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A 62-year-old Hampstead man with no criminal record was found guilty yesterday in Carroll County Circuit Court in the drunken-driving death of a 20-year-old Manchester woman in November.Under a plea agreement, George Albert Fredericks III of the 4600 block of Marksman Court is to receive no more than a year at the Carroll County Detention Center on his conviction for homicide by motor vehicle while intoxicated. The maximum penalty is five years in prison.Fredericks entered a not-guilty plea but did not contest the prosecution's statement of the facts in the case.

A 21-year-old Westminster man was convicted yesterday of homicide while intoxicated in the death of his 17-month-old son in September.According to the plea agreement, Robert Andrew Toms of the 600 block of Johahn Drive pleaded not guilty but agreed to accept the prosecutor's version of what happened.Circuit Judge Raymond E. Beck Sr. sentenced Toms to five years in prison and suspended all but 18 months. He ordered the term be served at the Carroll County Detention Center.Bryan Andrew Toms was pronounced dead at Carroll County General Hospital on Sept.

A Westminster man pleaded guilty yesterday to auto manslaughter and, in return for his promise to testify against two co-defendants, will serve no more than three years in jail.Mark E. Eppig, 22, of Westminster was found guilty by Carroll Circuit Judge Francis M. Arnold. The judge set sentencing for Nov. 20.In a statement of facts, prosecutor David P. Daggett said witnesses, including a Baltimore County police officer, would have testified that Eppig and two men were racing east on Route 140 near Finksburg when the fatal accident occurred June 1.He said the officer was not able to keep up with Eppig's Nissan and two sports cars -- driven by Frederick H. Hensen Jr., 21, of Westminster and Scott D. Broadfoot Sr., 25, of Parkville -- along the divided highway, but came upon the crash scene seconds later.

Often, within minutes after police respond to a fatal or serious-injury traffic accident in Carroll County, prosecutor David Daggett is called to the scene.Day or night, the man who has written the book on prosecuting drunken drivers answers the call to begin what may be months of intensive preparation for trial.His 112-page manual -- "Automobile Manslaughter & DWI Homicide: A Guide by David P. Daggett" -- has become a handy reference for police and prosecutors statewide."That's his forte, no question," said Tfc. John Rose, who has called Daggett in the middle of the night more than a few times.

A Reese store owner who bilked customers of their down payments for carpet and services was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday, after his family paid $26,000 in restitution.The state would have sought a 20-year prison term for Roy D. Marshall, 33, of Westminster, had he failed to pay back the customers who were victims of his "wanton disregard for others," said David P. Daggett, Carroll County assistant state's attorney.Marshall became tearful as he apologized, saying that his business went bad as he went through a divorce and that he lost control.

A Reese store owner who bilked customers of their down payments for carpet and services was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday, after his family paid $26,000 in restitution.The state would have sought a 20-year prison term for Roy D. Marshall, 33, of Westminster, had he failed to pay back the customers who were victims of his "wanton disregard for others," said David P. Daggett, assistant state's attorney.Marshall became tearful as he apologized, saying that his business went bad as he went through a divorce and that he lost control.

A Hampstead teen-ager serving 18 months at the county detention center under a plea arrangement designed to keep him out of the state prison system has been charged with assaulting three correctional officers since September.Douglas K. Baker, 17, is being charged as an adult, with bond set at $500,000.Court records show Baker went on a crime spree in February 1997 and was charged in 17 incidents involving 87 charges, mainly unauthorized use of motor vehicles, burglary, theft and auto theft.

A Reese store owner who bilked customers of their down payments for carpet and services was convicted yesterday after he pleaded not guilty but agreed not to challenge the prosecutor's statement of facts.Roy D. Marshall, 33, of Westminster was found guilty in Carroll County Circuit Court on nine counts of theft over $300 and one count of attempted theft over $300.The plea agreement says Marshall, who owned and operated Marshall's Carpet & Services, must pay restitution of about $26,000 by March 19, his sentencing date.

In a highly unusual session, Baltimore County's 160 principals yesterday got a dose of inspiration and a radical road map on how to improve schools from one of the nation's leading authorities on educational change."

A Westminster woman pleaded guilty yesterday to possession of painkillers she stole while employed in January as a pharmacy technician.Heather M. Dell, 21, of the first block of Monroe St., who was unrepresented by counsel, agreed to plead guilty to possession with intent to distribute Dilaudid and possession of Percocet, prescription pills that she stole while working at Rite Aid stores in Carroll Plaza and the Westminster Shopping Center between Jan....