OCEAN CITY, MD – A retired Ocean City police officer has been arrested and charged with possession of child sonography.
“The Ocean City Police Department has been informed that former officer Charles Zukas, 60, has been arrested and charged with Possession of Child Pornography,” the Ocean City Police Department said. “The Maryland State Police is handling this investigation. The Ocean City Police Department takes this matter seriously and will assist Maryland State Police as needed.”
Zukas turned himself in on Monday at the Maryland State Police Berlin Barracks after being notified of an arrest warrant.
The investigating has been ongoing since March when he was served with a search warrant by Maryland state troopers.
That was on March 16th. He worked as a reserve officer until he retired after the search warrant was served.
The OCPD said Zukas was employed by the Ocean City Police Department as a police officer from September 1994 until he retired in June of 2014. Zukas went on to be a Reserve Police Officer with the Ocean City Police Department after his retirement until March of 2022.