Warden Of Prison That Ghislaine Maxwell Has Accused Of Mistreatment Has Been Arrested For Allegedly Murdering Her Husband
Aug. 4 2021, Published 1:44 p.m. ET
The federal associate warden at the prison that Ghislaine Maxwell has long accused of mistreating her has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband.
Antonia Ashford, 44 – whose reported place of work, Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, is home to Jeffrey Epstein's alleged madam – was taken into custody Monday after investigators determined that she pointed a handgun at her husband, 47-year-old Roderick Ashford, and fatally shot him.
She was charged with murder and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
Antonia is currently being held at Ocean County Jail, where she will stay pending a detention hearing.
As Front Page Detectives reported, police in Jackson Township, New Jersey, responded to a 9-1-1 call Monday at around 2:15 AM local time, indicating that a male victim had been shot.
It has not been made known to the public who placed the call.
When officers arrived at the residence of Roderick and Antonia Ashford, they found the body of the former lying unresponsive on the floor with a gunshot wound to the face.
First responders tried to provide care and made efforts to revive Roderick, but he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Ocean County District Attorney's Office.
At the Metropolitan Detention Center, Ashford reportedly oversaw the care of some