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Sunday, June 22, 2014

VIGILANT RESIDENT LEADS OFFICERS TO BURGLARY SUSPECTS

On June 15, 2014, at approximately 1:30 p.m. Ocean City officers were dispatched to the area of Teal Drive in reference to suspicious circumstances after a vigilant resident approached a nearby Public Safety Aide working an OC Air Show traffic detail. The resident told the Public Safety Aide that he had seen three suspicious individuals peering into area homes.

Upon arrival, officers located a vehicle in which the resident believed the suspicious individuals were travelling.  Through the initial investigation, officers determined the vehicle to be stolen out of Montgomery County, Maryland. The officers quickly located three of the suspicious individuals who were seen exiting the vehicle and each was arrested for theft of the motor vehicle. These suspects, all from Washington, DC, were identified as: Christopher H. Bussey, 25; Dominique A. Burton, 19; and Shinecia D. Mercer, 19. An Investigator with the Ocean City Fire Marshal’s Office also assisted with the investigation and located and arrested a fourth suspect, a female, which officers linked to the stolen vehicle in the area of 20th Street and Philadelphia Avenue. She was later identified as Heather A. Haire, 25, also of Washington, DC.

While officers were on scene, two residents reported burglaries to their homes in the area of Teal Drive where electronics and jewelry totaling approximately $60,000, and several other items had been stolen. Many of these items were either recovered from the stolen vehicle, in the suspect’s possession or discarded by the suspects in the area.  During the subsequent investigation, officers developed a fifth suspect and still had not located some of the electronics and stolen jewelry.
At approximately 6:40 p.m., officers responded to the area of 32nd Street and Baltimore Avenue for a report of a stolen vehicle.  Believing these incidents may be related, officers quickly broadcast lookouts for the fifth suspect and the stolen vehicle to surrounding jurisdictions.

At approximately 9 p.m., Ocean City Detectives learned that the Maryland State Police and Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office were involved in a vehicle pursuit near Hebron, Maryland involving the vehicle that had recently been reported stolen from 32nd Street. The pursuit ended in a single vehicle crash. The driver was transported to Peninsula Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the stolen vehicle was later identified as Joshua Robinson-Gripper, 22, also of Washington, DC.  Additionally, inside the stolen vehicle Ocean City Detectives recovered electronics and jewelry stolen during the burglaries.

Ocean City Police have charged Bussey, Burton, Haire, Mercer and Robinson-Gripper with multiple theft and burglary charges. All four suspects were seen by a Maryland District Court Commissioner. Bussey, Burton, Haire and Mercer are currently being held at the Ocean City Public Safety Building on $75,000 bond. Robinson-Gripper is being held by the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office on $100,000 bond.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is the kind of trash coming down here from across the bay!

Anonymous said...

Family resort town. NOT!

Anonymous said...

I agree but we have our own trash to take out too...

Anonymous said...

They've crapped up their own neighborhoods and now they want to come to OC and infest that with crime. They are so uncivilized. Don't insult trash 3:46. Even trash has more value than these foul people who never evolved into civilized human beings.

Anonymous said...

1:00 pm in the afternoon, stupid is as stupid does!

Anonymous said...

Hood rats from D.C.

Anonymous said...

OC has always been a destination for the western shore however in the old days it was for the wealthy and middle class working families. There aren't many of them anymore and the wealthy go elsewhere now. I'm glad I sold my OC property in 2006 before the crash.

Anonymous said...

What are these people doing in OC!

Anonymous said...

Excellent police work!

Anonymous said...


Noted earlier in the day the 5th one was released from Wico County. That bird will have flown.

Worc County is hanging onto 4 of them in order to prosecute.

Anonymous said...

Teal Dr? Oh boy, now they're going after the rich folk. Maybe now, things will change in OC. For years, all the powers-that-be have denied that the tourists in OC have changed radically. It used to be Muffy and Biff pushing the stroller down the boards, kids in tow...old folks strolling and telling stories of the old days. Not these days. Get off the boards before dark!

Anonymous said...

They know they can come here, drive in excess of 100mph, wrecklessly, against traffic... AND WALK AWAY!!! UNSECURED!!! And, on the way, you can pick up some great heroin!!! What's not to love!!!

Anonymous said...

The same thing happened here 2 weeks ago. You never heard of it but I'd like to thank the 2 responsible for capturing a gang of juvvies bent on robbing yet another residence. They just gave description of a "suspicious acting" character. Caught the next day trying to rob, again. Search warrant revealed tons of stolen articles, some stolen just the day before!

Anonymous said...

If neighbors hadn't been alert and vigilant, these bottom feeders wouldn't have been noticed or bothered. Same for the little weasels that were doing B&Es and burglaries in the Camden area a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to those people who saw and reported.

Keep an eye on your neighborhood. Report suspicious people and activities. Ask your neighbors to do the same.

Anonymous said...

One more thing 11:01 am - arm yourselves and get training.