CRISFIELD, Md.- Crisfield police have announced the arrest of the second of three suspects accused of crashing a birthday party and robbing those in attendance.
Members of the Maryland State Police Task Force captured 21-year-old Joseph Terry Wilson Tuesday night on Booth Street in Salisbury.
Wilson, of Salisbury, was returned to Crisfield where he was charged by police there with four counts of armed robbery, four counts each of first- and second-degree assault, four counts of reckless endangerment, first-degree burglary, third-degree burglary, handgun on a person, handgun use in the commission of a felony, deadly weapon with the intent to injure and theft. He was ordered held on $750,000 bail pending a bail review.
Police said that shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday, an uninvited guest crashed a birthday party at 136 Somers Cove Apartments and was asked to leave. Investigators said that about an hour later, three people infiltrated the party and forced the attendees to empty their pockets. The suspects were armed and fired a round and pistol-whipped one of the guests, police said.
Officers said the suspects fled the scene in a silver Nissan Altima that had been parked at 274 Somers Cove Apartments. The car was a rental vehicle from Enterprise Rental Vehicles and has been taken to a facility to be processed as evidence.
The Crisfield Police Department issued an "All Points lookout" to Maryland State Police, the Somerset County Sheriff's Office and the Princess Anne Police Department. Approximately 90 minutes after the alleged incident, Princess Anne police spotted the vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on Dryden Road.
According to police, the three suspects jumped out of the vehicle, which led to a foot chase around Branningham Road.
Authorities said one of the suspects, 20-year-old Meko Gianni Palmiro of Salisbury, was taken into custody by Princess Anne police. He was returned to Crisfield where he was charged with armed robbery, handgun possession, handgun on person, reckless endangerment, first- and second-degree assault, first-, third, and fourth-degree burglary and theft.
With Tuesday night's arrest of Joseph Wilson, that leaves police searching for the third and final suspect in the robbery.
Anyone with any information about this incident or can identify the third suspect is asked to contact the Crisfield Police Department at (410) 968-1323.
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