Body found in box
Maryland State Police said highway workers found a body in a cardboard box on the side of Interstate 70 near Frederick.
Police say state highway maintenance workers on Tuesday morning found the box hidden in a wooded embankment, peered inside and made the gruesome discovery.
Police did not find any identification on the body, which was taken to the state medical examiner’s office in Baltimore for an autopsy and identification.
Police said the cause of death was undetermined, but state homicide detectives are investigating.
Pot charges dropped against CBS reporter
Prosecutors have dropped drug possession charges against CBS Radio News correspondent Howard Arenstein and his wife, Orly Katz.
Arenstein, 60, and Katz, 57, were arrested in October when police said they found 11 marijuana plants in the backyard of their Georgetown home.
D.C. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Knowles dismissed the case after the government’s scheduled witness failed to show up in court Tuesday, but she warned the couple that the charges could be refiled once the government found its witness.
Nonprofit exec sentenced
The former chief financial officer of National Children’s Alliance was sentenced to one year in prison on charges he stole from the nonprofit.
Marvin Perry, 45, who worked for the D.C.-based organization from 2001 to 2008, pleaded guilty to theft of a program receiving federal money. Prosecutors said Perry, of Waldorf, stole $64,000.
The NCA assists children who are victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence.
Exotic creatures recovered
Police have recovered two geckos, an iguana and a Madagascar hissing cockroach that were stolen from a Baltimore nature center.
Police said the animals, along with two chameleons and six turtles, were recovered unharmed Tuesday after they received a tip from someone who reported seeing juveniles carrying the animals into a house.
The city-run Carrie Murray Nature Center is named for the mother of Baltimore Orioles great Eddie Murray.
– Compiled by Scott McCabe
