Cop Attacker Draws A Crowd

OCEAN CITY – An incident that began with the discovery of two men sleeping in their car on Edgewater Ave. last weekend led to the discovery one of them was wanted on an arrest warrant from Baltimore City and ended with the suspect attacking Ocean City police officers in front of a large crowd of… Read more »

Fight Leads To Weapons

OCEAN CITY – Two Pennsylvania men were arrested on weapons charges last Saturday after resort police observed them attempting to retaliate for an earlier fight.Ocean City police officers working plainclothes in the downtown area last Saturday witnessed two groups of people yelling at each other at a house on 8th Street and St. Louis Ave…. Read more »

Sunglass Theft Leads to Drug Bust

OCEAN CITY – A Pennsylvania man was arrested on drug charges late Saturday night after a Boardwalk T-shirt store clerk observed him stealing an $8 pair on sunglasses.On Saturday night, June 23, a clerk at the T-Shirt Factory on the Boardwalk contacted the OCPD about a shoplifter being observed in the store. The police responded… Read more »

Missing Man, Children Found

OCEAN CITY – A breaking story earlier this week involving a Montgomery County man who was reportedly headed to Ocean City where he planned to kill his two children and then himself had a happy ending of sorts when the suspect succumbed to authorities late Monday night after a massive search was initiated last Sunday.Ocean… Read more »

Fifth DUI Results in Injuries to Children

OCEAN CITY- A Parsonsburg man whose vehicle collided with another vehicle containing two small children on Coastal Highway near 62nd Street last Saturday night was found to be intoxicated and was arrested for driving while impaired, his fifth such arrest since 1990.Around 9:00 p.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police responded to a vehicle accident on… Read more »

Boating Hit-and-Run Probed

OCEAN CITY – Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) is investigating an incident in the bay on Monday night when one boat collided with another and briefly ejected its passengers before picking them up and fleeing the scene.Around 11 p.m. on Memorial Day, a 1993, 25-foot inboard-outboard speed boat with four people on board, including the… Read more »

Suspected Rape Case Forwarded to Circuit

OCEAN CITY- A Baltimore man arrested in April for allegedly raping a woman in an Ocean City motel had his case forwarded to Circuit Court this week after District Court Judge Danny Mumford found there was probable cause after reviewing testimony in a preliminary hearing in District Court.Ernest Wesley Smith, 53, of Baltimore, was in… Read more »

Locals Face Marijuana Charges

Locals Face Marijuana Charges

OCEAN CITY – Three out of the four locals, ranging in age from 20 to 23, arrested on drug charges back in February after neighbors called police to complain of loud music coming from a nearby house each faced trial Monday in different forms.According to court records, it was around 4:20 a.m. on Feb. 23… Read more »