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Police: Maryland mom released on bond after daughter exposed to fentanyl, cocaine
ELKTON, Md. — A mother charged with child abuse and multiple drug-related offenses has been released from the Cecil County Detention Center and awaits a preliminary hearing later this month. Andrea Wilkie, 42, is facing nine charges following a child abuse/neglect referral in January and an arrest warrant in...
Police: Woman climbed through Wendy's drive-thru window, threatened workers with scissors
A woman is facing assault charges after she allegedly climbed through the drive-thru window at the Wendy’s restaurant in North East and threatened employees while brandishing scissors — because she had applied for a job and hadn’t heard back from management, according to Cecil County District Court records. No one was injured during the incident, which occurred at approximately 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday at Wendy’s near the North East Station shopping center in the 2000 block of West Pulaski Highway (Route 40), police reported. ...
Fire causes $50K in damage to Abingdon mobile home
ABINGDON — An investigation is continuing after a blaze caused an estimated $50,000 in damage to a mobile home in Abingdon, prompting a local organization to provide assistance to the five occupants, according to the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal. The occupants called 911 at 8:32 a.m. Monday after discovering the fire at their residence in the 4000 block of Sharilynn Drive in the Beechwood Mobile Home Park, spurring area volunteer fire companies to respond, fire officials said. Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company served...
North East man pleads guilty to bribery
BALTIMORE — A North East man faces up to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty Friday to bribery relating to his job as a US Army Research Biologist, the US Department of Justice reports. Jason Edmonds, 45, admitted to awarding government contracts to a specific company, EISCO, Inc. whose president, John Conigliaro would then pay Edmonds in cash or home improvement projects. Erek L. Barron, US Attorney for...
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