The Fayetteville Observer
A former Wade couple was arrested in Florida last week related to felony child sex crime allegations in Cumberland County that were brought to light here in 2018, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff s Office.
Johnny James Matney, 45, is charged with five counts of indecent liberties with a child, obstruction of justice and conspiracy, according to a Sheriff s Office news release Thursday.
Matney’s ex-wife, Jennifer Lynell Matney, 35, is charged with felony obstruction of justice and misdemeanor conspiracy. In 2018 there were problems in the case and enough evidence was not there to proceed. Recently evidence was presented that helped make the charge is possible, sheriff s spokesman Lt. Sean Swain said via email. We may have been able to charge in 2018 but we would not have been able to secure a conviction in court.