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🌱 What security video revealed about the Elkton Wawa parking lot assault

Elkton, Maryland Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Elkton! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What security video revealed about the Elkton Wawa parking lot assault
  • How a computer tower assault led to a major Elkton gun bust
  • What Elkton families lose when Union Hospital’s birth center shuts down

Also on today's calendar: The GovCon Summer Soiree - Federal Contractors NETWORKING EVENT and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 93 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Sunny, warm and less humid, temps: high: 89, low: 64.
  • Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 89 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Man pleads guilty in Elkton vehicular assault case (somdnews.com) — An Elkton man has pleaded guilty to second-degree assault after hitting a woman with his car in a Wawa parking lot on West Pulaski Highway, with sentencing set for August 7. Elkton Police and Cecil County investigators relied on security video and witness interviews, including at Union Hospital in Elkton, to piece together what happened that September night.
   

2. Police: Suspect beat man with computer tower in Elkton neighborhood (somdnews.com) — An Elkton man is jailed after police say a drug deal in an Elkton neighborhood ended with a customer being beaten in the street with part of a computer tower. Elkton officers later searched a Hollingsworth Manor home, seizing firearms, ammunition, and a large quantity of suspected marijuana, and charging the suspect with assault, gun, and drug offenses.
   

3. 'We were not considered': Community packs meeting to fight closure of Elkton birth center (wmar2news.com) — ChristianaCare is closing the birth center at Union Hospital in Elkton on June 30, leaving many local families worried about longer drives and fewer options for delivering babies. At a packed North East meeting, residents, nurses, and county leaders pressed the health system about access to maternity and women’s healthcare in Cecil County after the closure.
   

4. Cecil County Mom Behind False Amber Alert Convicted After Daughter Found Dead In Suitcase (dailyvoice.com) — A Cecil County mother has been convicted in her young daughter’s murder, a case that began with a false Amber Alert and ended with the child found in a suitcase. She remains held at the Cecil County Detention Center in Elkton while awaiting sentencing in October, closing a deeply troubling chapter for local investigators and residents.
   

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  • Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate at Walmart in Elkton, Maryland in Elkton. Apply here.
  • Chili's Grill & Bar posted a job opening for Server - Elkton Chili's in Elkton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Elkton here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Elkton

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