Drugs and Assault Weapons Recovered During Search & Seizure Warrants

From:   The Office of the State’s Attorney for Worcester County & The Office of The Sheriff For Worcester County, MD.
            
February 4, 2014

Drugs and Assault Weapons Recovered During

Search & Seizure Warrants

 

 

SNOW HILL – Members of the Criminal Enforcement Team, a highly specialized drug enforcement unit of the Office of the Sheriff for Worcester County executed four coordinated search and seizure warrants in Worcester County during the days of January 30th and 31st resulting in the seizure of marijuana, crack cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and assault weapons.
 

Working together with local, state and federal partners, two months of investigation led to three simultaneously executed warrants in Pocomoke and one separately executed warrant in Bishopville, MD.

In total, Nine-hundred and twenty-six grams of Marijuana, twelve grams of crack cocaine, twenty-seven individual bags of heroin and two tablets of ecstasy were recovered. In addition, one Intra Tec Tec 9 Assault Pistol one Smith & Wesson .38 Caliber Revolver and one Hi Point .40 Caliber Carbine were also recovered.

Sheriff Mason applauded the efforts of law enforcement by saying, “Thanks to the members of the Criminal Enforcement Team and our allied partners, the streets of Worcester County are both cleaner and safer today”.

 

State’s Attorney for Worcester County, Beau Oglesby added, “Drugs and guns go hand in hand, and when our law enforcement officers risk their lives to make our communities safer you can rest assured that our Office will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law”.

 

The following individuals were arrested as a result of these investigations:

 

Davonte Lamont Purnell (Age 22) Pocomoke, Maryland
Possession of Marijuana
Possession with intent to distribute Marijuana
Possess of Crack Cocaine
Possession with intent to distribute Crack Cocaine
Possession of Assault Pistol
Possession of a high capacity magazine
Illegal Possession of a regulated firearm
Illegal possession of ammunition
Felon in possession of a firearm
Committed to Worcester County Jail on a $100,000.00 Bond

 

Marcus Shaquille Cropper (Age 20) Pocomoke, Maryland
Possession of Marijuana
Possession with intent to distribute Marijuana
Possess of Crack Cocaine
Possession with intent to distribute Crack Cocaine
Committed to the Worcester County Jail on a $50,000.00 Bond

 

Eric Aaron Cropper (Age 46) Pocomoke, Maryland
Possession of Marijuana
Possession with intent to distribute Marijuana
Possess of Crack Cocaine
Possession with intent to distribute Crack Cocaine
Committed to the Worcester County Jail on a $50,000.00 Bond

 

Clement Lee Johnson (Age 31) Bishopville, Maryland
Possession of Marijuana
Possess of Crack Cocaine
Possession with intent to distribute Crack Cocaine
Possession of Heroin
Possession with intent to distribute Heroin
Possession of Ecstasy / MDMA
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime (2Cts.)
Possession of a stolen firearm
Committed to the Worcester County Jail on a $125,000.00

 

The following agencies assisted the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team during this investigation and the execution of these search and seizure warrants.

Worcester County Sheriff’s Office
Worcester County Bureau of Investigation
Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office
Ocean City Police Department Narcotics Unit
Wicomico County Narcotics Task Force
Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office SERT Team
Berlin Police Department SWAT Team
Maryland State Police – Berlin Barrack
Pocomoke City Police Department
Homeland Security Investigations – RAC Ocean City

Great job! bw