Worker electrocuted at 49 West Coffeehouse

A man was electrocuted yesterday while working on the air-conditioning unit at 49 West Coffeehouse in Annapolis..

Paul M. Butcher, 26, of Annapolis, was the second person affiliated with the restaurant to die in less than a week.

At 5:51 p.m., a manager from the restaurant called emergency services to report a cardiac arrest or possible electrocution. The manager found Mr. Butcher unresponsive while on top of the walk-in freezer attached to the kitchen on the first floor.

Mr. Butcher was a contractor who was there to repair the heating and cooling system, police said. The emergency dispatcher walked the cafe's manager...