Sunday, February 3, 2013

Repost/Drug Investigation: A Message From Pocomoke City Police Chief Sewell

Several Month Undercover Drug Investigations Lead To Multiple Local Arrests

Over the last several months, members of the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team have been conducting undercover drug distribution investigations throughout Worcester County. As a result of these investigations the following individuals were apprehended and charged with the following drug offenses.

Ted Davis (Age 18) Pocomoke, Maryland
·         Distribution of crack cocaine in a School Zone – 2 Counts
·         Possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine
·         Distribution of crack cocaine – 3 Counts
·         Possession of crack cocaine – 3 Counts
Committed to the Worcester County Jail on a $100,000.00 Bond


Charles William Smith (Age 48) Pocomoke, Maryland
·         Possession with intent to distribute cocaine in a school zone
·         Distribution of cocaine
·         Possession of cocaine
Committed to the Worcester County Jail on a $500,000.00 Bond



Norman Lee Crawley (Age 36) Pocomoke, Maryland
·         Distribution of cocaine in a school zone – 2 Counts
·         Distribution of cocaine – 2 Counts
·         Possession of cocaine – 2 Counts
Committed to the Worcester County Jail on a $250,000.00 Bond


Orintha Jerome Godwin (Age 30) Pocomoke, Maryland
·         Distribution of crack cocaine – 3 Counts
·         Possession of crack cocaine – 3 Counts
Committed to the Worcester County Jail on a $250,000.00 Bond


Eric Vincent Bishop Jr. (Age 37) Pocomoke, Maryland
Distribution of crack cocaine
Distribution of cocaine
Possession of crack cocaine
Possession of cocaine
Committed to the Worcester County Jail on a $250,000.00 Bond

Jeffrey Maurice Fisher (Age 50) Snow Hill, MarylandDistribution of cocaine in a school zone – 2 Counts
Distribution of cocaine – 2 Counts
Possession of cocaine – 2 Counts
Committed to the Worcester County Jail on a $250,000.00 Bond

Donyell Antonio Ballard (Age 41) Berlin, Maryland

Distribution of crack cocaine
Possession of crack cocaine
Committed to the Worcester County Jail on a $250,000.00 Bond

Dionederick Ronshae Godwin (Age 30) Berlin, Maryland

Distribution of crack cocaine
Possession of crack cocaine
Committed to the Worcester County Jail on a $250,000.00 Bond

McKineo John Middleton (Age 26) Frankford, Delaware

Distribution of Heroin in a school zone – 2 Counts
Distribution of heroin – 2 Counts
Possession of heroin – 2 Counts
Committed to the Worcester County Jail on a $250,000.00 Bond

Christopher Lee Sturgis  (Age 26) Laurel, Delaware

Distribution of heroin
Possession of heroin
Committed to the Worcester County Jail on a $250,000.00 Bond

Shamus Montez Hall (Age 36) Pocomoke, Maryland

 Distribution of crack cocain
           Distribution of cocaine
·         Possession of crack cocaine
·         Possession of powder cocaine

During the apprehension of Mr. Hall, he was found to be in possession of approximately 3 grams of cocaine. A subsequent search and seizure warrant was executed by the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team at Mr. Hall’s residence in Pocomoke, Maryland at which time investigators recovered an additional 3.5 grams of crack cocaine, small quantity of heroin along with various items of paraphernalia. Mr. Hall was also charged with Possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, Possession of crack cocaine, Possession of heroin, and Possession of paraphernalia. Mr. Hall was committed to the Worcester County Jail on a $250,000.00 Bond.

The Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team was assisted by the Ocean City Police Department Narcotics Unit and the Pocomoke City Police Department during the course of these investigations.


**Chief Sewell of the Pocomoke City Police department stated that if the citizens of these towns can't live in peace because drug dealers want to sell drugs, then the Pocomoke City Police Department and these other law enforcement agencies  are going to continue to work together to make sure that the drug dealers don't live in peace as well.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Excellent statement. Pocomoke is becoming safer and safer everyday. congrats. to all the law enforcement men and women involved in capturing these criminals. Hopefully they will stay behind bars.

Anonymous said...

Is this the same Eric Bishop who was an employee of Pocomoke and who was arrested last year for selling drugs?

jmmb said...

Anon 2:33- Yes, it is. Maybe this time he'll have long enough to sit and think about his past.

To use a few words from a former statement made by the Chief about his department: the Pocomoke City Police Dept. works "diligently, effectively and aggressively every day to make the Pocomoke City Police Department one of the finest law enforcement agencies in the State of Maryland".

He's NOT joking. And if you haven't noticed a change you've been living under a rock!