On June 29, 2023, Eddie Collick, age 46, of Stockton, Maryland, was sentenced to serve a total of 19 years in the Division of Correction for his convictions in 2 separate cases. The Honorable Brian D. Shockley of the Worcester County Circuit Court ordered Collick to serve 4 years for failing to immediately stop his vehicle at the scene of an accident involving death, and ordered him to serve a consecutive 15-year sentence for distribution of cocaine. Judge Shockley suspended 7 years of the sentence and placed Collick on 3 years of supervised probation upon his release.
The traffic charge originated from a collision which occurred on August 14, 2020 in the area of West Market Street and Coulbourne Lane in Snow Hill, Maryland. Deputies from the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene and identified two victims who had been ejected from the vehicle and were lying in a field. Richard Armstrong and Brandon Bibbins both succumbed to injuries sustained as a result of the collision. Further investigation and accident reconstruction revealed that Collick had been engaged in street racing with the victims’ vehicle, causing that vehicle to lose control and crash into a utility pole. Collick then failed to stop his vehicle and remain at the scene as required by law.
The drug charges resulted from an investigation conducted jointly by the Ocean City Police Department’s Narcotics Unit and the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team in September of 2022. During the course of their investigation, Collick distributed cocaine to an undercover police officer in the area of Baltimore Avenue in Ocean City, Maryland.
Worcester County State’s Attorney Kris Heiser thanked all of the law enforcement agencies involved in these investigations and commended Assistant State’s Attorneys Monteiro and Cabrera, who prosecuted the cases.
