The Ocean City Police Department is continuing to proactively keep drugs out of
Ocean City and away from the Ocean City boardwalk. This weekend, the OCPD
Narcotics Unit conducted two “buy/bust” operations. In all, two arrests were made
and a total of 24 grams of Marijuana was seized.
The first suspect, a 16-year-old juvenile, was arrested and charged with Distribution of Marijuana. The juvenile was in possession of 20 grams of Marijuana and $161.00 in U.S. Currency. The second incident resulted in the arrest, of a 15-year-old juvenile, who was arrested and charged with Distribution of Marijuana. This juvenile was in possession of 4 grams of Marijuana and $249.00 in U.S. Currency.
The Ocean City Police Department reminds citizens that buying and selling illegal
drugs on the boardwalk, or any other place in Ocean City, will not be tolerated. The
OCPD has officers patrolling in uniform, undercover and plain clothed capacities to
combat this type of behavior. Officers will continue to conduct operations throughout
Ocean City to assure that Ocean City is safe and free of drugs.
13 comments:
maybe the delmar police should go to ocean city, and take some classes. they may even learn how to deal with the drug behavior in delmar!!! ( chestnut manor apartments)
Wow, we are all truely safer now arent we.
Wow... busting people with 4 grams of pot? Seriously? The police MUST have more pressing things to do, seriously.
I'm not advocating illegal behavior here, but when they start patrolling for jay walkers, we'll know we hit rock bottom.
Thats what young tourists do-they come to OC to party-smoke weed and do keg stands all night-and lay on the beach all day.They have done it for decades and will do it for decades more.
Its the heroin problem on the Shore that worries me.
Buy bust operations are a solid and inexpensive way to nail street level drug dealers. There should be more of that in Salisbury!
Weed, Heroin, Cocaine,etc... Don't sell it, don't use it, don't die, don't get arrested! It's simple!!!
http://www.mdcoastdispatch.com/article.php?cid=30&id=6459
OC Drug Crackdown Nets Arrests
By Shawn J. Soper, News Editor
Originally published June 26, 2009
OCEAN CITY - Ocean City police this week reported the ongoing undercover drug reverse "buy/bust" operations are achieving the desired results with roughly six incidents resulting in eight arrests over the last two weekends including one that might have prevented a serious robbery and assault.
The OCPD has been targeting sales of illegal narcotics in the resort, particularly in the Boardwalk area, with an aggressive undercover operation during which officers make contact with suspected dealers and arrange to buy, or even sell in some case, illegal narcotics. Throughout the early summer, the operation has been relatively successful in the stated goal of combating the behavior and helping to assure Ocean City is safe and free of drugs.
Three such operations were carried out on Friday, June 12, during which four suspects were arrested. In those cases, undercover narcotics officers approached individuals suspected of dealing on the Boardwalk and inquired about purchasing illegal drugs. Arrested during that operation were Demetrick Lamont Richardson, 19, of York, Pa.; David Lee Crosby, 18, of Arnold, Md.; Michael Bernard Code, 27, of Salisbury; and Cortney Jamal Young, 21, of Greenwood, Del. Each was charged with possession and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
The following night, Saturday, June 13, narcotics detectives resumed their undercover operations on the Boardwalk. This time, one juvenile was arrested for possession and distribution of marijuana resulting in the recovery of 23 grams of the controlled dangerous substance. Also snared in the sting operation that night was Joshua Signore, 19, of Monroeville, Pa., who was charged with possession and distribution of marijuana.
On Sunday, June 14, OCPD narcotics detectives resumed their undercover drug buy operations on the Boardwalk. The officers made contact with a suspect later identified as Keir Andrew Christy, 20, of Lititz, Pa., and inquired about purchasing marijuana. Christy allegedly told police he had a friend, later identified as Kevin Ryan Gray, 19, of Trevose, Pa., who had a large amount of ecstasy he was selling. While Christy escorted the officers to meet with Gray, he informed the undercover detectives of his plan to rob Gray and steal his drugs and money. Christy went so far as to ask the undercover officers to assist him with the robbery and told the officers he was going to carry out his plan with or without their help, according to police reports.
Once the transaction was completed with Gray, the undercover officers arrested both Gray and Christy and charged them each with possession of CDS, distribution of CDS and conspiracy to distribute CDS. According to police reports, the operation was able to thwart a potentially serious assault on Gray by Christy. In addition, a total of 32 ecstasy pills, two Hydrocodone pills and over $200 in currency were seized during the operation.
Last Saturday, OCPD narcotics detectives resumed their undercover operations on the Boardwalk, this time employing a reverse "buy/bust" tactic. Instead of seeking to buy illegal drugs, the undercover cops offer counterfeit drugs, in this case marijuana, for sale. During this operation, the undercover narcotics officers were able to make two more arrests including Stephen Weaver, 18, of Pasadena, Md. along with a juvenile. Both were charged with possession of a non-controlled substance after purchasing the bogus marijuana from the undercover officers.
The OCPD took the occasion of its successful undercover operation to remind residents and visitors buying and selling illegal drugs on the Boardwalk, or anywhere else in Ocean City, is illegal and will not be tolerated. To that end, the OCPD has officers patrolling in uniform, undercover and in plainclothes capacities to combat the illegal behavior.
Idiots. They think they own their own bodies. Wake up! You do not own your own body. This is America. We will tell you what you can and cannot eat, drink and smoke. got it?
Decriminalize pot and see how much money it frees up for the states to pay bills with, locking people up for pot is stupid.
Legalize pot and you won't have to worry about developers gobbling up farmland anymore. Of course, you might have to put up with people you don't see as your social equals having a lot of cash- but that's nothing new.
Ditto Totmom
Legalize it all and stop arresting our children! In Amsterdam soft drugs are legalized and hard drugs are tolerated a bit more and guess what - less % of people do drugs in amsterdam than in america. It's all about values and the laws don't affect values in any way.
I don't believe for one minute that OCPD gives a damn if white kids smoke pot in penthouses. Why would they? I noticed that everyone busted in Joe's article about two weeks ago was GUD (geographically undesirable) but to keep things simple, let's call them DUD (demographically undesirable). Like everyone else, I would like to see OC live on as the magical place of my youth, where children could roam the streets at night in safety. Unless they were boys with long hair, and then they were at risk of being abducted and battered by firemen on vacation.
OC's battle has nothing to do with drugs. It is indeed fighting for its survival- but they need to find a better way to do it. One that isn't racist and doesn't prey on people due to their economic class. Community policing goes a long way towards this goal. Making police a revenue stream only inspires contempt for and by the public.
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