(Aug. 4, 2016) Robert Robinson, 38, and Dashawn Riheem Ballard, 21, both of Pocomoke City were arrested Friday night near 10 p.m. in connection with a large brawl in the vicinity of 4th and Laurel Streets.
Ballard was charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and failure to obey police, while Robinson was charged with three counts of second-degree assault, disturbing the peace, failure to obey and resisting arrest. Both men were seen by a court commissioner and released on personal recognizance.
According to the police report, officers arrived on the scene to find a group of between 75-100 people had gathered. Police reported observing a fight in front of 405 Laurel Street and identified Robinson as one of the people involved in the altercation.
Police said they engaged Robinson and ordered him to leave the area, while the crowd had grown to more than 100 people.
Robinson, according to the police report, then took a fighting stance and attempted to take on at least three Pocomoke City police officers, a confrontation that ended with two shots from a Taser that struck Robinson in the lower back and upper leg.
As officers were controlling Robinson, according to the report, at least 40 people in the crowd confronted police, and the officers called the communications office and requested “as many additional police units as possible.”
According to Pocomoke City Manager/City Attorney Ernie Crofoot, officers from the Maryland State Police, Department of Natural Resources Police, Snow Hill Police and the Worcester County Sherriff’s Office arrived on the scene a short time later to help disperse the crowd.
As the crowd dissolved, Ballard was reportedly observed back at 405 Laurel Street after police ordered everyone to leave the area, and was confrontational when asked to leave the scene again.
Police report Ballard continued to argue with police and then began inciting the remnants of the crowd into another confrontation, for which he was placed under arrest.
Robinson was treated by Pocomoke EMS at the scene, yet refused transport to Peninsula Regional Medical Center at that time, but was later treated and released from Atlantic General Hospital for reports of chest pains.
Both are scheduled to make their first appearance in court on Sept. 6 in Snow Hill.
Ballard was charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and failure to obey police, while Robinson was charged with three counts of second-degree assault, disturbing the peace, failure to obey and resisting arrest. Both men were seen by a court commissioner and released on personal recognizance.
According to the police report, officers arrived on the scene to find a group of between 75-100 people had gathered. Police reported observing a fight in front of 405 Laurel Street and identified Robinson as one of the people involved in the altercation.
Police said they engaged Robinson and ordered him to leave the area, while the crowd had grown to more than 100 people.
Robinson, according to the police report, then took a fighting stance and attempted to take on at least three Pocomoke City police officers, a confrontation that ended with two shots from a Taser that struck Robinson in the lower back and upper leg.
As officers were controlling Robinson, according to the report, at least 40 people in the crowd confronted police, and the officers called the communications office and requested “as many additional police units as possible.”
According to Pocomoke City Manager/City Attorney Ernie Crofoot, officers from the Maryland State Police, Department of Natural Resources Police, Snow Hill Police and the Worcester County Sherriff’s Office arrived on the scene a short time later to help disperse the crowd.
As the crowd dissolved, Ballard was reportedly observed back at 405 Laurel Street after police ordered everyone to leave the area, and was confrontational when asked to leave the scene again.
Police report Ballard continued to argue with police and then began inciting the remnants of the crowd into another confrontation, for which he was placed under arrest.
Robinson was treated by Pocomoke EMS at the scene, yet refused transport to Peninsula Regional Medical Center at that time, but was later treated and released from Atlantic General Hospital for reports of chest pains.
Both are scheduled to make their first appearance in court on Sept. 6 in Snow Hill.