Yinger

A 17-year-old Taneytown-area youth accused of raping four teen-age girls is bedridden from an automobile accident last month that caused severe brain injury, and his parents say he no longer needs to wear a court-ordered home-monitoring bracelet, according to papers filed in Carroll County Circuit Court. Nathaniel J. Yinger of the 2800 block of Basehores Mill Road is charged with multiple counts of rape, sodomy, sexual assault and assault. A defense motion to have Yinger tried as a juvenile was pending when he was injured about 11 a.m. March 8 after he lost control of a 1997 Subaru Impreza and hit a fence and mailboxes before overturning, according to Maryland State Police at Westminster.

Court proceedings for a 17- year-old Taneytown-area youth accused of raping four teen-age girls have been delayed indefinitely because the accused boy lies in a coma at Maryland Shock Trauma Center from injuries suffered in an automobile accident two weeks ago. Nathaniel Jared Yinger, of the 2800 block of Basehores Mill Road, was in critical but stable condition yesterday, according to a trauma center spokeswoman. Yinger was flown there March 8 after suffering a head injury in an accident at 11 a.m. He was driving south on Tyrone Road about a half-mile from Stone Road, northwest of Westminster, according to Maryland State Police and court documents, and lost control of his 1997 Subaru Impreza, hitting a fence and mailboxes before overturning.

Court proceedings for a 17-year-old Taneytown-area youth accused of raping four teen-age girls have been delayed indefinitely because the accused boy lies in a coma at Maryland Shock Trauma Center from injuries suffered in an automobile accident two weeks ago. Nathaniel Jared Yinger of the 2800 block of Basehores Mill Road was in critical but stable condition yesterday, according to a trauma center spokeswoman. Yinger was flown there March 8 after suffering a head injury in an accident at 11 a.m. He was driving south on Tyrone Road about a half-mile from Stone Road, northwest of Westminster, according to Maryland State Police and court documents, and lost control of his 1997 Subaru Impreza, hitting a fence and mailboxes before overturning.

A Carroll County District Court judge found sufficient evidence yesterday for the trial of a 17-year-old Taneytown-area youth who is accused of raping four young friends and acquaintances in the past year, three of them at parties where alcohol was used. Nathaniel Jared Yinger, 17, of the 2800 block of Basehore's Mill Road has been charged as an adult with multiple counts, including rape, sexual assault and assault, all in the second degree, and sodomy, involving two 18-year-old women and two 16-year-old girls since December.

A Carroll County District Court judge found sufficient evidence yesterday for the trial of a Taneytown-area youth who is accused of raping four young friends and acquaintances in the past year, three of them at parties where alcohol was used. Nathaniel Jared Yinger, 17, of the 2800 block Basehore's Mill Road has been charged as an adult with multiple counts, including rape, sexual assault and assault, all in the second degree, and sodomy, involving two 18-year-old women and two 16-year-old girls since December.

A Carroll County District Court judge reduced bail yesterday and ordered home detention for a 17-year-old Taneytown youth arrested Thursday on charges of raping a teen-age acquaintance, the fourth charge of sexual assault lodged against him by police. Nathaniel Jared Yinger of the 2800 block of Basehore's Mill Road was released yesterday afternoon from the Carroll County Detention Center. He is charged with second-degree rape and second-degree assault of an 18-year-old woman at a party in New Windsor in April.

A 17-year-old Taneytown youth was charged yesterday with a fourth rape, stemming from the alleged assault of an 18-year-old woman in April at a party in New Windsor, according to court documents. Nathaniel Jared Yinger of the 2800 block Basehore's Mill Road was charged yesterday -- two days after he was charged with three other rapes, one involving an 18-year-old woman and two involving 16-year-old girls, at two homes in Taneytown and one in Westminster, dating to December, according to court documents.

Authorities are investigating six to eight additional possible sexual assaults of teen-age girls that might have involved a 17-year-old former high school wrestling and soccer star charged Tuesday with raping three teen-age acquaintances in Carroll County within the past year. "It's an active investigation and an ongoing investigation," said Carroll County Deputy State's Attorney Tracy A. Gilmore. Nathaniel Jared Yinger of the 2800 block Basehore's Mill Road in Taneytown was freed on $50,000 bond yesterday after his arrest Tuesday on eight charges involving three young women, two ages 16 and one age 18. Charges include three counts of second-degree rape and second-degree assault, plus one charge of sodomy and one charge of second-degree sex offense.

LEWISBERRY, Pa. - On a gray day with sleet falling over the frozen fields of his farm in central Pennsylvania, Barry Yinger was telling the story of his search for a hardy camellia 20 years ago on an island off the coast of Korea. This veteran plant explorer, fluent in Japanese and Chinese, is transforming American gardens with hundreds of the exotic plants he finds in Asia. But pursuing a hardy camellia seemed like a quest for the Holy Grail. "It's very cold and bleak there, with these awful winds that come down from Mongolia," said Yinger, 52, who has led some 60 plant expeditions to Asia.

Francis Scott Key's unbeaten Matt Yinger (Class 1A-2A) and four regional champions from North Carroll and South Carroll (Class 3A-4A) head the Carroll County contingent in the annual state wrestling championships tomorrow and Saturday at Western Maryland College.Yinger (24-0 record/135 pounds), the top seed, will open against Nick Grandstaff (17-13) of Charles County's Lackey, a fourth-place finisher in the South regional.The South Carroll titleholders are Mike Muller (145/28-3) and Jason Hamper (160/30-1)