Homicide charges sent to York County court

TIMOTHY JACOBY (Submitted)

Homicide charges against Timothy Matthew Jacoby, 39, accused in the 2010 death of a Glenville woman, were forwarded to York County court after a preliminary hearing this morning.

Jacoby faces one count of criminal homicide for the shooting death of Monica Schmeyer. Jacoby also faces one count each of receiving stolen property, possession of a firearm prohibited and tampering with evidence, according to court documents. All but the tampering charge are graded as felonies.

Southwestern Regional Police investigated, but initially found few leads. A month later, Chief Greg Bean called the murder a "one in a hundred homicide," meaning investigators had hardly any information regarding who might have done it or why.

Testimony at the preliminary hearing, however, indicated that police were quick to develop Jacoby as a suspect. Facts like he owned a gun similar to the one that might have been used to kill Schmeyer, and he was driving a van for work similar to one parked along the road near Schmeyer's residence on the day she was killed, were clear early on in the investigation, according to testimony.

According to charging documents filed last month, around the time of the crime a neighbor saw a man walking on Snyder Mill Road first toward, then away from Schmeyer's home. Another neighbor saw a man walking in the area toward a gray van. Both witnesses provided a physical description similar to Jacoby, according to documents.

At the time of the

shooting, Schmeyer was divorced from her husband, Jon Schmeyer, 55, a former Hanover resident currently living in Williamsburg, Va., according to documents. Jon Schmeyer told police he was at Hooters restaurant in York with a female friend at the time of the incident, something confirmed by the restaurant's surveillance, documents state.

The friend, Sara Powell, confirmed that story, according to documents, adding her fiance, Jacoby, usually met them there as well. Video surveillance showed the group together there previously, police said.

According to documents obtained through Magisterial District Judge Tom Reilly, Southwestern Regional Police were dispatched to Schmeyer's rural Manheim Township home after a 911 hang-up just before 3 p.m. on March 31. The responding officer entered the home and found the 55-year-old woman dead, with a spent .32 caliber shell casing manufactured by Speer Gold Dot by her body, documents state. An autopsy determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound, and the case was ruled a homicide.

Police said a firearms check on Jacoby indicated he is the registered owner of a .32 caliber Kel-Tec semi-automatic pistol. The bullet and shell recovered from Monica Schmeyer's house were analyzed, with the lab report indicating the bullet was a .32 caliber, possibly fired from a Kel-Tec, according to documents.

Police also obtained a warrant and retrieved from Jacoby's home a Kel-Tec pistol, one which had visible grinding or alterations to the exterior of the barrel. Police also found at Jacoby's parents' house another Kel-Tec pistol as well as a partial box of "Speer Gold Dot" .32 caliber ammunition, according to documents.

The gun at Jacoby 's parents' house was later determined through the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms to be stolen, documents state.

According to court documents, ballistics tests determined that the shell casings found at Jacoby 's parents' property matched the one found at the crime scene.

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