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Friday, July 04, 2014

Ocean City Police Records ‘Calmer June Than Most’; Serious Crimes Down 5% In 2014

OCEAN CITY — With the calendar flipping over to July this week, a look back at June 2014 revealed the month was decidedly quieter than its counterpart last year, with far fewer high-profile, violent crimes.

While the Ocean City Police Department’s crime statistics for June 2014 have not been finalized, anecdotally, the month was relatively quiet compared to June 2013, which saw a double shooting, multiple stabbings and other serious crimes including several armed robberies. Last month saw its fair share of serious crimes including a couple of first-degree assault cases and a violent attack on an Ocean City municipal bus driver, for example.

There were the usual crimes associated with the arrival of recent high school graduates for their annual Senior Week festivities. An unsanctioned “College Beach Takeover” event earlier in the month, which created major crime problems in Virginia Beach a year earlier, was also relatively quiet, thanks in large part to an aggressive enforcement campaign carried out by the OCPD and allied law enforcement agencies.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Only because not many people can afford to go there anymore. The numbers of tourist are way down, but they continue to go by the crapper system, so everything is hunky dory!