OCPD MAKES ARREST IN PHARMACY BURGLARY WITH HELP OF RxPATROL®/CRIME STOPPERS TIP

As a result of anonymous tips received in response to a reward offered by RxPatrol/Crime Stoppers, Ocean City Police recently arrested a man suspected of burglarizing Bailey’s Pharmacy on January 3, 2011. William Keith Freeman, 25, of Ocean City, was arrested in connection with the burglary that occurred at Bailey’s Pharmacy, in addition to several other burglaries spanning across two states and four different jurisdictions.

The Ocean City Police Department teamed up with RxPATROL/Crime Stoppers on February 4, 2011 to ask for the public’s assistance in investigating this pharmacy burglary. A cash reward of up to $2,500 was offered for information that could help the police with their investigation. The cash reward is donated by pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma L.P., which developed and funds RxPATROL.

Freeman was arrested by the Ocean City Police Department on February 8, 2011 and charged with nine counts of burglary, three counts of theft, malicious destruction of property, possession of controlled dangerous substance and possession of paraphernalia.

After being seen by an Ocean City District Court Commissioner, Freeman was transferred to Worcester County Jail