Page 24 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch June 7, 2013 area heard the alarm and located the source of the sound emanating from Room 303. OCPD officers located a suspect, later identified as Stanley Darnell Harris, 52, of Washington, D.C., in Room 303. The phone with the alarm still activated was found in Harris’ pants pocket. Officers recovered the phone and determined it was one of the three reported stolen. While on the scene, OCPD offi- STANLEY D. HARRIS cers also recovered two other cell phones reported stolen along with two wallets belonging to the victims. In addition to the stolen phones and wallets, Harris was found to be in possession of a fictitiously-altered military identification. He was charged with three counts of theft over $500 and under $1,000, theft scheme, theft under $100 and possession of a fraudulently altered military identification. Woman Rescued From Ocean OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Fire Department rescue swimmers made an early morning rescue on Tuesday, pulling an allegedly suicidal woman from the ocean about 100 yards off the beach between 1st and 2nd Streets. Around 2:40 a.m. on Tuesday, Ocean City Communications received a call for an unidentified suicidal woman on the beach in the area of Caroline Street. As Ocean City Police arrived on the scene, the woman entered the ocean and swam away from shore. The Ocean City Fire Department was immediately dispatched for a water rescue in the area of N. Division Street. Ocean City Police remained on scene and kept a visual line of sight on the potential victim until Ocean City Fire and EMS arrived on the scene. While OCFD and EMS personnel were in route, additional reports from communications stated the victim was now drifting between 1st and 2nd Street. Upon arrival, emergency responders located the victim in the ocean roughly 80 to 100 yards offshore. Ocean City Fire Department Water Rescue Unit member Lieutenant Del Baker entered the water and was later assisted by Lieutenant David Peterson and Firefight- Cops & Courts er/Paramedic Bill Kuhn. The three rescue swimmers removed the victim from the water and she was treated by EMS and later transported to AGH for injuries not believed to be life-threatening. “This was an excellent example of emergency responders working together to save a life,” said Ocean City Fire Department Chief Chris Larmore. “I am proud of the three members of our water rescue unit who entered the water last night, in addition to all of the fire, EMS, police and communication members that assisted.” Stolen Phone Alarm Leads To Suspect OCEAN CITY – A Washington, D.C. man was arrested on theft and other charges this week after alleg- edly swiping i-Phones and credit cards from victims who used the phone’s technology to track the suspect. Around 2:15 a.m. on Sunday, Ocean City Police responded to the 49th Street area for a report of the theft of three cell phones and credit cards. OCPD officers met with the victims who told police their cell phones, which were all i-Phones, had been stolen and they were tracking the stolen property’s whereabouts by using the cell phones’ GPS tracking features. During the search for the stolen phones, which had been tracked to the 25th and 26th Street areas and the Crystal Beach Hotel, one of the victims was able to activate the audible alarm feature on a stolen cell phone. OCPD officers in the OC Burglar Sentenced SNOW HILL – An Ocean City man, arrested in January for stealing a car in the resort and later jumping into the bay to avoid capture by police, all of which happened just nine days after he was charged with a spree of burglaries in the Montego Bay area dating back to May 2012, pleaded guilty to multiple charges this week in Circuit Court and was sentenced to six years in jail, all but one year of which was then suspended. On Jan. 3, Ocean City police concluded a nine-month investigation into multiple burglaries with the arrest of Alexander George Ellis, 20, of Ocean City. For nine months, OCPD detectives investigated seven burglaries, all of which occurred in the Montego Bay community during the month of May. Around 5:30 a.m. on Jan. 12, police responded to the area of Beachcomber Lane for a reported motor vehicle theft. When officers arrived in the area, they observed a vehicle matching the description of the reported stolen car parked near the victim’s residence with the engine running and a person sitting in the driver’s seat. As officers approached the stolen car, the driver, later identified as Ellis, fled from the vehicle and jumped into the bay. Ellis was locatSEE NEXT PAGE