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A Hagerstown man has been arrested after a 13-month-old child belonging to the man's girlfriend suffered a skull fracture on Oct. 3 at a house in the 18800 block of Preston Road, police said Wednesday night. David Michael Malekar, 25, is charged with first- and second-degree child abuse, first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment, Washington County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Carly Hose said. Malekar was being processed to enter the Washington County Detention Center Wednesday night, a Washington County central booking facility spokesman said.

An 8-year-old girl was taken by helicopter to Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Monday morning after she fell off a bicycle at Greenbrier State Park, Mt. Aetna Deputy Fire Chief Ricky Fleming said. Fleming said the girl was taken by Maryland State Police helicopter to the Washington hospital as a precaution. The accident was reported at 9:45 a.m. The helicopter took off at about 10:30 a.m. In addition to state police, the Boonsboro Ambulance & Rescue Service, Mt. Aetna Volunteer Fire Department and Washington County Emergency Services Special Operations responded to the accident.

A young bicyclist who rode through an intersection without stopping was hit by a car Friday, Hagerstown Police said. Police said in a news release that a Maryland State Police helicopter flew the bicyclist, who was not identified, to Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. The hospital had no information available on Friday night about the child's condition. Police said the child had what appeared to be a fractured leg and numerous cuts and scrapes. The collision happened at about 3:30 p.m. Ashley Duvall said she was driving on Mechanic Street, toward Burhans Boulevard, when a girl on a bicycle came from Carrolton Avenue onto Mechanic Street and rode in front of her car. Duvall, who was driving a Ford sedan, said she hit the brakes but hit the girl and bicycle.

The state's case against a Martinsburg-area couple accused of abuse and neglect in the Jan. 1 death of a 3-year-old boy is now bound for Berkeley County Circuit Court. The boy's father, James N. Mauldin, 20, waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Berkeley County Magistrate Court on charges of child neglect and child abuse resulting in death. Felony charges of child neglect and allowing child abuse with death that were filed against Mauldin's girlfriend, Jasmine K. Dawkins, 22, also were bound over to circuit court Wednesday after Magistrates Joan V. Bragg and Harry L. Snow found probable cause in separate preliminary hearings.

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - A six-year-old Ranson, W.Va., boy who went under water for about four minutes while swimming on the Shenandoah River near Shannondale Sunday died Sunday night, a state Division of Natural Resources official said. The boy died at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., about 11 p.m., Sunday, said DNR officer Ken White. The boy was flown to the hospital from Jefferson Memorial Hospital following the accident, officials said. It appears the boy died from drowning but an autopsy will be conducted by a medical examiner in Washington, D.C., to determine the cause of death, White said.

anthonyb@herald-mail.com BOONSBORO - Norm Madison, vice president of Blue Ridge Riding Club, has wanted to raise money for a good cause for some time. He has seen other organizations succeed in their attempts, and on July 24, he will have his opportunity. Madison will hold the Ride for Kids Fun Show to raise money for Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Madison said it made more sense to donate to Children's than, for example, St. Jude's Children's Hospital, because of its location.

charlestown@herald-mail.com CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - Two men were in critical condition Monday after two pickup trucks collided head-on in Jefferson County, an officer with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department said. John C. Michel, 49, his wife, Virginia, 45, and their two grandchildren, all of Baltimore, were traveling north on U.S. 340 near the Virginia state line at 9:12 a.m. when a southbound pickup truck, driven by Eric David Olson, 33, of Winchester, Va., crossed the center line and struck Michel's 1999 Chevrolet S-10, said Lt. Robert E. Shirley of the Sheriff's Department.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The 11-year-old Hedgesville boy who received a double-lung transplant two months ago was in critical but stable condition at a Washington, D.C., hospital Tuesday. Jordy Carper had been in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Children's National Medical Center since Thursday with an infection and a collapsed lung. On Tuesday afternoon, his condition was upgraded to critical but stable. The slight improvement came as no surprise to Larry Hoerner, a guidance counselor at Tuscarora Elementary School who has home-schooled Jordy since February.

A Hagerstown man has been arrested after a 13-month-old child belonging to the man's girlfriend suffered a skull fracture on Oct. 3 at a house in the 18800 block of Preston Road, police said Wednesday night. David Michael Malekar, 25, is charged with first- and second-degree child abuse, first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment, Washington County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Carly Hose said. Malekar was being processed to enter the Washington County Detention Center Wednesday night, a Washington County central booking facility spokesman said.

A young bicyclist who rode through an intersection without stopping was hit by a car Friday, Hagerstown Police said. Police said in a news release that a Maryland State Police helicopter flew the bicyclist, who was not identified, to Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. The hospital had no information available on Friday night about the child's condition. Police said the child had what appeared to be a fractured leg and numerous cuts and scrapes. The collision happened at about 3:30 p.m. Ashley Duvall said she was driving on Mechanic Street, toward Burhans Boulevard, when a girl on a bicycle came from Carrolton Avenue onto Mechanic Street and rode in front of her car. Duvall, who was driving a Ford sedan, said she hit the brakes but hit the girl and bicycle.

An 8-year-old girl was taken by helicopter to Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Monday morning after she fell off a bicycle at Greenbrier State Park, Mt. Aetna Deputy Fire Chief Ricky Fleming said. Fleming said the girl was taken by Maryland State Police helicopter to the Washington hospital as a precaution. The accident was reported at 9:45 a.m. The helicopter took off at about 10:30 a.m. In addition to state police, the Boonsboro Ambulance & Rescue Service, Mt. Aetna Volunteer Fire Department and Washington County Emergency Services Special Operations responded to the accident.

The state's case against a Martinsburg-area couple accused of abuse and neglect in the Jan. 1 death of a 3-year-old boy is now bound for Berkeley County Circuit Court. The boy's father, James N. Mauldin, 20, waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Berkeley County Magistrate Court on charges of child neglect and child abuse resulting in death. Felony charges of child neglect and allowing child abuse with death that were filed against Mauldin's girlfriend, Jasmine K. Dawkins, 22, also were bound over to circuit court Wednesday after Magistrates Joan V. Bragg and Harry L. Snow found probable cause in separate preliminary hearings.

Hagerstown Police were looking Thursday for a 33-year-old man believed to be involved in a child abuse incident. Investigators have an arrest warrant for Brian Michael Miller on charges of first-degree child abuse, second-degree child abuse, first-degree assault, second-degree assault and reckless endangerment, according to a news release. No address was given for Miller. Miller is described as being white, 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 155 pounds. Investigators were asking anyone who might know Miller's whereabouts to call police as soon as possible.

HAGERSTOWN -- An 8-year-old boy was in critical condition Wednesday night at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., after a skateboard accident at 440 N. Prospect St. earlier in the day, according to a Hagerstown Police Department spokesman. The accident occurred at about 5:45 p.m., when three juveniles were hanging onto a Jeep while riding skateboards, Sgt. Chad Woodring said late Wednesday. The 8-year-old boy lost his balance, and it is believed he was struck by the Jeep, Woodring said.

WILLIAMSPORT -- A preschool-aged boy was rescued from a near drowning in the Potomac River Friday afternoon when his father pulled him out and performed rescue breathing, emergency medical services officials said. The boy had been swimming with some family members at the "hot wall" near Williamsport where warm water flows into the river from the R. Paul Smith Power Plant, said William Ball, chief of Williamsport Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services Inc. The incident was reported at 4:04 p.m. and by the time rescuers reached the scene, the father had been able to revive the child, "which was a fantastic thing," Ball said.

ST. JAMES -- An 8-year-old boy struck by a car Thursday night on Jordan Road was in stable but critical condition at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., his school principal said Saturday night. The boy, David Greeley, is a third-grader at Fountain Rock Elementary School, not far from where the accident occurred. "His family seemed hopeful," Fountain Rock Principal Mike Telemeco said in a telephone interview Saturday evening. Telemeco was at the hospital Friday night, he said.

The 13-year-old Berkeley County, W.Va., boy pulled from the Potomac River by a fisherman Tuesday afternoon has died, the investigating deputy said Thursday. Dante Edward Burns was pronounced dead at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., at 5:25 a.m. Thursday, Washington County Sheriff's Deputy 1st Class Carl Witmer said in a news release. The youth was listed in extreme critical condition Tuesday night and Wednesday, police had said. Dante was to begin classes as an eighth-grader at Spring Mills Middle School in Martinsburg, W.Va.