Ocean City nightclub security staffers arrested in Tasing incident
OCEAN CITY MD Jan 10 2022 — One Ocean City nightclub security staffer was arrested last weekend for allegedly shocking a male patron with a stun gun, while a second was arrested for allegedly obstructing and hindering a police investigation of the incident.
Just after midnight last Saturday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to a nightclub at 17th Street for a reported disorderly conduct incident. The officers met with a male individual who reported his friend had been removed from the bar by security staff for unknown reasons.
The male individual reportedly followed his friend as he was being escorted to the front door and attempted to prevent security staff from removing his friend. The victim reportedly told police he felt someone hit him with a stun gun on the right side of his neck and shocked him.
According to police reports, the victim fell to the ground. He then reportedly left the nightclub to wait for the police to arrive. The victim described the individual who shocked him with the stun gun as a member of the bar’s security staff and provided a description of the bar staffer, according to police reports.
A member of the security staff escorted an OCPD officer through the bar so the officer could talk to each member of the security staff. The officer spoke with a juvenile security staffer, who advised he knew little about the incident, and that he had never left his post near the stage, according to police reports.
The officer asked the juvenile staffer if he had a stun gun, to which the juvenile replied he did, but had not used it, according to police reports. The juvenile reached into his sweatshirt pocket and produced a “Kwik Force” stun gun and handed it to the officer. At that point, the juvenile was arrested for possession of a concealed dangerous weapon and possession of a stun gun.
As the officer walked the juvenile to the patrol car for transport, another member of the security staff, identified as Damond Moore, 21, of Salisbury, began screaming “Get off my boy,” and “He’s only 16,” according to police reports. Moore reportedly walked off the sidewalk toward the arresting officer and he was given multiple orders to stay back. Moore attempted to walk past other officers in order to interfere with the arresting officer’s investigation despite multiple orders to stay back, according to police reports.
The arresting officer reported Moore’s actions prevented him from conducting the investigation out of fear Moore was going to assault him, attempt to free the juvenile, or both. Moore was ultimately arrested for obstructing and hindering. The outcome for the juvenile who allegedly shocked the male patron with the stun gun is not known.
