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Ocean City Today
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
POLICE/COURTS Continued from Page 53 bag contained a handgun, according to police. Ayala told officers everyone in the truck was aware that there were two handguns in the truck, including Engle. He also told police that the truck belonged to his boss, as did the guns.
Adderall and Xanax Russell Kyle Brooks, 31, of Kingsville, Maryland was arrested by Ocean City Police at approximately 7 p.m. on Sept. 4 near the Caroline Street bathrooms on the Boardwalk and charged with possession of drugs. Police said Brooks’ father was stopped for walking a dog on the boards, and the father told officers the dog belonged to his son and that the paperwork could be provided to show it was a service dog. The father took officers to his son, who was near the Caroline Street bathrooms, and Brooks provided them with a piece of paper showing it was a service dog, though it was not approved through Americans with Disabilities Act, police said. Brooks told officers it was for his anxiety. Officers then told Brooks to remove the dog from the Boardwalk, and he became combative, police said. When Brooks provided the officers with identification, police said, a plastic bag was seen in his pocket. Brooks told officers he had a prescription for the pills in the bag, including Clonazepam, a controlled dangerous substance. The bag also contained Adderall and Xanax. When asked to provide proof of a prescription for the pills, Brooks failed, and he was placed under arrest. “I’m gonna be in jail for 15 years,” he told police. “This is gonna violate my probation.”
Driving on pills Austin Yates John Harrill, 23, of Ocean City was arrested by Ocean City Police at 12:29 a.m. on Sept. 5 near 25th Street and charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance. Police stopped Harrill for a traffic violation and during questioning, officers spotted several loose pills and several prescription medications bottles throughout the vehicle. Harrill told officers he was taking Oxycodone and five other medications. After an investigation, Harrill was found to be under the influence of a controlled substance, though he refused to perform any field sobriety tests or submit to an alcohol concentration test.
Cocaine and a knife Maria Delmar Diaz, 26, of Philadel-
phia was arrested by Ocean City Police at approximately 10 p.m. on Sept. 6 near 12th Street and charged with possession of drugs, paraphernalia, and a fighting knife. Police said Diaz was the passenger of a vehicle that was stopped for a traffic violation and when officers approached, marijuana emanated from the vehicle. All the occupants were ordered out of the car, and when Diaz got out, she became nervous and started checking her pockets until she pulled out a roach. Diaz told officers that the roach was the reason for searching the car to stop the officer from searching the front seat passenger area, according to court documents. A search of a backpack in Diaz’s possession contained a spring-assisted knife, a clear plastic baggie with four individual baggies of cocaine, and a razor blade with what police believed was cocaine residue on it.
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Marijuana distribution Brandon Ramsey Fogle, 19, of Frederica, Delaware, and Darron Russell Leager, 20, of Delmar, Delaware were arrested by Ocean City Police at 1:38 a.m. on Sept. 12 near Third Street and charged with possession of more than 10 grams of marijuana and intent to distribute. Police said Fogle was stopped for a traffic infraction and when officers approached the vehicle, they smelled marijuana. Fogle was the driver of the car, po-
lice said, and as he gathered his license and registration, the officers noticed the smell of marijuana get stronger and spotted marijuana scattered throughout the car. Fogle told officers his license was suspended until he was 21, a result of getting a DUI at 15. Police conducted a search of the car and found a black leather bag between Leager’s legs containing rubber bands, more than 10 grams of marijuana in a plastic bag, two small scales, and a large amount of clear plastic bags. In the trunk, police also found well over 10 grams of marijuana. Both men were placed under arrest.
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Wrong way driver Jason Scott Howells, 36, of Elmira, New York was arrested by Ocean city Police at 12:54 a.m. on Sept. 8 near 139th Street and charged with possession of drugs and various other charges. Police stopped Howells after he was seen driving south in the northbound lanes of Coastal Highway, nearly causing a motor vehicle accident. His also had a suspended license Polices said they smelled marijuana coming from the car and during a search found four packages of Suboxone sublingual film in his wallet and an open bottle of beer in the center console.
Heroin possession Jamie Lynn Mills, 43, of Ocean City was arrested by Ocean City Police at 6:17 p.m. on Sept. 10 near Fourth Street and charged with possession of drugs and paraphernalia. Police stopped Mills after conducting a license plate check and found that Mills’ license was suspended. Mills told police she had just cleaned a unit at a hotel near 84th Street and that she needed to go back for her purse, police said. In the meantime, a call from the unit Mills said she had just cleaned advised police that there were needles, bags of drugs, and an identification card in the room. Police said the identification card was Mills’, and the drugs included two pills of Clonazepam and three bundles of heroin. The bundles contained 45 individual wax paper folds, police added, and was packaged in a way to be sold. When Mills arrived at the hotel, she was placed under arrest for possession of controlled dangerous sub-
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