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Seafood industry: no wind
Driver hits cops, gets 10 years
Reps join OC’s push to prevent turbines
Teen sentenced for assault with his car
By Greg Ellison Staff Writer (July 20, 2018) Ocean City’s elected officials may have an ally in their opposition to offshore wind farms, as commercial seafood industry representatives told the City Council Monday they are concerned about the towers’ impact on fishing. The session was arranged by commercial fisherman George Topping, who researched the effects of marine-based installations. He See SEAFOOD Page 67
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END OF THE DAY Boats docked at the Ocean City Fishing Center in West Ocean City glisten as the sun sets on the bay last weekend. The fishing center was bustling with activity during the 31st annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament.
Motorists aid family caught in car fire Passing couple pull child from vehicle before fire erupts
By Greg Ellison Staff Writer (July 20, 2018) Although traffic ground to a halt on the Route 90 bridge for nearly an hour Sunday afternoon after an SUV caught fire, quick action by a pair of Good Samaritans helped the driver and his family escaped unscathed. OCPD Public Affairs Officer Lindsay Richard said both fire and police personnel responded at approximately 2:17 p.m. for reports of a vehicle fire roughly half way across the first span of bridge west of Coastal Highway. “Westbound traffic was
stopped immediately and eastbound followed shortly after,” she said. “Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire at about 2:30 p.m.” Ocean City resident John Resh was driving near the
SUV before the incident and pulled over to help when he saw it was in trouble. “Going west on Route 90, the car was smoking, but because they were already on the bridge they really had
PHOTO BY JOHN RESH
A couple and their child were safely away from their car when it burst into flames on the Route 90 bridge on Sunday.
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nowhere to go,” he said. “A car made it there before myself with two bystanders who ran up to car.” Moments after the SUV pulled over, Resh said the man and woman leaped into action. “As soon as the car died, it caught fire immediately,” he said. “Two bystanders ran up and got the child out of the car.” Resh said he watched in amazement as the couple ensured that the mother and child were moved a safe distance away, while the SUV went up in flames. “Literally within seconds that truck was engulfed,” he said. The couple, who Resh estiSee MOTORISTS Page 67
By Brian Gilliland Associate Editor (July 20, 2018) The teen driver who jumped into the bay after attempting to run down several uniformed police officers and sheriff’s deputies last November, was sentenced to 10 years in prison late last week in Worcester County Circuit Court. Antonio Ambrosino Antonio Ambrosino, 18, of Seaford, Delaware told police as they were pulling him from the bay that he’d rather die than go to prison. Ambrosino faced 15 charges related to the incident, including attempted murder, but struck a deal back in March. His sentencing, following an investigation into his background, was scheduled for May, but was delayed until now. Ambrosino pleaded guilty to felony first-degree assault, misdemeanor second-degree assault and felony possession with intent to distribute marijuana — prosecutors dropped all of the other charges. The judge sentenced Ambrosino to 15 years in the assault case, with all but 10 suspended, and five years for the possession charge, which the judge also suspended. Following his imprisonSee TEEN Page 68
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