{"id":16311,"date":"2025-07-04T15:37:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T19:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/?p=16311"},"modified":"2025-07-04T15:37:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T19:37:49","slug":"ocean-city-police-searching-for-suspect-after-officer-assaulted-during-theft-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/ocean-city-police-searching-for-suspect-after-officer-assaulted-during-theft-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean City Police Searching for Suspect After Officer Assaulted During Theft Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ocean City, Maryland \u2014 <\/strong>Police in Ocean City are searching for a suspect involved in a theft case that escalated into a physical altercation, leaving an officer injured late Thursday night. Investigators say the incident happened just before 11:30 p.m. on July 3, near 120th Street and Coastal Highway.<br> Officers were responding to a theft at a nearby convenience store when they encountered a man matching the suspect description. The man resisted attempts to detain him, and during the confrontation, one officer was injured. The suspect then took off on foot and has not been located. <br>He is described as a white male, roughly six feet tall, with brown hair. At the time of the incident, he was wearing a gray T-shirt featuring the University of South Carolina Gamecocks logo, light-colored shorts, and carrying a black backpack.<br>Authorities are asking for the public\u2019s help. Anyone who may have seen the suspect or has information about the case is urged to call Ocean City Police at 410-723-6610. The officer\u2019s condition has not been publicly released, and no further information about the theft has been provided. The investigation remains active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"923\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ocean-city-police-department-suspect-photo.jpg?resize=718%2C923&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16312\" style=\"width:464px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ocean-city-police-department-suspect-photo.jpg?w=718&amp;ssl=1 718w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ocean-city-police-department-suspect-photo.jpg?resize=233%2C300&amp;ssl=1 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo: Ocean City Police Department Facebook Page<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ocean City, Maryland \u2014 Police in Ocean City are searching for a suspect involved in a theft case that escalated into a physical altercation, leaving an officer injured late Thursday night. Investigators say the incident happened just before 11:30 p.m. on July 3, near 120th Street and Coastal Highway. Officers were responding to a theft [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ocean-city-police-department-suspect-photo.jpg?fit=718%2C923&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-4f5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13901,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/new-york-man-arrested-after-high-speed-chase-through-ocean-view\/","url_meta":{"origin":16311,"position":0},"title":"NEW YORK MAN ARRESTED AFTER HIGH-SPEED CHASE THROUGH OCEAN VIEW","author":"admin","date":"April 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0Ocean View, Del. \u2014 A New York man was taken into custody Tuesday evening after leading police on a dangerous high-speed chase through neighborhoods and highways in the Ocean View area. 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