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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1998
Page
3
Baltimore has tied its 1997 murder count with 1998 not yet tallied, as Mayor Kurt Schmoke prioritized keeping homicides below 300 for the first time in years. Police reduced desk duties to boost street patrols, with the city recording its 300th victim, a one-year-old, in December.
Crime Solvers asks for help identifying a black male about 25 with a slim build who stole a woman's purse from a Crabbs Branch Shopping Center fast food counter on Sept 24 around 7 pm. He wore a jacket and may have been with a Black woman and two children, and left with cash cards and papers. Call 1 800 673 2777 with information.
Severe rain and melting snow trigger mudslides and floods in western Oregon. Tillamook, 50 miles west of Portland, faced a 9 foot flood, landslides closed Highway 101, and Coast Guard boats rescued stranded residents including a stroke patient. Red Cross shelters opened as towns became isolated. Oregon rivals Washington faced avalanches warning as Nisqually surged. Authorities warned more rain would keep rivers above flood levels for days.
Caroline Ripa, 33, operated a townhouse brothel in Gaithersburg advertising as Jacqueline's Playmates. She employed 10 to 12 women, some teenagers, earning up to $120,000 yearly and more than $250,000 over three years, sharing fees with workers and facing four years in prison.
Forecast brief outlines tonight with cloud cover and showers, possible snow mix late. Lows near 30, west winds 10 to 15 mph. Wednesday remains cloudy with snow flurries, cold and blustery, lows in the 30s, northwest winds 20 to 25 mph. New Year’s Day outlook mostly sunny with highs in the 30s.
Lisa Anderson and Clint Murphy found a stray pit bull on I 74 near Damascus on Christmas Day and cared for it until the owners in Virginia could be reached. The owners, involved in a holiday crash miles away, had the dog escape when their car overturned. The Humane Society aided in reuniting the dog with its family.
Det. Sgt. Ray Wojcik, formerly leading narcotics task forces in Frederick and Carroll counties, is promoted to lieutenant and transferred to Columbia to oversee the auto theft, firearms, insurance fraud, environmental crimes, special investigation support units, and AG Office investigators. First Sgt Bill Lucas becomes lieutenant and commands the McHenry barracks Garrett County. Trooper First Class Mike Brady advances to corporal and joins the AG investigation unit.
The Maryland lottery results show Pick 3 as 7 7 9 6 and Cash in Hand 1 9 12 13 18 24 31. Pick 4 appears as 00 04 and Pick 2 6 1.
A pair of strong cold fronts sweep across the eastern third of the nation bringing heavy snowfall and rain. The Northwest faces more downpours while Virginia to Georgia see rain and isolated storms. Colder air moves into the Northeast as southeast New England and mid Atlantic get showers. Snow hits Wisconsin and Illinois as the Great Lakes front spreads east. Winds threaten visibility and travel. the Dakotas to Kansas see light snow and the South remains dry. Floods and slides plague western Oregon amid driving rain. Sleet falls in Idaho Utah Montana Wyoming and Colorado.
Forecasters predict more moisture for the area with a string of cloudy days. Today highs in the 40s and a chance of rain, followed by Wednesday mostly cloudy with early drizzle, Thursday variably cloudy with a chance of flurries, and Friday mostly sunny with highs in the 30s. Monday was unusually chilly with a high near 99 and a low of 32.
Fire calls noted across multiple locations in Urbana New Market and Bramitsburg. Vehicle fires at 908 Motier Place and 11323 Fingerboard Road Crestar Bank. house fire at Marble Quarry McK instrry Mill roads. brush and bush fires at Keysville Creamery roads and Hessong Bridge Blacks Mill roads. Ambulance responses total 41 emergencies and one routine.
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