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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 2002
Page
2
A woman leaped from a burning residence causing injuries to bystanders and drawing investigators to Braddock Heights. Fire crews battled the blaze as authorities review the scene for the cause and name a missing occupant.
The Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 carrying 422 passengers and 18 crew from London to Orlando diverted to Keflavik Iceland after a bomb threat written in soap on a bathroom mirror. No explosives were found. Passengers, including several pointed out, were questioned by U.S. authorities in Florida after returning from Iceland. Police in Keflavik, security crews, and the crew searched passengers and bags before they were allowed to proceed.
A Frederick police sting targeted alcohol sales to underage patrons. Ten establishments were commended for compliance, including Brown Pelican and Riverside Liquors, while several venues such as The Orchard Asiina and Pizza Hut face possible penalties and staff jail terms up to two years, with fines up to 1000 per employee.
Two people were arrested as Montgomery County police continued a crackdown on prostitution at Mont Wy County massage parlors. The Rockville Health Center on Crabbs Branch Way was closed after authorities charged owner Toe Chu, 44, of Centerville Virginia, with operating a massage parlor without a license. A man and woman were detained for engaging in prostitution, with the client identified as Jenmiok Bee, 48, of mlushing Avenue.
Forecast summarizes multiple days with clear to sunny conditions in Frederick County and Maryland beaches. Temps range from the upper 20s to mid 40s, with winds from the west to southwest and chances of rain from Tuesday to Thursday. Some blocks note freezing rain risk and mixed precipitation.
A wintry mix of rain sleet and snow crosses the mid-Atlantic as a low pressure system tracks south of the region. Forecasts show heavier icing in eastern Tennessee and Kentucky with snow moving over the Great Lakes and a broad storm system spreading from the Northwest to the central Rockies and into California and Nevada.
Local forecasts underestimate snowfall with only four inches recorded by Sunday. National Weather Service says warmer temperatures will follow with 40s to 50s possible midweek. Maryland thawing rapidly as sun returns and highway crews clear roads after Saturday storm.
A U S court ordered the United States to pay 294000 plus attorney fees to Gary H. Marolf, a convicted marijuana smuggler, after the government failed to notify him of the seizure of his 55 foot motorized sailboat Asmara. The boat sold for 100000 at auction. fees estimated at 50000. The panel backed the boat’s value but split on fees. Delays stemmed from a five year statute of limitations. The seizure occurred July 1989 and Marolf was arrested two months later.
Three Frederick men were arrested and charged with possession of crack cocaine Friday at the Sagner housing complex. Arrested were James Austin Misner 20 Millard Ramsey Robey 20 of the site block of Trighland Street and Duane Tttchard Miller 21 of the 300 block of Catuolin Avenue. The arrests occurred about 10 50 pm as officers with the Frederick Police Department Drug Enforcement Unit monitored the area.
Skeletal remains believed to be human were discovered Friday at a Rockville construction site in the Shady Grove area near West Montgomery Avenue and Darnestown Road. Montgomery County Major Crimes detectives are investigating while the partial remains were sent to the State Medical Examiner in Baltimore to determine identity and cause of death.
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