- Page 1
- Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 - Page 5 - Page 6 - Page 7 - Page 8 - Page 9 - Page 10 - Page 11 - Page 12 - Page 13 - Page 14 - Page 15 - Page 16 - Page 17 - Page 18 - Page 19 - Page 20 - Page 21 - Page 22 - Page 23 - Page 24 - Page 25 - Page 26 - Page 27 - Page 28 - Page 29 - Page 30 - Page 31 - Page 32 - Page 33 - Page 34 - Page 35 - Page 36 - Page 37 - Page 38 - Page 39 - Page 40 - Page 41 - Page 42 - Page 43 - Page 44 - Page 45 - Page 46 - Page 47 - Page 48 - Page 49 - Page 50 - Page 51 - Page 52 - Page 53 - Page 54 - Page 55 - Page 56 - Page 57 - Page 58 - Page 59 - Page 60 - Page 61 - Page 62 - Page 63 - Page 64 - Page 65 - Page 66 - Page 67 - Page 68 - Page 69 - Page 70 - Page 71 - Page 72 - Page 73 - Page 74 - Page 75 - Page 76 - Page 77 - Page 78 - Page 79 - Page 80 - Page 81 - Page 82 - Page 83 - Page 84 - Page 85 - Page 86 - Page 87 - Page 88 - Page 89 - Page 90 - Page 91 - Page 92 - Page 93 - Page 94 - Page 95 - Page 96 - Flash version © UniFlip.com |
Page 26
The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch
July 19, 2013
Former OCCop Facing Assault Weapon Charges
By SHAWN J. SOPER
NEWS EDITOR
Any Given
DAY
5 p.m. til Sunset
Kevin Poole Steve Ports Opposite Directions Batman Chester River Runoff Ginger John LaMere Nate Clendenen
16 oz. National Bohemian Cans
$3.50
60th Street In The Bay
410-524-5500
www.fagers.com
SALISBURY – A former Ocean City Police officer and Worcester County sheriff candidate was charged with assault weapons violations this week after a joint investigation by law enforcement in Worcester and Wicomico counties allegedly connected him to an attempted illegal sale of an AK-47 in Salisbury. In late June, investigators from the Wicomico County Narcotics Task Force and the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team received information about an illegal sale of an AK-47 assault rifle. Detectives were able to determine the person attempting to sell the illegal assault weapon was David Catrino, 45, of West Ocean City, according to police reports. After identifying Catrino as the person allegedly attempting to sell the firearm, an operation was initiated by the joint investigation teams in Worcester and Wicomico. As the completion of the operation, investigators obtained an arrest warrant charging Catrino with the illegal sale of a firearm. Catrino was arrested on Monday without incident by the Maryland State Police Gang Enforcement Unit at his place of employment in Salisbury. Catrino has been charged with the unlawful sale or transfer of a regulated firearm and four counts of assault weapons violations. He was transported to the Wicomico Detention Center where he was held on a $50,000 bond. In 2009, Catrino filed suit in U.S. District Court against the Ocean City Police Department and the town seeking injunctive relief and an undisclosed amount of compensatory and punitive damages for wrongly denying him a reasonable accommodation to which he believes he was entitled under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Catrino, who had been diagnosed with Type II diabetes, claimed he was wrongly dismissed in July 2007 when he left his post to eat to meet the needs of his condition before his scheduled shift was set to expire. The case came to trial in late 2011 and a federal jury found in favor of Ocean City and its police department, essentially ruling Catrino had not been successful in proving his diabetic condition was at the heart of his alleged wrongful termination. After deliberating, the jury never had to go beyond the first question after answering in the negative. It read, “has the plaintiff proven by a preponderance of the evidence that on July 21, 2007, he suffered from a disability in accord with the definition set forth under the ADA?”
|