OCEAN CITY — Two Washington, D.C. area residents were arrested on multiple malicious destruction of property charges last week after an alleged Halloween vandalism spree in the resort.Last Friday, Ocean City Police observed multiple acts of vandalism to city property in the area of 2nd Street and the Boardwalk. A fire hydrant, dumpsters and a… Read more »
BERLIN — A Bishopville man was charged with driving under the influence after his vehicle left the roadway on Route 90 near Ocean Parkway early Saturday morning and struck a guardrail and then a tree.Around 2 a.m. last Saturday, Maryland State Police troopers responded to a single-vehicle accident on Route 90 at Ocean Parkway. The… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Virginia man was arrested on marijuana possession charges last week after a Worcester County Sheriff’s deputy found him and others in a vehicle at the boat ramp in Public Landing after dark.Around 9:15 p.m. last Tuesday, a Worcester County Sheriff’s deputy was conducting a premise check at the public boat ramp… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Bishopville man, who pleaded guilty in August to second-degree assault and other charges after an incident last February during which he fired multiple shots from a handgun and threatened to kill a female acquaintance during a domestic dispute, was sentenced last week in Worcester County Circuit Court to seven years in… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Snow Hill man, arrested in April on first-degree assault and other charges after threatening his girlfriend and another woman while holding a handgun at an Ocean City apartment, pleaded guilty last week and was sentenced to three years, all but 18 months of which was then suspended.Around 8:15 p.m. on April… Read more »
SALISBURY — Local law enforcement officials this week are reminding motorists to use caution when encountered by “police officers” after a woman was attacked by a suspect acting as a cop on the Salisbury bypass earlier this month.Around 11:40 a.m. on Oct. 1, Maryland State Police troopers responded to a reported assault that had occurred… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Two local men were arrested last week on burglary charges after Ocean City police were able to connect them to a series of thefts of building materials and scrap metal over a period of about five days late last month.The OCPD Criminal Investigation Division concluded an investigation into the theft of building… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City Police narcotics detectives last week arrested two suspects on suspicion of dealingmarijuana after a three-week drug distribution investigation.Around 4 p.m. on Sept. 12, OCPD narcotics detectives, assisted by the Special Enforcement Unit and the Patrol Division, concluded the three-week distribution investigation with the arrests of Blair D. Smith, 22, of… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY — Worcester County police this week are seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspects wanted in connection with a theft from a West Ocean City gym’s ladies’ locker room and subsequent use of a bank card at a nearby bank.On Aug. 25, Maryland State Police troopers responded to the Powerhouse Gym… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Princess Anne woman who rolled her vehicle at the base of the Route 50 bridge in Ocean City on July 20, closing the westbound lanes of the span for over an hour and snarling traffic in the downtown area, pleaded guilty this week to driving under the influence per se and… Read more »