OCEAN CITY — A Baltimore man was arrested for possessing multiple dangerous and deadly weapons early Wednesday morning after a routine drunk-driving traffic stop in north Ocean City.Around 1:20 a.m. on Wednesday, an OCPD officer was on patrol in the area of 128th Street and Assawoman Drive and observed a vehicle approaching from the opposite… Read more »
Category: Cops & Courts
Nephew Charged With Burglarizing Uncle
OCEAN CITY — A Delaware man was arrested last week on first-degree burglary and other charges after an investigation connected him to the theft of a silver bar and old coins he allegedly swiped from his uncle’s Ocean City residence before pawning them in area shops.Last June 12, an OCPD officer responded to a residence… Read more »
Major Dealer Busted
WEST OCEAN CITY- Multiple law enforcement agencies last week teamed up on the arrest of an alleged significant heroin dealer operating in Worcester and lower Delaware at a parking lot in West Ocean City.Last week, the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team initiated a joint heroin distribution investigation with the Delaware State Police, the Sussex Drug… Read more »
30 Days For Resisting Arrest
SNOW HILL — A local man, arrested in December after allegedly threatening to kill a former Ocean City Council candidate with a hammer in an incident when he was nearly tased by resort police, pleaded guilty last week to resisting arrest and was sentenced to 30 days in jail.Around 5:45 p.m. last Dec. 18, an… Read more »
Sign Thieves Sought
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects who stole multiple signs belonging to the resort from the downtown area back on Feb. 8.Surveillance footage of the area of Chicago Ave. between 3rd and 4th streets shows around 10:20 p.m. on Feb. 8, two unknown individuals… Read more »
Robber Sentenced
SNOW HILL — The third of three suspects arrested in September on strong-arm robbery and other charges after jumping a store employee on the side of Route 50 in West Ocean City was sentenced to seven years in jail, all but six months of which was then suspended.Around 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 3, 2014, Maryland… Read more »
14 Days For Brick Attack
SNOW HILL — A Bishopville man, arrested last June after striking another man in the head with a brick, was found guilty last week of second-degree assault and was sentenced to one year in jail, all but 14 days of which were suspended.Last June 18, Worcester County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the area of… Read more »
Woman Charged For Resort Theft Scheme
OCEAN CITY — A Salisbury woman faces theft and other charges this week after allegedly making fraudulent payments to her own accounts from a resort restaurant last year.Last August, OCPD Criminal Investigation Division detectives began an investigation into a theft scheme after a resort restaurant reported fraudulent transactions to a financial account. The investigation revealed… Read more »
Two Plead Guilty In WOC Robbery
SNOW HILL — Two of three Washington, D.C. residents arrested last September on strong-armed robbery and other charges after assaulting a store employee along the side of Route 50 in West Ocean City before fleeing in a vehicle with four young children inside pleaded guilty last week to robbery.Around 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 3, 2014,… Read more »
Church Break-In Probed
NEWARK — The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office this week is seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect or suspects who broke into a Newark church last Friday and stole a keyboard and amplifier.Last Friday, the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Williams AME Church in Newark for a reported burglary complaint. Deputies met… Read more »