Trial date set for Catholic priest A Sept. 28 trial date has been set for a Frederick County priest accused of sexually abusing two children in the 1970s.
Thomas Roy Bevan, 73, was removed from his position at Cumberland’s Church of St. Patrick in August after two people said he abused them as minors in 1976, while serving at St. John the Evangelist.
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Once the allegations became public, two others stepped forward and said Bevan abused them at another church during the 1970s.
Bevan has denied the allegations.
A grand jury indicted Bevan on two counts of child abuse by a custodian in January. Bevan waived his right to a trial within 180 days of being charged during a pretrial conference in the Frederick County Circuit Court. His case will be heard by visiting Montgomery County Circuit Judge Richard E. Jordan.
If convicted, Bevan could serve up to 30 years in prison.
Man found dead under power lines Prince George’s County police found a man dead in a field beneath high-tension power lines on University Boulevard in Adelphi on Saturday evening. Police were responding to a call when they found the body just before 8 p.m. near Value Village on 23rd Avenue.
Police spokesman Evan Baxter said detectives suspect the death was a homicide.
This isn’t the first time police have found a dead body in the area. On Dec. 12, 2009, a man’s dead body was discovered in the same location. His cause of death was never determined, according to police.
Maryland woman accused of killing mother Prince George’s County police have arrested a Maryland woman in the beating death of her mother.
Latoya Martin, 28, of Hillcrest Heights, was charged with first-degree murder on suspicion of killing her 53-year-old mother, Sheila Martin, of Temple Hills.
Officers found Sheila Martin dead with evidence of trauma to her body at the 3900 block of 26th Avenue in Hillcrest Heights on Thursday. Police said detectives have not yet determined a motive but have reason to believe the slaying was “domestic-related.”
– Compiled by Hayley Peterson and the Associated Press
