On April 4, 2024, Pasco L. Allen, Jr., age 75, of Berlin, Maryland, was convicted of distribution of child pornography and sentenced by the Honorable Brian D. Shockley to 5 years of incarceration with all but 1 year suspended. The Court placed Allen on 3 years of supervised probation upon his release and required him to register as a Tier II sex offender for a period of 25 years and to submit a DNA sample.
The charges stem from a cybertip sent by the National Center for Missing and...
On April 5, 2024, Michael Edward Ebert, a 53-year-old resident of Sykesville, Maryland, was sentenced to serve 3 years in the Division of Corrections after being convicted causing life threatening injury while operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. The Honorable Brian D. Shockley of the Worcester County Circuit Court imposed the sentence, suspending all but 1 year of active incarceration and placing Ebert on 5 years of supervised probation upon release.
The charges...
On Friday, April 5, 2024, Jackson Perry, 18 years old of Gainesville, Virginia was sentenced to five years of incarceration for reckless endangerment and possession of a knife. Perry will be on probation for three years after he serves his sentence. The Honorable Beau H. Oglesby of the Worcester County Circuit Court imposed the sentence.
The charges stemmed from a stabbing that happened near the 7900 block of Coastal Highway in Ocean City. Just after midnight on June 7, 2023, Ocean...
On March 14, 2024, Russell Kimball, a 63-year-old resident of West Ocean City, Maryland, was sentenced to 15 years in the Division of Corrections after being convicted of negligent homicide while under the influence and failing to remain at the scene of an accident involving death. Kimball entered a guilty plea to both charges on February 28, 2024. The Honorable Beau H. Oglesby of the Worcester County Circuit Court handed down Kimball’s sentence, imposing a 10-year sentence for the negligent...
On Friday, February 23, 2024, Carl Lee Fuller, age 33, of Salisbury, Maryland, was sentenced to life imprisonment for first degree murder, of which he was convicted on September 8, 2023. The Honorable Brian D. Shockley of the Worcester County Circuit Court suspended all but 50 years of Fuller’s life
sentence and placed Fuller on 5 years of supervised probation upon release.
The charges arose from Worcester County Sheriff’s Office deputies’ response to a report of cardiac arrest...
The BOE President and Superintendent’s attempt to defend their reputation and minimize the amount
of violence in our schools does nothing to reassure the public that they are making safety a
priority. Despite their best efforts to label the Sheriff and State’s Attorney as liars and
data-manipulators, their press conference today confirmed the two main points that law enforcement
has been making for months: (1) that crime in schools is rising at an unacceptable...
On Friday, January 12, 2024, Quaire T. Johnson, age 30, of Magnolia, Delaware, was sentenced to serve 13 years in the Division of Corrections for his conviction on the charges of possession with intent to distribute a fake controlled dangerous substance, possession of a non-controlled substance, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. He was found guilty by a jury of his peers after a trial in the Worcester County Circuit Court on August 9, 2023. The Honorable Beau H. Oglesby...
On Friday, December 15, 2023, Davarn M. Leach, Jr., age 18, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced to 20 years in the Division of Correction for his conviction on the charge of armed robbery. The Honorable Brian D. Shockley of the Worcester County Circuit Court, who imposed the sentence, suspended all but 12 years and placed Leach on 3 years of supervised probation upon his release.
The charges arose from a call for service made to the Ocean City Police Department on November 18, 2022...
On December 15, 2023, Alvin Lee Redmon, Jr., age 29 of Lusby, Maryland, was sentenced to serve 25 years in the Division of Corrections for his conviction on the charge of sexual abuse of a minor. He was found guilty by a jury on July 19, 2023, after a 2-day trial in the Worcester County Circuit Court. The Honorable Beau H. Oglesby presided over the case and imposed the maximum sentence allowed by law.
The charges stem from a complaint of sexual abuse which the victim originally...