OC Today-Dispatch FEBRUARY 28, 2025
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Mailloux pleads guilty in hit-and-run Takes deal during motions hearing in Worcester court Bethany Hooper Associate Editor (Feb. 28, 2025) The motorist charged in the 2022 death of Gavin Knupp entered a guilty
plea this week to one felony count. During a motions hearing held in Worcester County Circuit Court Tuesday, a plea deal
was reached between the state’s attorney’s office and Tyler Mailloux, 24, the Berlin man charged in the 2022 death of 14-year-old Knupp. Mailloux pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident
where a driver “knew/reasonably knew accident must result in death and death occurred,” according to the Maryland Transportation Code. Sentencing was deferred to See MAILLOUX Page 22
Tawdry T-shirts targeted City Council wants to clean up obscene merchandise on display at the Boardwalk — PAGE 3
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THIS IS GETTING OLD Motorists, like the one pictured above, contend with lane changes as maintenance work continues on the Route 50 Bridge.
AGH, Tidal look to merge May 1 After months of work led to their December announcement of an intent to merge, the two hospital systems serving this area are pushing toward a May 1 deadline to make it happen. — PAGE 53
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One of the tamer shirts on display.