Judge Wanda K. Heard sentenced Leroy Mayo, 47, of N. Patterson Park Avenue, to 25 years in prison. A city jury convicted Mayo of first-degree assault on February 13 and acquitted him of attempted first and second-degree murder counts. On December 6, 2003, say court docs, Leroy Mayo and his wife, Sherelle, were arguing in their home when he became enraged and took a knife from the kitchen and attacked her. During the attack Sherelle Mayo was stabbed several times.
Trial of serial killer Raymont Hopewell has been postponed until September.
At a hearing today, Judge Wanda K. Heard sentenced Martinez Brown, 26, to life in prison for the first-degree murder of Kelvin Knight, 18, and an additional 20 years consecutive for use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. A city jury convicted Brown November 3, 2005. Members of Knight's family presented emotional testimony to the court prior to Brown's sentencing. Say court documents,
In the early morning hours of December 7, 2003 the victim, Kelvin Knight, was ordering take-out from New Land Chinese Carry Out at the corner of Montford and Biddle Streets in East Baltimore when he observed Brown arguing with a woman. Upon hearing the victim laugh, Brown turned to the victim and said, "Do you think I am playing?" He then pulled out a handgun, put it to the victim's forehead, and shot him three times in the head and once in the chest. As Brown ran from the scene after the murder, an eyewitness disabled him by striking him with his car, thereby allowing police to arrest him at the scene. Another eyewitness identified him at the scene.
The trial of Cyrus Lee Beads and Joseph Omar Smith starts today. Beads is accused of shooting Lawrence Johnson, 44, Ronald McCutcheon, 19, and Jeremy Drake, 17, on the 3800 block of Roland View Avenue with a 9mm Glock in June 2005. Johnson died of his wounds and McCutcheon was paralyzed. Beads is charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder and assault and weapons charges.
Three homicides this weekend bring the total to 119. A man was shot last night on the west side, Antonio Alford, 22, was shot in Woodlawn, and Larry A. Thompson was killed on the east side.
A carjacking, a stabbing and lots of robbery and burglary in the blotter.
Baltimorean Matthew Oliphant was stabbed in the parking lot of the OC Denny's.
Bizjournal: Bmore accounting firm Ellin & Tucker critical in case against Enron.
Why are abortion-clinic bombers always male vigins? (See Robert Weiler Jr., left).Old news, but what the hey: In Greektown, 21 people at an illegal poker game (including Judge Prevas' brother) were robbed of 15k.
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Several murders over the weekend. Well, so much for Lenny Hamm being ahead of the game in homicide.
new UCR dara are out:
(caveat: these figures are self-reported by City of Baltimore and only reflect those incidents reported to and officially recorded by police)
for calendar 2005 2004
violent total 11,248 11,667
murder 269 276
rape 162 182
robbery 3,910 4,050
agg assault 6,907 7,159
property total 33,241 36,059
burglary 7,338 7,891
larceny 19,691 21,366
auto theft 6,212 6,712
arson 422 430
While muder is down in MoTown, it seems that burglary and agg assault are showing increases in Detroit, so I suppose we're going to get the silver medal for unsafe city again.
I call bullshit on this report which doesn't give us any credit in the rise in the national crime rate.
Hey, we would have killed more people; it's just hard because so many are dead already. We'll distinguish ourselves in 2006. All those young professionals moving into the 'new' Baltimore like lambs to the slaughter.
link on "serial killer" needs fixing, linking to Calvin Knight story.
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