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Ethan Phillip Weibman pleaded guilty Friday morning to animal abuse in the death of one cat and the beating of another. The 20-year-old, a short-time Baltimore resident who has returned to his hometown in Westchester County, N.Y., pleaded guilty to two counts of animal mutilation and another related charge stemming from incidents earlier this year. The first occurred March 20. According to police charging documents, Weibman adopted a short-haired cat named Lucy from the Maryland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

An effort in the General Assembly to lift a ban on Sunday car sales has again brought out car dealers protesting that they and their customers like the day off.The huge AutoNation USA retailer would like to see the ban lifted by the time it opens a store in Glen Burnie and possibly one elsewhere in the Baltimore region. The company's competitor in fixed-price, late-model used car sales, CarMax, opened a lot in Howard County last year after lawmakers lifted that county's ban.The state law has exempted Montgomery and Prince George's counties for years, allowing Sunday car sales in those counties, although few dealerships are open seven days a week.

An effort in the General Assembly to lift a ban on Sunday car sales has again brought out car dealers protesting that they and their customers like the day off.The huge AutoNation USA retailer would like to see the ban lifted by the time it opens a store in Glen Burnie and possibly one elsewhere in the Baltimore region. The company's competitor in fixed-price, late-model used-car sales, CarMax, opened a lot in Howard County last year after lawmakers lifted that county's ban.The state law has exempted Montgomery and Prince George's counties for years, allowing Sunday car sales in those counties, although few dealerships are open there seven days a week.

Police charge man in assault of clerkCounty police have charged a 37-year-old man with assault after he threatened a clerk yesterday at the Dunkin' Donuts in the 7100 block of Ritchie Highway.Officers said a man walked into the store at 10 p.m. and knocked over the cigarette machine before leaving. The officers saw him walking along Ritchie Highway and questioned him.Michael Martin Herman, of no fixed address, was taken to Northern District station to be charged.Woman robbed of $470 outside Leedmark storeA 29-year-old woman was robbed of $470 Monday morning outside of the Leedmark store in Glen Burnie.

Man, woman found shot and wounded Anne Arundel County police said they found two people wounded in a bullet-riddled Chevrolet Blazer late Wednesday at a gas station in Brooklyn. Kateef Morgan, 21, and Alexis Diyanna Hill, 20, were taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where they were being treated yesterday for non-life-threatening injuries. Hill, the passenger, was shot in the left leg, and Morgan, the driver, was shot in the left collarbone and left arm, police said. Police found four bullet holes on the driver's side of the vehicle, which had been parked at an Amoco gas station on Fort Smallwood Road in Anne Arundel County.

Two arrested at store on theft, drug chargesPolice arrested two people on theft and drug charges Saturday at a Kmart store in Glen Burnie.Ronald VanSteenacker, a security guard at the store in the 6700 block of Ritchie Highway, told police he saw a man and a woman taking Advil, Tylenol and batteries from store displays and hiding the goods in their jackets.The two left the store shortly after 5 p.m. without paying for the merchandise, and Mr. VanSteenacker detained them for police.An officer searched the man and found a glass vial of what later tested positive for cocaine, a bottle cap with what later tested positive for heroin residue and a syringe, police said.

Two county residents were flown Tuesday to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center after their cars collided on Route 10, state police said yesterday.Joseph Bodnar, 30, of Glen Burnie was reported yesterday in serious but stable condition and Tammy Gunning, 30, of Pasadena was listed in critical condition.Police said Bodnar was driving north about 6: 30 p.m. Tuesday when his 1986 Plymouth Reliant crossed the 14-foot median and he began driving north in the southbound lanes.Gunning, who was in a 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass heading south, saw Bodnar's car coming at her. Both drivers swerved, but the cars collided on their passenger sides, police said.

Mary E. TuttleCentreville nativeA memorial service for Mary Elizabeth Tuttle, who taught as a young woman and was active in the Centreville community, will be held at 11 a.m. today at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Centreville.Mrs. Tuttle, who was 93 and a Centreville resident, died of heart failure Tuesday at the William Hill Manor Health Care Center in Easton.A Centreville native, the former Mary Elizabeth Bishop graduated from Centreville High School and what is now Towson State University.

A 48-year-old store clerk was shot and killed early Monday during an apparent robbery attempt at a 7-Eleven store in Glen Burnie, police reported. The victim, Youssef Kamal Erian Attia, was gunned down as he tried to flee from three men who had entered the store and announced a robbery, according to an account issued by the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Officers were summoned to the convenience store on the 7700 block of Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard at about 3:30 a.m. in response to a report of a sick or injured person.

Frances Elizabeth Wagasky, who was assistant manager of a Glen Burnie apparel shop and club manager at Fort Meade, died Saturday of respiratory complications at North Arundel Hospital. She was 75 and lived in Odenton.She was assistant manager of the Franklin Simon women's store in Glen Burnie from 1970 to 1975. In the late 1970s, she managed the noncommissioned officers' club at Fort Meade and was coordinator for special events at the Anne Arundel County military installation.Mrs. Wagasky, who had lived in Tokyo with her husband of 53 years, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Sylvester J. Wagasky, maintained a lifelong interest in Japanese culture and was fluent in the language.