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A2 THE SENTINEL-LEDGER OMWI City, N.J. Thursday, Newmb* 28,1991
Father of murdered girl is accused of child sex crime area news
OCEAN CITY — Charies to help him retrieve a car. when Martin moved from of toe area and so was not Police spokesman Lt. Bob DYFS has a policy against highlights
Martir.,40., of this city, the Martin was not home at Ocean City to Absecon. considered a danger to the Blevin said it is difficult for releasing any information
father of murdered 9-year- the time, but Querns alleg- WeUs would not release victim.
any information to be about weir investigations.
old Samantha Jean Rias, edly met Russ In an alley, any Information he felt It is uncertain when the released on the case because
hag been charged with and she wait with him inmight
lead to the identifica- case will come to trial. the Division of Youth and WeUs said DOTS must, by First Cape purchase made under
aggravated sexual assault, his car.
tion of the victim. Ocean City police had no Family Services (DYFS) Is law, become Involved m farmland preservation program
according to first assistant When the girl was found He said there is no evi- comment, forwarding all involved m the investiga- any rase of this sort
county prosecutor Robert Sept, 2, she was fully dence linking Martin to any questions to the County tion.
— Bill Barlow D1NNB TOWNSrffi
G, Wells,
clothed, but was not wear- other sexual assault, Prosecutor's office.
Die charge means Martin ing any underwear. Martin was arrested in
Is accused of sexual pene- Querns was accused of the Ocean City police statration
of a child under 12 assaulting a iO-year-old jprl tion Oct. 28 and arraigned
yean of tga, Wells said, in WUdwood Crest last in Ocean City Oct. 29.
adding tiie victim Imew year, and on Nov. 4Police
had requested Mar-
Martin.
pleaded guilty to one count tin come in for an Interview
"This Is a first-degree of sexual assault. during their investigation
crime, and if found guilty Querns is currently being and placed him under
he could face 10 to 20_years held whUe awaiting sen- arrest afterward, according
in prison,* Wells said Tuestencing, which may come to WeUs.
day.
by February. Wells said one Wells said the informa-
Russ, Martin's 9-year- of die delays is mat by state tion on the assault was pubold
daughter, was statute, after pleading lic since the time of the
murdered last August, guilty he. must undergo arrest, but was not picked
Ho- body was found in a psychiatric evaluation to up by the media until now,
marshy area in Lower determine if he is a habitual "For us, it's Just a staple
Township Sept. 2, Sh« sex offender. He faces 10 assault cue, we pt maybe
apparenfly had been sttan* years in prison,
a dozen of these a month,"
gled and sustained stab WeUs explained mat sex- he said in a phone inter-
wounds to the neck. ual assault is more severe view yesterday. "What
According to police, Mar- than sexual contact, but makes this interesting to
tin kntw the man accused does not involve penetra- you people (the media) is
In the death, Kenneth tion, as in aggravated sex- his connection to the other
Edward Querns of Ocean ual assault.
case,"
In describing the case After he was arraigned,
Que Querns was charged with against Martin on Tuesday, Martin was released on his
aggravated mansraughtar Wells said a series of own recognizance, with the
in the case.
assaults against a single vic- stipulation that he have no
phew b/ U BtriM nd ChwM Wood
According to police. tim allegedly took placecontact
with the victim. Helping hands
Querns went to Martin's from September 1990 to Wells said this might be
house Aug. 31 to ask Martin August 1991 but stoppedbecause
he had moved out Volunttirs Todd Weaver, Rich Gilmour and Jack Shta, above, prepare Thinksglv-
Ing baskets tor the nttdy of Ocean City last week at Community Food Cupboard
coordinator Phi! Johnson stands In th§ background. Below, Firs Department Capt.
Lewis Esposlto was among the dty firemen who delivered the baskets to those who
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1 —The purchase of a development
easement on the Mason Farm here is the first in Cape May
County to utilize funds from the state's Farmland Preservation
Program, as weU as the first purchase made using
funds from the count/s Open Space Trust Fund,
The 109.6-acre property is located along County Road
605. Though the land if now owned by Tuckahoe Nurseries,
Greg and Christine Mason retained the developmental
righto which are being acquired by the county and 00
state.
The total purchase price for the development righto is
$93,160. The state is paying about $56,570 and the county
is paying $36,590, utilizing money from the Open Space
Trust Fund. The state and county portions are determined
by the state's process of cost sharing on At purchase of
development easements.
The county has more than $2 milUon in Its Open Space
trust Rind, which was set up in 1990, County property
owners pay I cent per $100 assessed value of the fund.
The Mason Farm was purchased from the DurreU Fam#
lly by Greg Mason's father In 1949, The original farm was
thousands of acres which were mostly wooded. Over the
years, portions of the land were used to grow cranberries,
blueberries and vegetable crops. Greg Mason bought the
land encompassing the development easement In 1981.
Dominant Republican lawmakers
named to Senate committees
TRfflvrrON—Senate President-meet Donald T,
DiFrancesco, a Republican, has announced a new legisla^
Uve committee system based "not on mere bill processing
but on overseeing the executive branch to bring accountability
to state government"
The overall structure of the new Senate committees indicates
his commitment to place more emphasis on
oversight and accountability during the next two years,
DiFrancesco said.
Sen, James S. Cafiero, R-lst, will chair the Children,
Youth and Families Committee, which oversees the
Department of Human Services and has jurisdiction over
children and child and family-related issues, »
Sen. William LGonrJey,R-2,wul chair the Judldary •
Committee, which wiU oversee the courts, Attorney General's
Office, the Public Advocate and the Department of
Law and Public Safety and has jurisdiction over the judiciary,
criminal justice, dvll righto, juvenile justice, probation,
parole, casinos and gambling, torts, property and
estate issues.
Republicans gained control of both houses of the Legislature
In the Nov. 5 general election.
Court ruling on pool deficit
will mean big car insurance hike •
TRENTON—An appeals court ruled last week that die
state Insurance commissioner has been letting the staterun
pool operate In a deficit which could mean drastic
rate increases for the million drivers insured by the pool,
according to The Star-Ledger.
WhUe the,^cf ffltei^flseaw forthe S
industry analysts predict that the rate would rave to rise
as much as 60 percent to keep the pool from running in
the red. The deficit could be as high as $865 million, offldais
estimate. ^f
The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by Allstate Insurance
Co., Aetna Property and Casualty and Surety Co. and Liberty
Mutual Insurance Co., who were concerned that they
would be forced to pay off any deficit the pool may amass
U premiums were not sufficient to cover expenses.
Crime bill may not block
sports betting in New Jersey
WA5KQNGTON—Although the crime bill approved by
a congressional conference committee Sunday takes almgfc
at stopping the spread of sports betting, New Jersey Is w
TTiUr.dBy, Nov«nber28,1991 OcwmClty, NJ. THE SENTINEL-LEDGER A3
Ocean City notes
18th Street house
by William Barlow
fire called arson
TWO CARS ENTERED, tor of the year.
OCEAN CITY — A house
^URQLARY ATTEMPTED He will be presented with
fire last week on 18th Stteet
• A car battery was the award at "the New
has officially been declared
reported stolen Nov. 22Jersey
Board of Realtors
arson, police announced
from a 1990 Toyota m the meeting Dec, 6 at the Taj
this week.
; 600 block of Asbury Ave- Mahal casino in Atlantic
nue, and $300 worn of City.
That are eurreitly no
tools were reported stolen
suspects.
from a IMS Dodge m me
Police spokesman Lt, Bob
200 block of Crescent Road STUDENTFEATURED
Bkvm said ph^tol evi-
Sunday, according to IN STATE CALENDAR
dence found at me scene
police.
Ocean City High School
led police to the determina-
^ On Saturday, residents of student Joel . Richard
tion, but he would not be
^> house in the 300 block of Johnson, IS, Is one of the
more specific about what
41 St. found marks on afeatured
poets in the 1992
the evidence was.
screen door, apparently Teen Arts Calendar, put out
"It could either be aed-
where someone had unsuc- by the New Jersey State
dental or not accidental,
cessfully attempted to break Teen Arts Program, which
and we ruled out acciden-
in.
promotes me am among
tal," he said.
high school age children.
Johnson is a senior editor
Blevin said police are
RICHARDS NAMED of The Billows, the school Planting continuing the investiga-
REALTOR OF THE YEAR newspaper published in The g
tion, and evidence samples
^The Ocean City Board of Smthul-Ledgtr, In the calen- Kyle Hummel, l 4%, and his mother Lynda were visiting drandmom in OMan City from Chuny Hill when they were have been sent to State
Realtors recently named dar, his piece A Dmisu uB S? » hejMJtart *ina grass In tha north end of the Island recently. According to dty environmental officer Kit Police labs.
Tun Richards, of the Rich- Spring Is featured ov» theWright,
ibeut 15 volunteers currently help th8 city by planting dune grass, but after a muftlmilllon dollar beach
T S m t 8Ct ls com leted th9ri wMI b Firefighters arrived on
ards Agency, the dry's real- month of ApriL M u iP l« £?' P > « ''OM acres of grass to plant next fall. To volunteer, call Wright at
wity Mall, 399-6111, ext, 258.
Early Warning Test analysis compares
8th graders on county, statewide basis
ByCHARUEWOOD scores.
M A i O
The tests measure student
OCEAN OTY — Results proficiency in a variety of
of the state-mandated Early categories within the three
Warning Test have been traditional areas of reading,
analyzed, enabling Ocean writing and arithmetic. The
City educators to compare results were presented at
scores of the city's eighth- the Nov. 13 Board of Educagraders
to county and state tion meeting.
Ocean City students
scored slightly higher or
Post office equal to county and state
averages in every category
extends
in all three areas, except the
•Focus and Organization
hours
The Ocean City
Post Office at 9th
Street and Ocean
Avenue has extended
its window hours for
the, holiday season,
Postmaster James W.
Fusco announced Oils
week.
•' On Saturday,
Dec 7, it will be open
from 9 a jn. to 1 p.m.
.
• Monday, December
16 from 8^ a,m,
to 6 p.m.
• On Christmas
and New Year's eves,
the window will dose ,
at 1p.m.
The post office is
closed Christmas day
and New Year's Day.
granted a one year exempnon from one ban, according to
The Prm of ABanttc City,
A threatened veto of the bill by President George Bush
may give advocates of sports betting even mote time to
get a state-wide referendum on sports betting passed.
Proponents argue that sports betting could bring much
needed revenue into the stele, aid the faltering a slno
Industry and generate millions in tax revenues. *•
In addition, state legislators are considering dedicating
tax revenues from sports betting to subsidize health carA
costs, making the idea more appealing to voters.
The House and the Senate passed different versions of a
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economic backgrounds in * • Approve added costs a
different districts,* he said. of $21,970 for Riase 1 of the
*Tm not interested in com- clean up of petroleum
peting with Upper Town- hydrocarbon presence in
ship or Pleasantville." the soU behind the primary
He said ate tots wUl help school,
determine when students • Approve a change
as a whole, and as individu- order of $26,930 for the
als, have Weaknesses, and Stockton Mechanical con-
teachers can step up met for installing a new oU
Instruction in those areas. tank behind the high
"We can't teach to theschool.
The change order Is
test," added Donahue. for testing and investigation
They change it every year. of ground water eontamina-
But we can teach skills and Hon at the installation site,
put of the writing section. concepts."
. Authorize Dr. Lyle G.
They equaled the state aver- hi other business at the Anderson to apply for
age, but were 1 pereentap school board meeting, Chapter n funds for tine
point below the county members, on the basis of 19M-92 school year in the
average.
roll call, votes, agreed to; amount of $14,111,
"I'm pleased with the • Accept tt\e resignation . To purchase library
results," said intermediate of intermediate school Vice books for the primary
school Principal Greg
g d u w L - * • - • *
Principal Walter Dull, who
Donahue. But he feels the has taken a position as prin-
test, given for the first time cipal in linwood.
last spring, has some weaknesses
in addition to its
strengths.
"Students need to focus
lolrHilhetiWWphiriking
them to do that," he said.' In
the future, I think the tests
will be very valuable, but
they are still in the developmental
stages right now."
One of the drawbacks to
the tests, according to
Donahue, is that people
might begin to compare different
school districts.
"I don't think that's fair
because of different socio-
AY
scene at 8 W. 18th Stteat at
8ao pa. Nov. 19 to find
heavy billowing smoke and
flames in the rear of the
house, Two engines and
one truck company
responded.
No one was home at the
time of the fire, but the
house was occupied for tiw
winter. "The house has a
"for sale" sipi in front.
According to tax records,
the house is owned by A.
Michael Delsordo.
"Of course, we suspect
everyone, but he's IDelsor^"
do's] not the target of the
investigation," Blevin said.
Deputy Kre Chief Joe
Foglib reporhid heavy fife
damage to the heater men
and the kitchen, and smoke
and heat damage throughout
the two-story house, •
218 West Ave.
Ocean C1§F, NJ
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