartment about once a month, Kaye said. Dailey also contributed toward her rent, he said.
The two were using crack together Sunday afternoon and evening and started to argue, Kaye said. Weed told Dailey she would reveal his habit to officials at the private high school in the Lincroft section, the prosecutor said.
"It is claimed that she became aggressive toward him and argumentative," Kaye said. Weed pulled out a kitchen knife and struggled with Dailey, who managed to gain possession of the weapon, the prosecutor said. Dailey then "hit" her with the knife, Kaye said.
When Neptune police arrived at about 6:30 p.m. after receiving calls about a woman screaming for help, they discovered her body under a pile of pillows, Kaye said. Weed apparently had been stabbed more than once and had a large cut across her throat, according to Kaye.
Dailey was found, with blood on his body and clothing, walking a few blocks away near the Great Auditorium, Kaye said.
Former student stunned
"I can't believe it," said Angelo Petraglia, 18, of Manasquan, who graduated this year from CBA and who was a Latin student under Dailey for four years. "He gave me the Latin award for the best Latin student, and I hugged him.
"He was a great teacher but an even greater person. He offered so much wisdom to students. I just can't see him doing this. I can't even see him doing drugs."
Information on the extent of Weed's wounds and official cause of death will not be available until the autopsy is completed today, Kaye said.
Dailey lives on Millbrook Road, a quiet, tree-lined street in Brick's Riviera Beach section. A man who answered the door and said he was Dailey's brother said the family did not want to talk to a reporter.
Representatives of Christian Brothers Academy were not available for comment. Kaye did not know what subject Dailey taught but said he had a bachelor's degree in classical civilization from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa.
At a court hearing yesterday before Superior Court Judge Ira E. Kreizman, Dailey's attorney, Frederick E. Popovitch, argued for a reduction in his client's bail from $1 million to $200,000. He said a reduced bail for Dailey, who has no prior convictions except for driving while intoxicated years ago, would be more manageable for his family.
But Assistant Prosecutor Peter Warshaw, who had presented Popovitch with a complaint charging Dailey with murder, said additional charges could be filed, including weapons and resisting arrest offenses. The additional charges warranted keeping Dailey's bail at $1 mil-lion, Warshaw said.
Kreizman said he thought the $1 million bail was appropriate in view of the serious charges and possible additional charg-es.
Dailey, wearing handcuffs and prison-issued clothing, his brown hair mussed, appeared tired and kept his head bowed throughout most of the hear-ing.
Popovitch declined to comment afterward.
Victim an avid gardener
Kaye said Dailey and Weed knew one another for three or four years, though Dailey re-cently had visited less frequent-ly. Kaye said Weed called Dail-ey several times a few days before Sunday, asking him to come over.
The yellow crime-scene tape wrapped around the gray house where Weed lived drew curious neighbors yesterday morning. No one knew exactly what had happened, and most declined comment.
"I never talked to her, but I would see her out there in the garden," said Alice Hoffmann, 77, of Heck Avenue. She said Weed worked diligently each morning on the extensive flow-er gardens and potted plants that surround the house.
Weed would visit the Ocean Grove Flower & Gift shop on Main Avenue about three times a week to buy new plants for her gardens, said Tom Rechlin, shop owner.
"Her gardening was her passion," Rechlin said, describing how she would buy "whatever her whim was at the moment."
Weed was an outgoing person, chatting with neighbors and waving hello to people passing by, said Rashon Brown, 27, and his girlfriend, Courtney Wells. The two Ocean Grove residents paused by the house as they strolled down Central Avenue.
"She was always talking to everybody," Brown said.
when i found out.........i was simply shocked. i had never actually had one of his classes, but just by seeing him in the hallway, he looked like a harmless guy.just goes to show ya that you cant judge a book by it's cover.
CBA TEACHER ARRESTED IN MURDER OF WOMAN FRIEND; DRUGS SUSPECTED
OCEAN GROVE -- A schoolteacher stabbed an Ocean Grove woman to death Sunday night after she threatened to reveal his crack cocaine habit to school officials, authorities said.
Matthew R. Dailey of Brick, a 30-year-old Latin teacher at Christian Brothers Academy in Middletown, is charged with murdering 47-year-old Linda Weed, said Monmouth County Prosecutor John Kaye. Dailey is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the county jail in Freehold Township.
Dailey and Weed had developed a drug-and-money arrangement, Kaye said.
Dailey would bring money to Weed, who would purchase drugs for the two to use in her Central Avenue apartment about once a month, Kaye said. Dailey also contributed toward her rent, he said.
The two were using crack together Sunday afternoon and evening and started to argue, Kaye said. Weed told Dailey she would reveal his habit to officials at the private high school in the Lincroft section, the prosecutor said.
"It is claimed that she became aggressive toward him and argumentative," Kaye said. Weed pulled out a kitchen knife and struggled with Dailey, who managed to gain possession of the weapon, the prosecutor said. Dailey then "hit" her with the knife, Kaye said.
When Neptune police arrived at about 6:30 p.m. after receiving calls about a woman screaming for help, they discovered her body under a pile of pillows, Kaye said. Weed apparently had been stabbed more than once and had a large cut across her throat, according to Kaye.
Dailey was found, with blood on his body and clothing, walking a few blocks away near the Great Auditorium, Kaye said.
Former student stunned
"I can't believe it," said Angelo Petraglia, 18, of Manasquan, who graduated this year from CBA and who was a Latin student under Dailey for four years. "He gave me the Latin award for the best Latin student, and I hugged him.
"He was a great teacher but an even greater person. He offered so much wisdom to students. I just can't see him doing this. I can't even see him doing drugs."
Information on the extent of Weed's wounds and official cause of death will not be available until the autopsy is completed today, Kaye said.
Dailey lives on Millbrook Road, a quiet, tree-lined street in Brick's Riviera Beach section. A man who answered the door and said he was Dailey's brother said the family did not want to talk to a reporter.
Representatives of Christian Brothers Academy were not available for comment. Kaye did not know what subject Dailey taught but said he had a bachelor's degree in classical civilization from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa.
At a court hearing yesterday before Superior Court Judge Ira E. Kreizman, Dailey's attorney, Frederick E. Popovitch, argued for a reduction in his client's bail from $1 million to $200,000. He said a reduced bail for Dailey, who has no prior convictions except for driving while intoxicated years ago, would be more manageable for his family.
But Assistant Prosecutor Peter Warshaw, who had presented Popovitch with a complaint charging Dailey with murder, said additional charges could be filed, including weapons and resisting arrest offenses. The additional charges warranted keeping Dailey's bail at $1 mil-lion, Warshaw said.
Kreizman said he thought the $1 million bail was appropriate in view of the serious charges and possible additional charg-es.
Dailey, wearing handcuffs and prison-issued clothing, his brown hair mussed, appeared tired and kept his head bowed throughout most of the hear-ing.
Popovitch declined to comment afterward.
Victim an avid gardener
Kaye said Dailey and Weed knew one another for three or four years, though Dailey re-cently had visited less frequent-ly. Kaye said Weed called Dail-ey several times a few days before Sunday, asking him to come over.
The yellow crime-scene tape wrapped around the gray house where Weed lived drew curious neighbors yesterday morning. No one knew exactly what had happened, and most declined comment.
"I never talked to her, but I would see her out there in the garden," said Alice Hoffmann, 77, of Heck Avenue. She said Weed worked diligently each morning on the extensive flow-er gardens and potted plants that surround the house.
Weed would visit the Ocean Grove Flower & Gift shop on Main Avenue about three times a week to buy new plants for her gardens, said Tom Rechlin, shop owner.
"Her gardening was her passion," Rechlin said, describing how she would buy "whatever her whim was at the moment."
Weed was an outgoing person, chatting with neighbors and waving hello to people passing by, said Rashon Brown, 27, and his girlfriend, Courtney Wells. The two Ocean Grove residents paused by the house as they strolled down Central Avenue.
"She was always talking to everybody," Brown said.
when i found out.........i was simply shocked. i had never actually had one of his classes, but just by seeing him in the hallway, he looked like a harmless guy.just goes to show ya that you cant judge a book by it's cover.