Published July 04, 2008
OCEAN CITY - A major riot involving hundreds at a downtown underage nightclub on the Fourth of July provided fireworks of a different sort as 15 arrests were made and three Ocean City police officers were injured in a fight attributed to gang activity.
Around 9:20 p.m. last Friday, as thousands of vacationers and residents scrambled to safety from a severe storm after the fireworks display downtown concluded, OCPD officers responded to the H20 underage nightclub on Worcester Street for a...
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Published July 04, 2008
OCEAN CITY- Ocean City Police this week are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a young woman on the beach near 109th Street early last Friday morning.
The 19-year-old Salisbury woman was collecting shells on the beach near 109th Street around 5:30 a.m. last Friday morning when an unidentified man grabbed her from behind and threw her to the ground. The suspect, who was reportedly much larger than the victim, then sat on her chest, forced her mouth open with his hands and inserted his...
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Published July 04, 2008
SNOW HILL- A Pocomoke man is in custody in Virginia this week awaiting extradition to Worcester County for threatening to drive a truck full of explosives into the county government building in Snow Hill to avoid a scheduled court date last week.
Last Tuesday, July 1, the Worcester County Circuit Court received a letter stating an elite special forces unit from Saudi Arabia was going to drive a truck full of C-4 explosives into a government building. The letter stated the terrorist attacks were...
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Published July 04, 2008
OCEAN CITY - Twenty years ago, a little piece of Jamaica came to Ocean City in the form of a small bayside bar, promising a 'seacret' spot for locals only and those that wished they were.
Owner Leighton Moore was inspired to open Seacrets, Jamaica U.S.A 20 years ago, when a trip to Jamaica changed his life forever. After dropping out of high school, Moore took the chance to travel, ultimately ending up in Jamaica. 'I fell in love with it instantly,' said Moore.
After weighing his options and...
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