Published September 19, 2008
OCEAN CITY - A cartoon impersonator admitted in Ocean City District Court yesterday he fondled a 16-year-old girl on the Boardwalk this summer and is reportedly heading back home to his native country.
In August, Ocean City police arrested Boardwalk street performer Andrii Mokrishchev, 21, of Ukraine, on fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault charges after allegedly grabbing a girl's buttocks when she posed for pictures with him. He routinely appeared on the Boardwalk dressed in...
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Published September 19, 2008
WEST OCEAN CITY - The owners of two West Ocean City restaurants raided by U.S. Immigration officials last October, who later pleaded guilty to hiring and harboring illegal aliens and evading employment taxes were each placed on probation for 18 months and fined $50,000 last week in U.S. District Court, but their biggest penalty could be the forfeiture of a property assessed at over $2 million.
Bo Hao Zhu, 33, and his wife Siu Ping Cheng, 30, both of Ocean City, pleaded guilty in U.S. District...
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Published September 19, 2008
WEST OCEAN CITY - A young soldier who spent two years of his life in Worcester County died Sept. 6 while on patrol in Afghanistan.
Eighteen-year-old Private Michael Dinterman of Littlestown, Pa. was killed by an improvised explosive device in Kunar province, at Outpost Restropo after just a month in Afghanistan, according to a source close to the family.
Dinterman joined the U. S. Army in January, and was assigned in July to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infranty Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st...
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Published September 19, 2008
SNOW HILL - A debate over a new definition of a general electrician in Worcester County became heated Tuesday morning, turning into an hour-long argument over training, reduced work opportunities, and safety.
The public hearing on what appeared to be a minor change in the law lasted three times as long as scheduled and generated issues not related to the bill, which seeks to change one definition in Worcester County's 30-year-old electrical code.
The commissioners voted to table the bill and...
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