Weekly Report

Police Department

• A guest at the Pocomoke Inn Motel reported that some items had been removed from his unlocked motor vehicle.
• Leroy Crippen of Young Street was arrested following his transport to McCready Hospital for a leg injury. He was wanted by the Maryland State Police on two outstanding warrants.
• While shopping at Pocomoke Market Place, Grace Dennis reported that someone removed a pocket bookf from her unlocked vehicle. The purse was later recovered by police at the Dollar General Store with money missing.
• Following a parking lot scan by law enforcement at the Green Turtle Restaurant, Cleveland Jones Jr. of Exmore and Presten Satchell of Tasley were arrested for possessing a handgun in a motor vehicle unlawfully.
• Police reported graffiti located at the rail siding and dock area behind Benelli's on Broad Street.
• Charles Bailey, 50, of 210 Linden Avenue was charged with theft at the Dollar General Store.
• H&H Furniture reported the theft of a vehicle tag from one of their service vehicles located near the store.
• Elvis Northam was charged with theft at the Wal-Mart Store.

Public Works

• Weeding and mulching occupied some crews in the downtown area.
• The Street Sweeper has been in heavy use in the past week around the city.
• Crews conducted an emergency sewer tap at Tenth and Laurel Streets.
• Crews painted benches downtown
• Crews moved voting machines to the polling place and returned them to storage.

Golf Course

• Crews trimmed many low branches near greens and cart paths.
• Crews continue to fertilize fairways and T-Boxes.
• Crews pressurized the irrigation system for the coming season.

EMS Department

• Director Tilghman met with membership of the Pocomoke Vol. Fire Company at their regular meeting where he introduced himself and talked about further cooperation between the two agencies. Several Firefighters have offered to serve as backup volunteers or as part-time paid staff for our Second Duty Crews.
• Orientation of new crew members was conducted by Director Tilghman.

Other News

• City Discount Pharmacy is expanding to a second location near the corner of Cedar and Tenth Streets.
• Several new building permits have been issued for Woodland Acres subdivision located across from Pocomoke High School.
• The City has been selected to receive an Award for Excellence from the Maryland Municipal League at their annual meeting in Ocean City this June.
• I will be attending a meeting of the Worcester County Commissioners on Tuesday the 8th to discuss our budget/grant requests from Worcester County for the coming fiscal year.
• I have been asked to be the Master of Ceremonies for the Worcester County Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council's annual banquet being held on April 18th in Ocean City. The county takes this opportunity to recognize excellence in the field of prevention and apprehension as it relates to drugs and alcohol. This is the fourth year I have MC'd the event, and it is truly an honor to do so.