MD man bit security officer after exposing himself at Ocean City hotel
OCEAN CITY MD October 1 2017 — A Stevensville, Md. man was arrested on assault and indecent exposure charges last weekend after allegedly barging into a vacationing couple’s hotel room and exposing himself.
Around 8:25 p.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers were dispatched to a hotel at 37th Street for a reported disorderly individual. OCPD officers located the suspect, identified as Christopher Maravillas, 24, who was reportedly intoxicated and crying and was uncooperative when police questioned him about what had happened. The OCPD officer also noted in the report about a dozen or more hotel guests and staffers gathered around to observe the incident.
OCPD officers questioned the couple who were staying in the hotel. The female victim told police the door to their hotel room was open and Maravillas had entered and pulled his genitals out of his pants and told her to “help me out and just touch it,” according to police reports. The male victim told Maravillas to leave the hotel room, but Maravillas allegedly causing him to fall backward into a couch, according to police reports.
Maravillas then fled the room and ran downstairs. According to police reports, Maravillas assaulted a hotel security guard who was attempting to keep him from escaping before police arrived. The security guard told police Maravillas bit him at least three times during the struggle to get him on the ground. Throughout the incident, Maravillas was yelling obscenities and causing a disturbance for multiple guests at the hotel and the nearby bar and grill.
Based on the evidence and testimony, Maravillas was arrested and charged with indecent exposure, multiple counts of second-degree assault and disturbing the peace.
