OCEAN CITY POLICE K9 ASSISTS WITH ARREST OF BURGLARY SUSPECTS

On Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at approximately9:20 p.m., Ocean City Police responded to the area ofAssawoman Drivefor a possible burglary in progress. When officers arrived, they observed a broken window and witnessed people running to the back of the house.

Officers knocked on the door of the residence several times; however, none of the suspects came to the door. Numerous attempts by officers to have the suspects exit the residence were unsuccessful, at which time Ocean City Police deployed a K9 team into the residence. While inside the residence, officers and K9 Jaxx came to a locked bedroom door in the rear of the unit. After ordering the suspects to open the door, police located five individuals.

Three suspects were identified as Mark Eric Moore, 21, of Odenton, MD, Nikolas Jacob Keene, 19, of Gambrills, MD and Sarah Renee Otis, 19, of Chester, MD. Two of the suspects were juveniles. All five were arrested and charged with third degree burglary, fourth degree burglary and malicious destruction of property. At the time of this release, Moore, Keene and Otis were awaiting an initial appearance in front of an Ocean City District Court Commissioner, while the two juvenile subjects have been released to the custody of their parents