Incident: Vandalism

 

Date of Incident: November 2024

Location: Ocean Pines Golf and Country Club

 

Suspect: Male Juvenile, 15, Ocean Pines, MD

            

Narrative: On November 16, 2024, an Ocean Pines Police Officer responded to the Ocean Pines Golf and Country Club and began an investigation into an act of vandalism that occurred to the public restrooms on the 15th hole of the course. It was discovered that the restrooms had been entered and rocks and toilet paper were strewn inside, Additionally, the toilet tanks in both the men’s and women’s restrooms were both damaged to the point where they required replacement.

 

On November 27, 2024, an additional call came in for report of juveniles in vicinity of the same restrooms on the 15th hole that had thrown a rock at a Golf Course employe doing maintenance on the course. The responding officer checked the neighborhood adjacent to the golf course and located two juvenile subjects that matched the description provided. During the ensuing investigation, the officer determined that these were the subjects involved not only in the incident that had just been reported but also the incident of November 16.

 

The officer contacted the parents of both juveniles. A juvenile referral will be submitted to the Department of Juvenile Services for the 15-year-old. The second juvenile cannot be referred due to age limitations under current state law.

 

 

Charges: Malicious Destruction of Property

Assault 2nd Degree

  

                         

Releasing Authority: Chief Tim RobinsonDate: December 2, 2024