Carroll Co. man charged with murder

A Carroll County man is facing a murder charge in connection with a man’s death in Cedar Grove.

TBI spokesperson Keli McAlister says 21-year-old Joseph Wert, of Cedar Grove, was arrested Wednesday and charged with one count of First Degree Murder in the death of Larry Watkins, Jr., whose body was found Tuesday night outside a home on Moss Creek Road in Cedar Grove.

McAlister says Wert is being held without bond in the Carroll County Jail pending his first court appearance.

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