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Monday, February 09, 2009

Salisbury Police Department Press Releases

On February 5, 2009 at approximately 1:15 am, Officers of the Salisbury Police Department were on routine foot patrol in the area of the Downtown Plaza and observed the below listed suspect acting in a suspicious manner. The officers made contact with the suspect and the suspect attempted to discard a small bag. The bag was recovered and was found to contain a quantity of suspected marijuana.

ARRESTED: Walter Richard White, 45 years of age Salisbury, Maryland

CHARGES: Possession of marijuana

DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking CC # 200900003890

On January 29, 2009, Officers of the Salisbury Police Department received a call to respond to the Royal Farm Store on N. Salisbury Boulevard for the report of a stolen motor vehicle. Upon arrival the officers met with the below listed suspect # 1. Suspect # 1 advised the officers that he had left his vehicle unattended and running as he entered the Royal Farms convenience store. The suspect continued that as he exited the store, he found that his vehicle had been stolen and was missing. A short time later, the vehicle was located and stopped by the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office. The deputy made contact with the driver of the vehicle, below listed suspect # 2. Suspect # 2 advised that he had been with suspect # 1 at a local hotel the previous day, and had been given the vehicle to use by suspect # 1.

ARRESTED #1: Jorma John Wilson, 23 years of age Berlin, Maryland

CHARGES: False report to a police officer

ARRESTED #2: Jeremy Scott Taylor, 41 years of age Berlin, Maryland

CHARGES: Theft of a motor vehicle

DISPOSITION: Both released to Central Booking CC # 200900003898

5 comments:

emo said...
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emo said...

If suspect #2 was charged with vehicle theft, how could suspect #1 be charged with filing a false report?

Anonymous said...

i love this...SPD now doing press releases on the actions of the WCSO...hopefully this begins the merge of the 2 agencies

Anonymous said...

Wilson what a Dumb ASS. He should of also been issued a citation for leaving a vehicle unattended while running.

Anonymous said...

Looks to me like the investigating officer(s) didn't believe the story that either guy was giving them. It appears like the old shotgun approach was taken: throw all the sh t in the bag against the wall and what sticks to the wall in the end is what they'll proceed to court with. Hint: If you haven't already done so and the store has a security camera outside viewing the vehicles that pull up to the front of the store, see if the footage shows suspect #1pulling up to the store as he reported.

And I agree with the other poster, charge the guy with leaving an unattended vehicle. There was nothing I enjoyed doing more, especially on winter days then driving through shopping centers and into parking lots of convenience stores looking for the freaking morons that kept their vehicles running while they ran into the store. For those never in law enforcement that think better things could be done with an officer's time, besides the obvious risks of leaving an unattended vehicle running, if a robbery of the establishment, or other crime occurred in the immediate area, and the suspect(s) were initially on foot, some helpful motorist has just provided the bad guys with a getaway vehicle, all warm and cozy inside and ready to go. Now instead of looking for suspects on foot, a potentially fatal chase could now ensue. There's usually a good reason for everything a patrol officer does, except think he/she's is above the law by exceeding the speed limit while on routine patrol.