Salisbury Police Department Press Releases

On November 10, 2010 at approximately 1:14 am, Officers of the Salisbury Police received a call to respond to a residence on Georgia Avenue in Salisbury for the report of a burglary in progress. While responding to the scene, officers were given a description of a possible vehicle that the suspects were using to leave the scene. Officers located and stopped the vehicle, and made contact with below suspect # 1, who was the driver. During the traffic stop the officers received consent to search the vehicle and located a loaded handgun beneath one of the seats in addition to a smoking device containing suspected "crack"/cocaine. Suspect # 1 along with below suspect # 2, the passenger, were both taken into custody. The victim of the burglary refused to cooperate in the investigation of the attempted burglary.

ARRESTED #1: Thomas Alphonso Broughton, 42 years of age
Seaford, Delaware
ARRESTED #2: Shamar Ralee Cropper, 19 years of age
Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES (Both): Possession of a handgun
Carrying a handgun in a vehicle
Transporting a handgun on person
Possession of cocaine
Possession of Cds/paraphernalia

DISPOSITION: Both released to Central Booking
CC # 201000044587


On November 10, 2010 at approximately 8:36 am, Officers of the Salisbury Police received a call to respond to a residence on the 300 block of Carrolton Avenue for the report of a burglary in progress. Upon arrival, the officers found that the four below listed suspects had broken into an unoccupied dwelling.

ARRESTED#1: Juvenile, 16 years of age
Salisbury, Maryland
ARRESTED #2: Juvenile, 16 years of age
Salisbury, Maryland
ARRESTED #3: Juvenile, 14 years of age
Salisbury, Maryland
ARRESTED #4: Juvenile, 13 years of age
Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES: Suspects # 1 and # 2 were charged with:
Fourth degree burglary
Trespassing
Truancy
Suspects # 3 and # 4 were charged with:
Fourth degree burglary
Trespassing
Resisting arrest
Failure to obey a lawful order
DISPOSITION: Suspects # 1, #2 and # 3 were released to
Juvenile detention
Suspect # 4 was released to a parent
CC # 201000044602

On November 10, 2010 at approximately 7:58 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police received a call to respond to the area of the Giant Food Store for the report of a robbery. While responding to the scene, officers were given a description of four (4) suspects. Officers responding to the scene located the below listed four (4) suspects in an area just south of the Giant Store and detained the suspects. The suspects were positively identified by witnesses to the robbery and taken into custody. The officers were advised by the victim that while walking away from the store he was approached by the four (4) suspects. Two (2) of the suspects then struck him in the head area with rocks or concrete, and all of the suspects took the contents of his pockets before fleeing. A search of the suspects incident to arrest revealed a quantity of suspected marijuana.

ARRESTED #1: Ashalom O’keefe Johnson, 21 years of age
Salisbury, Maryland
ARRESTED #2: Kevmonta Lamar Stanley, 20 years of age
Cambridge, Maryland
ARRESTED #3: Joseph Lamar Johnson, 23 years of age
Cambridge, Maryland
ARRESTED #4: Keith Lamont Dawson, 19 years of age
Cambridge, Maryland
CHARGES (All): Armed robbery
Robbery
First degree assault
Second degree assault
Reckless endangerment
Theft
Possession of a deadly weapon
Possession of marijuana
Possession of cds/paraphernalia


DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking
CC # 201000044656