Joseph Marley, Knox County mugshot
KNOX CO., Ill. - There are some things that you just can't make up, despite Facebook giving you the opportunity to say that someone is.
This story is one of those.
Regular readers, particularly in Lawrence County, will recall from two issues ago the front-pager about the local boy Lance Marley, 26, graduate of Lawrenceville High School, who is accused of stabbing his 32-year-old girlfriend Lindsey Fleck to death back in October in Princeton, Indiana.
Marley is sitting in jail in Gibson County, charged with her murder.
LANCE MARLEY
Earlier this week, authorities went to the elder Marley's home on a complaint out of Gibson County: Overhears on phone calls the younger Marley was making to his father seemed to indicate that dad was allegedly making plans with son to break son out of jail.
When authorities from both Knox County as well as the city of Princeton arrived at the elder Marley's Vincennes home, a search turned up alleged letters between the two detailing the alleged escape plan...and a whole bunch of marijuana plants. Like, $100,000 worth.
The elder Marley, who has only a petty criminal record but an extensive civil record in the area showing that he simply doesn't pay his bills, was taken into custody, this happening yesterday (December 15), and is awaiting what the prosecutor's going to say about formal charges; arresting charges include Possession of Marijuana and Dealing Marijuana.
There's been no word so far on the letters between the two; that situation will likely be pending the outcome of the investigation.
The younger Marley is next set to appear in court in Gibson County January 18, 2017, after his hearing this month was continued due to this incident arising this week.