Older counts dropped against murder suspect
Mark Richard Foster Elley, 42, of Red Bank, in custody on double homicide from Nov. 25
A Red Bank man in custody on murder charges who was scheduled to stand trial on older allegations Thursday saw those charges withdrawn Thursday with no explanation.
Mark Robert Foster Elley, 42, of Route 123 in Red Bank, near Chipman, appeared in person and in custody in Fredericton provincial court Thursday for trial.
He previously denied March 16, 2023, counts of careless storage of a Chiappa M1-9 carbine semi-automatic rifle and violating federal firearms storage regulations, as well as a related request for a peace bond alleging he gave Whitley Copeland reason to be fearful he’d harm her.