Felon Sentenced to Six Years for Possession of a Handgun

The Office of the State’s Attorney for Worcester County

SNOW HILL –   On February 5, 2014, Eddie Alexis Collick, a felon living in the Snow Hill area, was sentenced to 12 years in the Department of Corrections with six years of active incarceration. The first five years are a mandatory/minimum with limited opportunities of parole for possession of a .32 caliber revolver.  He also received one year of incarceration for attempting to elude capture by the police.

On May 26, 2013 Pfc. Shay Waters and Christopher Boyce of the Snow Hill Police Department observed Collick operating a motor vehicle while his license was suspended. They initiated a traffic stop on his vehicle, at which time Collick immediately exited his vehicle and began to run through the streets of Snow Hill. He was eventually apprehended approximately one block from where he initially exited his vehicle. Officers retraced his flight path and located a .32 caliber revolver with four live rounds and one spent shell in the cylinder. In addition, Mr. Collick had $370 and two pocket knives on his person.

 Mr. Collick admitted the weapon belonged to him and ran because he knew they would eventually find it.

 Sitting in the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Judge Thomas C. Groton, III acknowledged that Mr. Collick had a “terrible” record.

For nearly two decades Mr. Collick has been committing crimes in Worcester County. He has three convictions for possession of marijuana, three convictions for possession of crack cocaine, one conviction for distribution of crack cocaine, one conviction for assault in the second degree, a violation of probation, multiple traffic infractions and has failed to pay child support for at least six years that he was obligated to do so. In 2007, Collick was also convicted for the exact same offense he was found guilty of today, being a felon in possession of a regulated firearm in 2007.

 State’s Attorney for Worcester County, Beau Oglesby thanked the Snow Hill Police Department for their extraordinary efforts in capturing Mr. Collick and said, “ Chief of Police Kirk Daugherty deserves credit for leading such a strong department of exceptional law enforcement officers.  Mr. Collick was a gun carrying, convicted violent drug dealer who will now be off the streets of Snow Hill because of their efforts and the prosecutors who worked on the case”.

William H. McDermott
Executive Assistant State's Attorney
State's Attorney's Office
Worcester County, Maryland