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<h2>OCEAN CITY POLICE BEAT Four hit with gun and drug charges</h2>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">OCEAN CITY, MD – (December 16, 2016): Ocean City Police report that an investigation into an illegal gun sale resulted in the arrest of four suspects charged with various weapon and drug violations.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Police say that on December 13, 2016, detectives of the Ocean City Police Department Criminal Investigation Division and the Worcester County Sheriff’s Criminal Enforcement Team initiated an investigation into Bennett T. McNeil III, 26, of Ocean City, in reference to the illegal sale of a stolen .22 caliber Smith &; Wesson revolver. The investigation revealed that McNeil had allegedly stolen the revolver from a vehicle in West Ocean City and was attempting to sell it.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ocean City detectives working in an undercover capacity contacted McNeil and arranged a meeting to purchase the revolver later that evening. When McNeil arrived at the meeting place near Sunset Drive and Philadelphia Avenue, he was immediately arrested along with three others who were in the vehicle at the time of the incident. The three additional suspects were identified as Arno R. Arndt, 57, of Snow Hill; Patricia L. Miller, 52, of Bishopville; and Jenna L. Vermillion, 24, of Ocean City.</span></p>
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<h2>As a result of this search warrant, the suspects were linked to a number of other thefts from vehicles in the Ocean City, West Ocean City, Ocean Pines and Glen Riddle areas.</h2>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Upon arrest, officers contacted the Maryland State Police and the Ocean Pines Police Department who were both investigating multiple thefts from vehicles. Their detectives conducted interviews and follow-up investigations which led to a search warrant being conducted at a residence in West Ocean City. As a result of this search warrant, the suspects were linked to a number of other thefts from vehicles in the Ocean City, West Ocean City, Ocean Pines and Glen Riddle areas.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">McNeil and Arndt have been charged with illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of ammunition, possession of a stolen regulated firearm, possessing a handgun in a vehicle, and possessing a handgun on person. Miller and Vermillion have been charged with possession of heroin and possession of paraphernalia.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Each suspect was seen by a Maryland District Court Commissioner and transferred to the Worcester County Jail. McNeil was given a $50,000 bond, Arndt was given a $25,000 bond, Miller was given a $7,500 bond, and Vermillion was given a $40,000 bond.</span></p>