OCEAN CITY — With the arrival of the summer season and the influx of hundreds of thousands of visitors, Ocean City Police have re-established their undercover drug enforcement operations in and around the resort area with a handful of arrests in the last week or so.Over several days this week, the OCPD Criminal Enforcement Division’s… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Rockville man was arrested on numerous charges last week after hitting a motorcycle in the area of 49th Street and running as many as 10 red lights before finally getting stopped in the area of 8th Street and Philadelphia Ave.Around 12:40 a.m. last Sunday, an OCPD officer on patrol in the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A New York man was arrested on indecent exposure charges this week after an alleged drunken episode on the Boardwalk that ended with him urinating on a fence in plain view of several citizens.Around 10:45 p.m. on Monday, an OCPD bicycle officer patrolling in the area of 9th Street and the Boardwalk… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Pennsylvania man and a juvenile were arrested last weekend after swiping an entire ATM machine from a downtown Ocean City parking lot.Around 4 a.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police responded to the area of Somerset Street and Baltimore Ave. for a reported theft in progress. When officers arrived, they observed two… Read more »
BERLIN — A Berlin man was arrested on drunk-driving charges after a hit-and-run collision on Route 113 near Berlin after witnesses followed him and forced him to pull over.Around 4:30 p.m. last Friday, Maryland State Police troopers responded to a reported hit-and-run collision on southbound Route 113 near Jarvis Rd. Upon arrival, troopers learned a… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Frederick man, who was operating a rented pontoon boat last June in the bay near Ocean City when a friend jumped overboard and was struck in the head with the propeller, pleaded guilty last week to operating under the influence and was fined and placed on probation.Last June 30, a 30th… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City man was arrested on first-degree burglary and other charges this week after allegedly breaking into a vacant seasonal residence in the resort and swiping a cable box before running up hundreds of dollars in pay-per-view programs including professional wrestling.On April 11, an OCPD officer was dispatched to a residence… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A local man, already serving a three-year stint for burglarizing a downtown motel, was charged again last week after Ocean City Police were able to connect him to a break-in at an uptown church last June.Last June 26, Ocean City Police responded to the St. Peter’s Lutheran Church on 101st Street for… Read more »
BERLIN — Three area residents were arrested on burglary and theft charges last week after allegedly breaking into a residence that had been involved in a fire a week earlier.Around 2:15 a.m. last Friday, Berlin Police were dispatched to a reported burglary in progress at a residence on Bay Street. Early last Friday morning, area… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — District Court in Ocean City was evacuated because of a suspicious package on Monday morning before the day’s proceedings even got started, but the building was given the all clear about 40 minutes later.Around 9 a.m. on Monday, a suspicious package was reported at District Court in Ocean City attached to the… Read more »