OCPD: HAGERSTOWN TEEN IN CUSTODY FOR ARMED ROBBERY

On June 10, 2015, at approximately 2:20 p.m. Ocean City police responded to the area of 27th Street and Baltimore Avenue for a reported armed robbery involving a handgun. Upon the arrival of officers, a group of individuals reported that they were the victims of an armed robbery inside a motel on 27th Street.

The victims reported that a male, who was accompanied by a group of other individuals, displayed a handgun and demanded money from each of the victims who all resisted. The group, including the suspect, then fled to a nearby hotel at 26th Street and Baltimore Avenue.

With assistance from the victims, officers were quickly able to determine which room the group had fled to and detained five individuals. The primary suspect who had been in possession of the handgun was later identified as Christian S. Gill, 16, of Hagerstown, MD. A search and seizure warrant was later executed on the hotel room in which a pellet gun, clothes matching the description of the suspect, marijuana and drug paraphernalia were seized. The investigation later revealed that this incident was a drug related robbery.

Ocean City police have charged Gill as an adult. His charges include armed robbery, robbery, first degree assault and theft of less than $1,000. Gill was seen by a Maryland District Court Commissioner and was initially transferred to the Worcester County Jail on $250,000 bond. After a bond review, he is now being held without bond.