The North Middleton Township Police Department has charged Ronald WERT, 66 y/o of Carlisle for Murder in the 1^st and 3^rd degree of Linda BRANDT, 64 y/o of Carlisle.  BRANDT’s death was ruled a Homicide by Multiple gunshot wounds to the back. 

On July 22^nd, 2019, at 5:30 pm, BRANDT was found deceased outside of her residence on Pleasant Hall Rd in North Middleton Township.   Moments later, North Middleton Twp PD was dispatched to a gunshot victim at 3751 Waggoners Gap Rd.  Ronald WERT, estranged husband of Linda BRANDT, was found alone at his secluded residence with a gunshot wound to the head and a gun next to his body.  WERT survived his wound and after discharge from the hospital, he was charged with Possession of a firearm prohibited, and Obstruction of administration of law.  WERT was the defendant in which a Protection from Abuse (PFA) order prohibited him from possessing firearms.  The plaintiff of the PFA was Linda BRANDT.

North Middleton Twp PD discovered the firearm used to murder BRANDT in a residence that WERT often provided lawncare services.  The firearm was forensically tested for ballistics and matched the spent rounds found outside of BRANDT’s residence on July 22^nd, 2019.

WERT was arraigned via video conferencing by District Magistrate FEGLEY on May 22^nd, 2020 in which bail was denied.