PASQUOTANK, N.C. (WAVY) — A third inmate is on trial in connection to a deadly attempted prison break at Pasquotank Correctional Institution in 2017.
Jonathan Monk is accused of helping start a fire in the sewing facility at the prison on Oct. 12, 2017, before murdering four prison employees. He is charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Sewing plant manager Veronica Darden, correctional officers Wendy Shannon and Justin Smith, and maintenance mechanic Geoffrey Howe were killed.
According to The Daily Advance, jury selection was completed Thursday and opening arguments could begin in Pasquotank Superior Court on Monday…