Teen arrested for armed robbery in Ocean City

Authorities from Ocean City Police say a Hagerstown teen has been arrested and charged for an alleged armed robbery.

The incident happened on Wednesday around 2:20 p.m., when police responded to a motel near 27th Street and Baltimore Avenue for a reported armed robbery involving a handgun.

The victims claimed that a male, later identified as 16-year-old Christian Gill, was accompanied by a group of four others. They apparently displayed a handgun and demanded money from each of the victims who all resisted. Gill and the group then allegedly fled to a nearby hotel at 26th Street and Baltimore Avenue.

With assistance from the victims, officers say they were able to quickly detain the five individuals. A search and seizure warrant was later executed on the hotel room where they found a pellet gun, clothes matching the description of the suspect, marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

According to Ocean City Police, this incident was a drug-related robbery.

We’re told that Gill has been charged as an adult. His charges include armed robbery, robbery, first degree assault and theft of less than $1,000. He was seen by a Maryland District Court Commissioner and was initially transferred to the Worcester County Jail on $250,000 bond. After a bond review, he is now being held without bond.

Police say the other four arrested were released without charges.