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Milton teen charged with shooting stepfathertion.,,Millssaid tappearedtha
By Kerry Kester According to Ray Quillen, gus- stepfather s .22 caliber rifle, then Weatherspoonisiin"faircondi t
Police have not determined a sex County Family Court deputy at approximately 2:30 p.m.,
motive for why a Milton teen' al- director, the teen was remanded to Christopher shot him in the left only two shots were fired from the
legedly shot and wounded his Stevenson House in default of side of his chest just below his weapon, which to date police have
stepfather during a domestic alter- $23,000 secured bond: $10,000 on nipple. "He was also shot in the been unable to recover. Follow-
cation on Saturday, June 14. Mil-
ton police charged• Eric Christo-
pher, 17, of Milton, with first de-
gree assault, possession of a dead-
ly weapon during the commission
of a felony, possession of a deadly
weapon by a juvenile and theft of
a firearm, after he seriously in-
jured Rickey Weatherspoon, 3 l,
with whom Christopher resided.
Beebe
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time. Despite a variety of efforts,
the park has never attracted any
tenants.
The most recent interest came
from an arm of the Peninsula Con-
ference of the United Methodist
Church which eyed some of the
land for an assisted living com-
plex for elderly citizens.
Beebe Medical Center officials
in the past several months have al-
so said that they are considering
construction of an assisted-living
Rezoning
Cdntinued from page 11
map, and that no one would want
to purchase the parcel zoned resi-
dential when it's "surrounded by
commercial properties."
Garey told the board that he has
operated a hair studio for 19 years
and would only have two chairs m
the present house on the lot. He
would build a 22-foot by 24-foot
building next to it and offer three
off-street parking spaces, with
plans to live at 158 Columbia
himself.
"I hear the concerns now, but no
one has asked me what I planned
to do. They see me walking and
not speak to me and these people
are using every bit of green space
on their property. Some are rent-
mg their properties to produce in-
come and these renters have five
to seven cars," Garey said.
He stressed his intention to re-
main in the community and now
I'm paying a ridiculous amount of
rent. I'm not asking to add any-
thing to the commercial line - I
just want to be included in it," he
added.
At this point Mayor Sam Coop-
er noted that surrounding property
owners do not have to be notified
if a rezoning request, only a re-
quest for a variance.
Cooper also reminded board
members that if 20 percent of the
property owners located within
200 feet of the property in ques-
tion oppose the rezoning, it would
require a three-fourths majority
(six out of seven board members)
to rezone the parcel. Therefore
the matter was deferred to the July
11 meeting, so that the city can go
over the names on the petitions to
judge whether this three-fourths
majority stipulation must be met.
the assault charge, $10,000 on the
deadly weapon charge and $1,500"
each for both the theft and juve-
nile possession charges. He will
remained detained, pending his
appearance for a preliminary hear-
ing in Family Court on Wednes-
day, June 25. According to Milton
Police Chief Donald Mills,
Christopher allegedly stole his
complex for the aging population
of Sussex County.
Beebe won bidding
Fried said Beebe Medical Cen-
ter officials learned that the Uni-
versity of Delaware was interested
in selling some of the property
that is part of the park. "We en-
tered a bidding process and won
the right to pursue this land," said
Fried.
He said a strategic planning
committee is working on possible
specific uses for the land. "Most
likely we would be looking at ser-
vices that don't need to be part of
the in-patient hospital," said
Fried.
He noted that Beebe Medical
Center is landlocked on its 13.75
acre location in Lewes which in-
cludes its main facilities, Beebe
School of Nursing, Lewes Conva-
thumb," said Mills. "He'll proba-
bly lose his thumb," said Mills.
After the shooting the teen left the
scene, and Weatherspoon went to
a neighbor's home to call police.
Weatherspoon was first transport-
ed to Milford Memorial Hospital
but was later flown to Christiana
Medical Center. A spokeswoman
from the hospital reported that
lescent Center (about to be ex-
panded) and Beebe Home Health
Services.
"We're maxed out as far as
growth capabilities go on this
campus," said Fried. "We're
looking down the road. We're
serving a growing community and
we wanted to identify a piece of
property that would be large
enough to handle a number of dif-
ferent options for the future. This
piece of ground seems to do that.
And with the hospital in Lewes, it
makes sense that the property we
choose to grow on shoutd be near-
by. Of course we'll continue to
grow our satellite offices in the
other communities of our service
area but we recognize that our
roots are here in the community of
Lewes."
Fried said Beebe has no con-
ing the shooting, said Mills, "He
left with his girlfriend, and a gen-
eral broadcast was put out that in-
cluded a vehicle description."
Several hours later, Laurel po-
lice alerted Milton police that they
had spotted the vehicle near the
girlfriend's apartment in Laurel,
and officers from both depart-
ments apprehended Christopher.
crete plans at this point for the
land. "If the purchase transaction
goes through, specifics use details
will come later when the strategm
planning committee completes its
work," said Fried.
Richard A. Forsten, an attorney
representing University of
Delaware at the meeting, said he
could only speculate as to the Uni-
versity's reasons for selling the
land. "It appears to be excess land
that the University has no imme-
diate plans for and there's a
chance to raise some money."
Members of Lewes Planning
Commission, noting that the pro-
posed subdivision meets all neces-
sary requirements, approved the
subdivision request unanimously.
The next step will be for the pro-
posal to go before Lewes Mayor
and Council for final approval.
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