OCEAN CITY – A Lewes, Del. man was in custody this week after allegedly raping a friend’s girlfriend in a resort hotel early Wednesday morning.The suspect, Damon Mays, 34, of Lewes, was staying with friends at a hotel on 59th Street in Ocean City after the three had been out drinking earlier in the evening…. Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A bizarre incident unfolded on the Boardwalk last week when a man reportedly rubbed his exposed penis on a woman’s buttocks without her permission and urinated on a retail store’s rack of clothes.On June 5, around 5:50 p.m., Ocean City Police Officer Shawn Beach responded to an indecent exposure report in front… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The proprietor of the Greene Turtle on 116th Street is offering a $500 reward for the safe return of a large turtle sculpture stolen from a small courtyard along side the building early last Saturday morning.The turtle sculpture, which was been the centerpiece of the outside garden area along Jamestown Rd. for… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- A Whaleyville man was arrested on first-degree assault charges last weekend after allegedly threatening a local woman with a knife in front of her child in the parking lot of her place of employment at a north end shopping mall. Shortly before 4 p.m. last Friday, OCPD officers responded to Gold Coast Liquors… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- A Powellville man was arrested on an open warrant following a brief foot chase by resort police after which he was found hiding under a bathroom sink.Around 6 p.m. last Thursday, an OCPD officer on routine patrol in an unmarked car around 4th Street observed a Chevy Cavalier with a man behind the… Read more »
BERLIN – The juvenile driver of a retired police car still equipped with lights and sirens was arrested last week after driving aggressively and attempting to stop other motorists.Last Wednesday evening, Maryland State Police were cooperating with Berlin police in an effort to locate a gray Ford Crown Victoria with dark tinted windows reported to… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Two people were injured in an early Monday morning single-vehicle accident involving a Jeep Liberty SUV that rolled several times before miraculously coming to rest back on its wheels.Around 2 a.m. on Monday, Ocean City police and paramedics responded to the scene of a single-vehicle accident on Coastal Highway at 50th Street…. Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A three-month undercover narcotics investigation carried out by the OCPD ended in the bust of two Ocean City brothers last week.During the investigation, undercover narcotics officers made three marijuana purchases from one of the suspects, Caleb Ochse, 21, of Ocean City. The officers then obtained an arrest warrant for Ochse and a… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City man was arrested on assault and disorderly conduct charges last weekend after allegedly striking his girlfriend after a dispute in a West Ocean City bar.Shortly after midnight last Sunday, Maryland State Police troopers responded to a residence on Old Bridge Rd. in West Ocean City for a reported… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A two-month drug distribution investigation carried out by the Ocean City Police Department’s Narcotics Division resulted last week in a significant drug bust in the resort.The two-month investigation culminated in the arrest of Marvin Jefferson Mitchell, 24, of Ocean City last Wednesday when an undercover OCPD narcotics detective purchased an undisclosed amount… Read more »