NY Couple, Former Sunray Police Chief, Indicted In October Double-Murder Of Sodus Couple

SODUS, NY. (THECOUNT) — New York couple, Timothy Dean and his wife, Charlene Childers, have been indicted Wednesday on murder charges for the double shooting of Sodus couple, Joshua Niles and his girlfriend Amber Washburn last month.

Court officials announced, Dean, a former Sunray police chief, was indicted on murder charges for the shooting. He will be arraigned at 3:30 p.m. Childers also appeared in court Wednesday afternoon for arraignment on the murder indictment.

Previously, Childers had only faced a conspiracy charge related to the deaths of Joshua Niles and his girlfriend Amber Washburn. Now, she’s charged with murder, criminal possession of a weapon and conspiracy. source

Childers pleaded not guilty to those charges and is being held without bail.

Dean is accused of opening fire on Carlton Street in Sodus on October 22, killing the couple outside their home.

Deputies say the motive for the murder was a custody dispute between Childers and Niles, her ex-boyfriend.

A third suspect, Bron Bohlar, a Texas police officer who worked at the Sunray Police Department, where Dean had served as police chief, is also charged with conspiracy in the case. He’s accused of helping Dean rent a vehicle as part of the murder.

Bohlar’s hearing Wednesday was waived, but he will be arraigned on Monday.

Sodus is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 8,384 at the 2010 census. The town takes its name from a native word for the bay in the eastern part of the town: “Assorodus,” meaning “silvery water.,” according to Wikipedia.