Meghan King has been sober for almost four months. The 32-year-old Baltimore native lives in a sober home in Frederick. She has a sponsor to help guide her through the journey. It is not the first time she has had a sponsor, stayed in a sober home, started on the Read more…
The two attorneys were seated at their tables. The judge sat on the dais. Everything was set to proceed in the case of a former Frederick man charged with fraud, financial abuse of an elder and identity theft. All that was missing in the Berkeley County, West Virginia, courtroom was Read more…
A former Frederick resident has been indicted on eight counts related to identity theft, fraud and theft. Curtis Williamson, 53, the subject of a News-Post five-part investigation, was indicted on May 29 in Berkeley County, West Virginia. The charges all stem from his time with Stephanie Furr, his fifth wife. A Read more…
A new study published in journal JAMA Psychiatry suggests that children of parents who chronically use prescription opioids have an increased risk of suicide. The study authors examined 121,306 parents who either did or did not chronically use prescription opioids, defined by whether they had prescriptions filled for more than Read more…
A judge ordered Dr. Ernesto Torres, a Frederick pediatrician charged with rape, to be held on $400,000 bail Tuesday after he was indicted on 65 additional counts. Torres, 68, posted bail Tuesday and was released, according to electronic court records. Under his bail conditions, Torres, of the 7600 block of Read more…
Dr. Ernesto Torres, a Frederick pediatrician who is charged with raping a female patient, was released from jail Wednesday night after he posted bond. Torres, who is charged with a count of second-degree rape, second-degree assault and fourth-degree sexual offense, was ordered by Judge Julia Martz-Fisher to be released on Read more…
A Frederick pediatrician charged with raping a female patient must come up with $100,000 fully secured bail before his release, a judge ordered Wednesday. Judge Julia Martz-Fisher set the bail during a hearing in the case of Dr. Ernesto Torres, 68, against the wishes of the Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Read more…
A grand jury indicted a Frederick pediatrician after he allegedly sexually assaulted an 18-year-old female patient. Dr. Ernesto Torres, 68, who practices family medicine at 188 Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite 202, was indicted by a grand jury Friday on charges of second-degree rape, second-degree assault and fourth-degree sex offense, according Read more…
Curtis Williamson’s ex-wives and ex-girlfriend waited. They texted one another every day, trying to locate the man they say stole thousands of dollars from them. But there was no trace of the man. Even social media and dating apps — the ones he used to connect with many of them Read more…
Monica Gabriel sat before a judge in Frederick County Circuit Court for yet another contempt hearing in her divorce. On Dec. 18, 2018, she was in the courtroom because her ex-husband, Curtis Williamson, had failed to pay alimony. Monica was awarded indefinite alimony in their divorce six years ago. Williamson Read more…