The bodies of two Ocean City police officers have been
recovered after their plane went down in the ocean Sunday.
The bodies of Ocean City police officers (left to right) Joshua Adickes and Thomas Geoghegan Jr. were recovered Monday from the wreckage of a plane crash. (Courtesy Ocean City Police Department)
Courtesy Ocean City Police Department
Plane Crash Ocean City Maryland State Police, Ocean City Police, Ocean City Beach Patrol and other emergency responders set-up command post on the beach at Ocean City, Md., during search fa a single-engine CJ-6A plane that crashed into the ocean on Sunday, June 30, 2013. Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan says the pilot is presumed dead. (AP Photo/Courtesy Ed Tobias)
AP Photo/Courtesy Ed Tobias
Plane Crash-Ocean City Ocean City Detective Carl Perry, right center, consoles Officer Daniel McBride, left, Monday morning, July 1, 2013 on the beach in Ocean City, Md., after a plane crash Sunday that killed two people. The Maryland State Police says divers removed two bodies from the wreckage Monday. Authorities have not identified the victims and suspended dive operations Monday afternoon as a result of dangerous conditions caused by a storm front in the area. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, Grant L. Gursky)
AP Photo/The Daily Times, Grant L. Gursky
Plane Crash Ocean City The U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities search for a a single-engine CJ-6A plane that crashed into the ocean near Ocean City, Md. on Sunday, June 30, 2013. Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan says the pilot is presumed dead. (AP Photo/Courtesy Ed Tobias)
AP Photo/Courtesy Ed Tobias
Plane Crash-Ocean City Ocean City, Md., Mayor Rick Meehan, right, consoles family members on the beach in Ocean City Monday, July 1, 2013 after a plane crashed into the ocean off Ocean City on Sunday. The Maryland State Police says divers removed two bodies from the wreckage Monday. Meehan says witnesses told police that the aircraft spun out of control Sunday before crashing. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, Grant L. Gursky)
AP Photo/The Daily Times, Grant L. Gursky
Plane Crash-Ocean City Ocean City Police Capt. Kevin Kirstein, right, speaks with City Manager David L. Recor, left, and Mayor Rick Meehan Monday morning, July 1, 2013 on the beach at 130th Street in Ocean City, Md., after a plane crash Sunday that killed two people. The Maryland State Police says divers removed two bodies from the wreckage Monday. Authorities have not identified the victims and suspended dive operations Monday afternoon as a result of dangerous conditions caused by a storm front in the area. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, Grant L. Gursky)
AP Photo/The Daily Times, Grant L. Gursky
Plane Crash-Ocean City Ocean City Policeman Mike Levy, left, talks with an investigator from the NTSB Monday morning, July 1, 2013 on the beach in Ocean City, Md., after a plane crash Sunday that killed two people. The Maryland State Police says divers removed two bodies from the wreckage Monday. Authorities have not identified the victims and suspended dive operations Monday afternoon as a result of dangerous conditions caused by a storm front in the area. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, Grant L. Gursky)
AP Photo/The Daily Times, Grant L. Gursky
Plane Crash-Ocean City Maryland State Police resuce divers work Monday morning, July 1, 2013 at the site of a small plane that crashed Sunday just off the beach in Ocean City, Md. The Maryland State Police says divers removed the bodies from the wreckage Monday. Mayor Rick Meehan says witnesses told police that the aircraft spun out of control Sunday before crashing. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, Grant L. Gursky)
AP Photo/The Daily Times, Grant L. Gursky
Plane Crash-Ocean City Roses brought to the beach by family and friends line the beach as family members mourn two people lost in a Sunday plane crash off Ocean City, Md., Monday morning, July 1, 2013. The Maryland State Police says divers removed two bodies from the wreckage Monday. Mayor Rick Meehan says witnesses told police that the aircraft spun out of control Sunday before crashing. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, Grant L. Gursky)
AP Photo/The Daily Times, Grant L. Gursky
Plane Crash Ocean City Maryland State Police divers enter the water Monday, July 1, 2013 to examine wreckage of small plane that crashed into the ocean off of Ocean City, Md., Sunday afternoon. Mayor Rick Meehan says witnesses told police that the aircraft spun out of control before crashing. He says the pilot is presumed dead. Police say it's not clear if anyone besides the pilot was on board the two-seat plane. (AP Photo/Ed Tobias)
AP Photo/Ed Tobias
Plane Crash-Ocean City Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan, second far right, and City Manager David L. Recor, far right, are briefed by emergency management officials on the beach in Ocean City Monday, July 1, 2013 a small plane crashed into the ocean Sunday off Ocean City. The Maryland State Police says divers removed two bodies from the wreckage Monday. Authorities have not identified the victims and suspended dive operations Monday afternoon as a result of dangerous conditions caused by a storm front in the area. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, Grant L. Gursky)
AP Photo/The Daily Times, Grant L. Gursky
APTOPIX Plane Crash Ocean City In this Sunday, June 30, 2013 photo released by Whitney Rufo, a woman holds her child as a plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean with two off-duty police officers off the beach from Ocean City Md. Troopers say the plane took off from the Ocean City Municipal Airport between 3:30 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. Sunday. The destination is not known. Investigators believe Thomas J. Geoghegan Jr., who owned the single-engine Nanchang CJ-6A, was piloting it and 27-year-old Joshua D. Adickes, the lone passenger, was seated behind him. (AP Photo/Whitney Rufo)
AP Photo/Whitney Rufo
APTOPIX Plane Crash Ocean City In this Sunday, June 30, 2013 photo released by Whitney Rufo, a woman holds her child as a plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean. left, with two off-duty police officers off the beach from Ocean City Md. Troopers say the plane took off from the Ocean City Municipal Airport between 3:30 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. Sunday. The destination is not known. Investigators believe Thomas J. Geoghegan Jr., who owned the single-engine Nanchang CJ-6A, was piloting it and 27-year-old Joshua D. Adickes, the lone passenger, was seated behind him. (AP Photo/Whitney Rufo)
OCEAN CITY, Md. – The bodies of two Ocean City police officers have been recovered after their plane went down in the ocean Sunday.
The bodies of Thomas Geoghegan Jr., 43, and Joshua Adickes, 27, were found by dive teams in the wreckage Monday, according to Maryland State police.
Ocean City police say, Adickes, of Berlin, Md., is originally from Long Valley, N.J. He joined the Ocean City Police Department as a seasonal police officer in the summer of 2011 and was hired as a full time officer in 2012.
He was assigned to the patrol division where he worked on the evening south shift.
In a release, the police department says Adickes “was fun-loving, charismatic and liked by all who knew him. He loved the beach and loved being an Ocean City Police officer.”
Geoghegan, of Ocean City is originally from Annapolis. He began serving the department in 1991 as a seasonal officer and served each summer since 2002.
Police say Geoghegan served numerous tours as an undercover narcotics detective and was assigned to the patrol division where he worked on the evening south shift.
In a news release, police say “amongst many hobbies, he loved to fly airplanes and enjoyed taking his friends for airplane rides.”
The Ocean City Police Department issued the following statement:
It is with great sadness that the Ocean City Police Department confirms that two of our police officers, Joshua Dale Adickes and Thomas James Geoghegan, Jr., were the victims in yesterday’s plane crash in Ocean City.
Both officers were dedicated and courageous both on and off duty. They had a true love of life, which they demonstrated in their professional and personal pursuits. They exemplified the finest character and their passing is a tremendous loss to the Ocean City Police Department family.
The plane was found 30-feet below the surface about one-quarter mile off the beach from 130th Street, police say.
Divers worked in zero visibility and rough waters to find the men. The search was called off multiple times due to poor weather conditions.
Maryland State Police say the plane, owned by Geoghegan, went down Sunday afternoon.
Mayor Rick Meehan says witnesses told police that the aircraft spun out of control before crashing.
The U.S. Coast Guard says the single-engine Nanchang CJ- 6A took off from Ocean City Municipal Airport.
The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration officials will be investigating the cause of the crash.
