OCEAN CITY – A preliminary report from the state Medical Examiner’s Office late yesterday estimates the dead fetus found wrapped in a blanket under the bathroom sink at an Ocean City residence last Thursday was approximately 26 weeks old and was likely stillborn.The fetus’s body was discovered after Christy Freeman, 37, of Ocean City was… Read more »
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Monday, July 30 – Bond Denied In Murder Case Despite Innocence Plea
OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City woman facing first-degree murder charges for the alleged killing of her infant late last week was ordered held without bail by District Court Judge Daniel R. Mumford this afternoon, but only after she made an impassioned plea to be released on bond so she could begin clearing her name… Read more »
Monday, July 30 – More Infant Remains Found At Ocean City Home
OCEAN CITY – Although authorities are being guarded with information because the investigation is ongoing, police confirmed this morning the bodies of three more children have been found at an Ocean City home.No further information has been released on the children’s age, but at that same Sunset Avenue home police discovered a dead premature baby… Read more »
O.C. Woman Charged with Killing Her Unborn Child
OCEAN CITY- Ocean City Police Department detectives were contacted by the Department of Social Services yesterday regarding a woman who was hospitalized at Peninsula Regional Medical Center.Christy Freeman, 37, of Ocean City, was admitted to the hospital around 4:25 a.m. Thursday. Upon examination, medical personnel determined she was pregnant, but the child was missing.After interviewing… Read more »
Foreign Worker Foils Robbery Attempt
OCEAN CITY – In a situation that would be comical if it weren’t so serious, an attempted armed robbery at a resort department store was thwarted this week when the clerk, a foreign seasonal worker, allegedly could not decipher the suspect’s note demanding money.Resort police this week are searching for man who attempted to rob… Read more »
Fire Wipes Out Route 589 Structure
BERLIN – A Tuesday evening fire at a plant nursery along Route 589 across from Ocean Downs pumped billowing black smoke into the sky that could be seen from miles around and snarled rush hour traffic along the busy corridor for hours as five area fire companies battled the blaze.The fire started around 5 p.m…. Read more »
County’s First Online Auction Called A Success
SNOW HILL – Worcester County’s first online auction of surplus vehicles and equipment was successful and brought in more money than the most recent traditional auction, Worcester County staff reported this week,“We grossed around $84,500 on the auction with minimal expenses,” said Public Works Director John Tustin. “In 2005, we had nine more pieces of… Read more »
Council Seeks Town Hall Flag Thoughts
BERLIN – The two new flagpoles proposed for the roof of Berlin’s town hall may not be the best choice, and public input on new flagpoles at Berlin’s Town Hall is needed, the Town Council agreed this week.Two weeks ago, Mayor Tom Cardinale suggested replacing the current set-up, which has small flagpoles jutting from the… Read more »
Chilly Ocean Rebounds From Recent Cold Spell
OCEAN CITY – Swimmers who have noticed the unusually cold waters over the past two weeks saw a five-degree temperature spike Sunday, resulting in warmer waters for beach-goers.According to Ocean City Beach Patrol Crew Chief Jason Konyar, the ocean temperature increased from 68.7 degrees on Saturday to 73 degrees on Sunday. The temperature increase is… Read more »
Berlin Planners Hear Proposed Project’s Details
BERLIN – Property owners Tom Ruark and Monogram Builders would like to develop the Davis-Taylor Farms into 816 units of workforce housing and assisted living, but Bob Bunting, owner of the neighboring airstrip, is not happy with that idea.Bunting fears the development’s residents would complain about aircraft noise and that eventually he would be sued…. Read more »