OCEAN CITY — Maryland State Police (MSP) criminal investigators are conducting an investigation into the death of a local man in the custody of the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) early Tuesday morning.The victim, identified as Byron Tunnell, 28, of Ocean City, had been arrested by OCPD fleeing from a traffic stop and was taken… Read more »

OCEAN PINES – Flooding concerns dominated last week’s meeting of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors.Following heavy rains in early August, several residents entreated the board to find a solution to flooding in the Pines. Rhonda Holson said her home had been flooded three times during the past six years.“Now my foundation is cracked,”… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — A foreign J-1 student trapped in a trash compactor at a north-end hotel last Saturday night suffered a broken pelvis and is on the mend, but will likely require multiple surgeries.Around 5 p.m. last Friday, Ocean City emergency services responded to a reported individual trapped in a commercial trash compactor at the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — An Pennsylvania man had to be tased twice last week after launching into an expletive-laced tirade at police who were investigating an incident when the suspect’s wife was allegedly struck by the Boardwalk tram.Around 7 p.m. last Thursday, the Boardwalk tram was making a turn toward the loop around the pier when… Read more »

SNOW HILL — For the second year in a row, the Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office has achieved the highest conviction rate for driving under the influence cases in Maryland.The data is collected and compiled by the Maryland State’s Attorney’s Association each year. The association tracks the overall success rate on drunk-driving cases for each… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Discussions on technology that could send text alerts to the Ocean City Police Department in emergency situations were placed on the back burner this week after officials concluded the resort’s current system could not handle texting capability.In a Police Commission meeting Monday, Councilman Dennis Dare, chair of the commission, introduced the topic… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — With a little good timing and perhaps some divine intervention, a local Good Samaritan helped save an unconscious 24-year-old Pennsylvania last week after he dove from a bulkhead into shallow water in the bay at 14th Street.Around 10:50 a.m. last Thursday, the Ocean City Police Department and the Ocean City Fire Department… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — It was no surprise the Ocean City Council on Monday approved a referendum question regarding binding interest arbitration for the resort’s firefighter-paramedics for the next municipal election in November 2018, but the ease in which the elected officials reached the decision certainly was.Last week, with the clock ticking on a decision by… Read more »