May 23

A person was stabbed near Thurgood Marshall High School. The school is "famous" for lacking adequate heat, drinking water or toilet paper, numerous student-set fires, vermin infestation and being a general lightening rod for crapulence. A Thurgood Marshall student was also arrested for attempted murder last month, and two teenagers were shot near the high school in October of 2004.

The body of a man who had been shot mulitple times was found in the basement of the Maple Glen apartments (on the Northeast side near Herring Run Park). Residents say they heard a shot at 3 a.m. but did not call police. And yesterday Lynn D. Lettley, 28, was fatally shot in Dundalk, bringing the city's murder count to 102 (and homicide count to about 106. "About" because there are cases pending).

Police and family members are seeking help in locating Rey Rivera, a 32-year-old man who disappeared under mysterious circumstances last week.

The Bloody Preakness of '06: An assistant trainer at Pimlico was stabbed by two assailants in barn number six.

At a hearing yesterday, Judge Thomas Waxter sentenced Jermaine Winkler, 23, to 40 years for first-degree murder (and 20 years, of concurrent, aka cloud-cuckooland pretend time, for use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence.) A city jury convicted Winkler February 13. Say court documents:

On October 1, 2004, Winkler attempted to rob John Shivers, 42, while he was in the bleachers of Forest Park High School on Eldorado Avenue. The defendant and an accomplice approached the victim and demanded money. The victim refused and attempted to flee and was fatally shot one time in the chest.

A home invasion and shooting on E. 20th street in the blotter.

BaltCo former "drug Czar": Loyola Blakefield sent bad message by flushing drugs. The Examiner reports that the Jesuit boys' school has had at least four drug-related incidents lately.

Down Greenbelt, Baltimorean Wallace White, 23, got 19 years for gun posession. And speaking of Nigerian scams, five Marylanders and a New Yorker were indicted for bank fraud in a scheme in which they allegedly impersonated account holders. Also, the Beils of Millersville pled guilty to cooking up a batch of speed.

Baltimore city police are recruiting in Puerto Rico to find bilingual candidates, and officers are being moved from desk duty to the streets. and TDR broke a story that was picked up elsewhere!

Because he hasn't spent enough of your tax dollars yet, at Hargrove District Court this morning, Kenneth "O?r$a(i?)cl$" Ellis, 25, decided he wanted a jury trial for his "malicious destruction of property" charges. An instant jury trial for the artless ass will be scheduled or heard tomorrow in room 406 Mitchell Courthouse.

Another murder/suicide in Western Maryland. Patrick Stewart, 46, shot 59-year-old John Hartman and then himself after an arguement.

J'heart eBay! Lonely socks, drinks with Mrs. J. & Hammy, now your own Baltimore City Liquor license!