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The retrial of two men accused of causing the death of a Mount Airy Middle School teacher last June by racing along Route 140 is to continue tomorrow in Carroll County Circuit Court.In opening statements Friday, a prosecutor said Frederick H. Hensen Jr. and Scott D. Broadfoot Sr. are guilty of automobile manslaughter and second-degree assault even though they weren't driving the car that struck and killed Geraldine "Geri" Lane Wu of Westminster."What was intentional was the racing a high-speed chase, a race, a game -- call it what you will," said David P. Daggett, an assistant state's attorney.

Two men who caused the death of a Mount Airy Middle School teacher while drag-racing on Route 140 in June were convicted of manslaughter and assault by a Carroll County jury yesterday.The Circuit Court jury deliberated for about four hours -- after a seven-day trial -- before finding Frederick H. Hensen Jr. and Scott D. Broadfoot Sr. guilty of manslaughter by automobile and second-degree assault.Neither was driving the car that killed Geraldine "Geri" Lane Wu of Westminster and injured her daughter, Min-li Wu, 15, in the crash near Finksburg about 9: 30 p.m. June 1.Hensen, 22, of Westminster and Broadfoot, 25, of Parkville declined to comment after the verdicts.

A visiting judge echoed the fears of those who drive Carroll's County's main artery every day as he sentenced two men convicted of causing the death of a Mount Airy Middle School teacher while drag-racing down Route 140 in June.Although their vehicles did not strike her car, Judge Daniel W. Moylan noted the driving records of Frederick H. Hensen Jr., 22, of Westminster, and Scott D. Broadfoot Sr., 25, of Parkville.Hensen, who has 14 traffic offenses, including one each for running a red light and spinning wheels and 12 for speeding -- three times for more than 30 miles over the limit -- received a six-year sentence to be served at the state Division of Correction.

An accident reconstructionist testifying for one of two men on trial in the auto manslaughter death of a Westminster woman said yesterday that damage to the defendant's car "in all probability" would have prevented him from driving faster than 70 mph without losing a wheel.Charles T. Pembleton explained that his testimony was based on his inspection of a wheel that defendant Frederick H. Hensen Jr. said was on the left front of his car on June 1, the day of the fatal accident on Route 140 near Finksburg.

A visiting judge echoed the fears of those who drive Carroll's County's main artery every day as he sentenced two men convicted of causing the death of a Mount Airy Middle School teacher while drag-racing down Route 140 in June.Although their vehicles did not strike her car, Judge Daniel W. Moylan noted the driving records of Frederick H. Hensen Jr., 22, of Westminster, and Scott D. Broadfoot Sr., 25, of Parkville.Hensen, who has 14 traffic offenses, including one each for running a red light and spinning wheels and 12 for speeding -- three times for more than 30 miles over the limit -- received a six-year sentence to be served at the state Division of Correction.

The man whose speeding car killed a Mount Airy Middle School teacher on Route 140 last year must serve at least 18 months before a judge will consider reducing his sentence.Mark E. Eppig, 22, of Westminster pleaded guilty in October to automobile manslaughter and second-degree assault, and in December began serving a three-year term at the Carroll County Detention Center with work release.Yesterday, his motion for modification of that sentence was held open by Judge Daniel W. Moylan, a retired Circuit Court judge from Washington County who has been hearing cases in Carroll -- including the trial of Eppig's two co-defendants.

A retrial will begin today in Carroll Circuit Court for two men charged with manslaughter and assault in the death of a Mount Airy Middle School teacher and the injury of her daughter in an accident on Route 140 in June.It took all day to select a jury to hear the case against Frederick H. Hensen Jr., 21, of Westminster and Scott D. Broadfoot Sr., 25, of Parkville, who are being tried again on charges of manslaughter by automobile and second-degree assault. A third defendant pleaded guilty and became a prosecution witness in a previous trial.

A Westminster man who pleaded guilty in October to auto manslaughter testified yesterday against two co-defendants that he was racing them down Route 140 last summer at "about 100 mph or more" when he lost control near Finksburg, crashed and killed a popular Mount Airy Middle School teacher.Mark E. Eppig, 22, told a Carroll County Circuit Court jury that he and the co-defendants, Frederick H. Hensen Jr., 22, of Westminster and Scott D. Broadfoot Sr., 25, of Parkville had not planned to race before setting out from the parking lot of a Westminster fast-food restaurant on the evening of June 1.Eppig testified for the state against Hensen and Broadfoot in November.

A 22-year-old Westminster man whose six-year sentence in the 1998 auto manslaughter of a Mount Airy Middle School teacher has already been reduced by a year returned to court yesterday, asking a panel of judges for more leniency.The judges, Francis M. Arnold and Michael M. Galloway of Circuit Court and Marc G. Rasinsky of District Court, heard arguments and testimony regarding the defendant, Frederick H. Hensen Jr., for almost two hours.By statute, the panel must put render its decision in writing.

A retrial will begin today in Carroll Circuit Court for two men charged with manslaughter and assault in the death of a Mount Airy Middle School teacher and the injury of her daughter in an accident on Route 140 in June.It took all day to select a jury to hear the case against Frederick H. Hensen Jr., 21, of Westminster and Scott D. Broadfoot Sr., 25, of Parkville, who are being tried again on charges of manslaughter by automobile and second-degree assault. A third defendant pleaded guilty and became a prosecution witness in a previous trial.

Reduced water usage asked during northwest main repairs 2 The Baltimore City Department of Public Works is asking residents in Northwest Baltimore and portions of Baltimore County to reduce water usage by taking shorter showers, not watering their lawns or washing their cars, and not letting the water run unnecessarily. The department will be doing maintenance work today on a main that provides drinking water to the area bordered by Druid Lake to the south, Interstate 83 on the east, Butler Road-Ivy Mill Road to the north and Liberty Heights Avenue on the west.

A Carroll County judge has stepped aside from hearing traffic charges against a man who went to prison for his role in a fatal 1998 crash and went on to receive a half-dozen speeding tickets in the years since his release. Judge Marc C. Rasinsky recused himself Wednesday in the District Court trial of Frederick Henry Hensen Jr., citing an article Sunday in The Baltimore Sun on Hensen's history of speeding and other driving violations. Hensen got tickets before and after his involvement in the crash that killed middle school teacher Geraldine Wu. Hensen was convicted of manslaughter by automobile in 1999, along with another man who participated in a road race on Route 140 that ended in the crash that killed Wu. A third man pleaded guilty in 1998.

If Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration chief John Kuo doesn't believe he has the power to keep a driver's license from Frederick Henry Hensen Jr. and other serial speeders, he hasn't read the law. The state's transportation article says quite plainly the MVA "may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew the license" of any driver "who has been convicted of moving violations so often as to indicate an intent to disregard the traffic laws and the...

The head of Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration calls Frederick Henry Hensen Jr. "a menace to highway safety." The prosecutor who put him in jail says he has no business having a driver's license. But nothing, it seems, can keep Hensen off the road. In 1999, Hensen, then 22, was convicted in Carroll County Circuit Court of manslaughter by automobile in the death of Geraldine "Geri" Lane Wu. A jury found that a road race on Route 140 involving Hensen and two other drivers led to the crash that killed the popular middle school teacher and seriously injured her daughter.

On Friday, July 7, 2006, FREDERICK E. "Gene"; beloved husband of Donna D. Hensen; devoted father of Kevin S. Hensen and Roberta Hensen; brother of the late Douglas Hensen. Also survived by six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends may call on Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. at the Stallings Funeral Home, P.A., 3111 Mountain Road, Pasadena. Memorial Service will be held on Wednesday, 11 A.M. at Faith Baptist Church, 7378 Furance Branch Road, Glen Burnie, 21060. Memorial Contributions to Faith Baptist Music Minsistry.

Darrell Zane Gobel, a retired associate professor of Internet technology for the Community College of Baltimore County system, died of cancer Dec. 9 at his Pasadena home. He was 70. Born and raised in Kentucky, Mr. Gobel served in the Navy from 1952 to 1956 and earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky in 1960. After working as a systems analyst in the Baltimore-Washington area, Mr. Gobel taught at Catonsville Community College from 1982 until his retirement in 1998.

The man who admitted guilt and twice testified against two co-defendants in the 1998 racing death of a Mount Airy Middle School teacher has been released from jail after serving 19 months, without opposition from the prosecution. Mark E. Eppig, 24, of Westminster had been ordered to serve three years of a 10-year sentence on his guilty plea to automobile manslaughter and second-degree assault. Geraldine Lane "Geri" Wu was killed and her daughter Min-li Wu, then 15, was injured in the crash at 9:30 p.m. June 1, 1998, while they were headed home to Westminster on Route 140 from Finksburg, where the teen-ager had a homework assignment.

A three-judge panel upheld yesterday a five-year sentence that a Westminster man received for his role in causing the death of a Carroll County teacher while he and two others were speeding on Route 140 in June 1998. The driving record of Frederick H. Hensen Jr., 22, one of two men convicted by a jury of auto manslaughter in the death of Geraldine "Geri" Lane Wu, was the worst of any 21-year-old the judges had seen, they wrote in a four-page opinion. "The record makes it obvious that Mr. Hensen was a menace on the highway," the panel -- retired Circuit Judge Francis M. Arnold, District Judge Marc G. Rasinsky, and Circuit Judge Michael M. Galloway -- wrote.

A 22-year-old Westminster man whose six-year sentence in the 1998 auto manslaughter of a Mount Airy Middle School teacher has already been reduced by a year returned to court yesterday, asking a panel of judges for more leniency.The judges, Francis M. Arnold and Michael M. Galloway of Circuit Court and Marc G. Rasinsky of District Court, heard arguments and testimony regarding the defendant, Frederick H. Hensen Jr., for almost two hours.By statute, the panel must put render its decision in writing.

A 22-year-old Westminster man, one of three men involved in the 1998 vehicular manslaughter of a Westminster woman, had his six-year prison sentence reduced by one year at a hearing yesterday before visiting Circuit Judge Daniel W. Moylan.Before announcing his decision, the judge said he was impressed with Frederick H. Hensen Jr.'s perfect conduct record and his "deep remorse."Moylan agreed that Hensen and co-defendants Scott D. Broadfoot Sr., 25, of Parkville and Mark E. Eppig, 22, of Westminster shared equally in causing the death of Geraldine Lane "Geri" Wu in June 1998 when they raced their cars on Route 140 near Finksburg.