Lazy Lizard fire went to third alarm as Ocean City fought to gain control; two trapped were rescued

Three victims were treated on scene for non-life threatening injuries and later transported to area hospitals, including two members of the Ocean City Fire Department. One additional patient was treated and released on the scene. The initial damage assessment indicates that the majority of the fire damage was on the third floor.

Amtrak expands service directly to Norfolk for direct connection to all points north and south

Norfolk residents can experience the return of reliable train service to the city. For the first time in 35 years, Amtrak train service will originate in Norfolk, with new departures connecting passengers to destinations north of the city, giving our travelers more benefits while the existing Amtrak bus service between Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Newport News continues to run.

Ocean City Restaurant Robbed by Employee Who Had “An App for That”!

OCEAN CITY, MD. — (February 8, 2015) – In the old days, employees at various bars and restaurants would simply slip money out of the till when no one was looking.

Then business owners wised up and put in cameras to catch thieves in the act of pilfering bucks out of the cash register or stealing product and taking it out the back door and hiding it with the trash to retrieve later.

Now, police say that a simple app on a smart phone designed to accept credit card payments from customers was used to scam over two thousand bucks from an Ocean City restaurant.

This crew likes fast robberies in the best places in town; task force seeks help in giving them a home in the pen

The Baltimore FBI Violent Crimes Task Force is offering a reward for information leading to arrests in a string of robberies in Baltimore. Investigators believe two or three men are involved; one goes into the store to do the actual robbery while the others wait in the getaway car. They hit three businesses in one night on November 15, 2014.
•Royal Farms: 2050 Fleet Street in Baltimore, Maryland at 12:45 a.m.
•Royal Farms: 4820 O’Donnell Street in Baltimore, Maryland at 1:07 a.m.
•7-Eleven: 1769 Washington Blvd. in Baltimore, Maryland at 1:14 a.m.

Constitutional Amendment: voters told politicians to keep their cotton-pickin’ hands off transportation trust fund after years of raiding by Democrats for pet projects

Constitutional Amendment: voters told politicians to keep their cotton-pickin’ hands off transportation trust fund after years of raiding by Democrats for pet projects

2nd man drowns in rip tides at Ocean City in one day

OCEAN CITY, MD. (Sept. 17, 2014) — After a busy afternoon on the beach when members of the Ocean City Beach Patrol were preparing to call it a day after pulling five people out of rip currents, including one man who died, when one an off-duty lifeguard noticed a body boarder in distress in the area of 12th Street and the beach who soon became the second fatality in one day.

Rip currents sweep 5 swimmers; 1 dead as lifeguards and EMS pulled them to shore

Ocean City police and fire departments, including the OCFD’s rescue swimmers, also responded to assist. Two of the victims required medical attention and were transported to Atlantic General Hospital by Ocean City EMS. The first victim, a 19-year-old male, was transported with non-life threatening injuries; however, the second victim, a 52-year-old male victim from Huntingdon, PA, was pronounced deceased at approximately 1:30 p.m. at the hospital.

Daylight robbery of Rehoboth Beach jewelry store – thugs go to the beach!

But one of the men along with the woman ran from the store, headed south through Penny Lane Mall, Lt. Sullivan says. The third suspect with the jewelry in his possession also fled, but he ran west on Rehoboth Avenue after a brief struggle with the clerk who attempted to restrain him by holding his shirt.

He is described as a black man about 6′ tall with short hair in his mid to late 30’s. He wore a dark purple polo shirt and dark-colored dress pants. Police described the second suspect as a black male with short hair about 6′ tall, average build, wearing a blue polo shirt with horizontal stripes and dark-colored dress pants. The third suspect is a black female who was about 5′ 6″ and wearing a wig with hair that was tampered to the collar. She wore a brown shirt and slacks.

Murder USA: Cops charge Caleb Ochse and Christopher Kendall in murder of Justin Daniel Cancelliere

(August 25, 2014) – According to Ocean City Maryland Police, on August 24, 2014, at approximately 3:12 a.m. Ocean City police were dispatched to area of 109 North Atlantic Avenue to assist Ocean City EMS, for a victim of an assault that had already occurred. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male that was unconscious and unresponsive in the parking lot of an area hotel.

First responders from the Ocean City Police and Fire Departments initiated emergency lifesaving procedures on the victim and transported him to Atlantic General Hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased. The victim has been identified as Justin Daniel Cancelliere, 37, North Whitehall, PA.