Eveline Anna Marie Bergmann, of Joppatowne, who was charged with the murder of her husband Friday, will await her trial in jail after a Harford County District Court judge denied her bail Monday.
Bergmann, 46, appeared before Judge Victor Butanis Monday afternoon via a closed-circuit television link between the district court and the Harford County Detention Center. After hearing a recounting of the crime, Butanis decided to keep Bergmann behind bars.
Assistant State?s Attorney Alison Carver said Bergmann used a kitchen knife to stab her husband, Jeffrey David Bergmann, 48, several times after an argument late Thursday night.
Police were called to the Bergmanns? Rumsey Island home shortly after 12:30 a.m. Friday.
“She then put the knife down, began throwing objects at her husband, and then picked the knife back up again and began stabbing him in the thigh and groin area,” Carver said.
Bergmann told Butanis that she lived on Anchor Drive in Joppatowne with her husband for the past 17 years, and that she worked part-time as an assistant librarian at Harford Community College, and also drove senior citizens to an adult day care facility.
Two women who were on hand for the hearing but would not give their names for publication ? one of whom claimed to be Eveline Bergmann?s sister from Holland ? said Bergmann?s actions were “out of character,” and that the Bergmanns? marriage was typical of any married couple, with good times and bad.
At Harford Community College Monday, security guards at the library barred The Examiner access to the library staff, referring all questions to the institution?s human resources office.
“This has been a great shock for us,” said Brenda Blackburn, spokeswoman for the college.
Blackburn said Bergmann has been employed with the college since December 2003, and that, as Blackburn understood, she was very good at her job. Blackburn said the college had made no decision on terminating Bergmann?s employment.
