Thursday, May 3, 2007

May 3

The body of an unidentified man was found in a run-down rowhouse in Barclay last night. It appears that the man was shot.

Marciana Ringo's mother testified yesterday in the trial of Jamaal K. Abeokuto. May 2 would have been Marciana's 13th birthday.

Maurice Mouzon got 20+ years on federal gun and drug charges yesterday, after nearly 12 years of getting slapped on the wrist for his naughty behavior.

A 60-year-old woman is in serious condition at Hopkins after a suspected arson in the 900 block of E. Chase St.

Some kids threw a rock at a Loyola student on Sunday night and hit him in the head.

The Blotter has been much deeper than usual this week, with today's report (three pages!) detailing a rape, several stabbings, and some very bizarre homicide arrests.

An 11-year-old girl who hears gunshots every week and a ninth-grade boy who can't get to school without walking through gang territory were on-hand when the City Council unveiled its new report on tackling gang violence. There was no mention as to whether a report was prepared to report on the effectiveness of previously commissioned reports on gang-violence.

Sheila D. is a fan of drug treatment, but she won't state her opinions on decriminalizing the use of illegal drugs.

Terrance Washington, the inmate who escaped from HarCo officers while he was being taken to the hospital, was caught in Tennessee after stealing a Ryder truck and a Lexus.

Wow. People in HoCo actually have, like, community meetings and stuff when people get a person gets murdered. What a weird concept.

Two officers are appealing a decision in a suit against the BPD regarding libelous search warrants.

Crime tip #1: Don't speed when you're transporting 180 pounds of high-quality wacky tabaccy from Atlanta to New York.

Crime tip #2: When you're fleeing police at 1:00am, crashing into a telephone pole is not the best escape plan.

A wedding photographer is scamming couples in Frederick.

An employee at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources lost a thumb drive with the Social Security numbers of about 1,400 employees, but it's probably just between some bus seats or something.

7 comments:

ppatin said...

"A 54-year-old man was driving a Ford Crown Victoria in the 1400 block of Whitelock St. about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday when he slowed to avoid hitting two teenage boys who kept jumping in front of the car. After he passed the youths, one of them pulled out a handgun and fired a shot that shattered the car's rear window. The driver was not hit."

He should have run down those little turds.

John Galt said...

Cybes, you can remove Phillip Hines as a homicide. He has been determined. Suicide.

His reluctant girlfriend, Dontrelle Nesmith, remains undetermined at this moment, so one can reasonably infer that she will be a homicide, but it's not official yet.

John Galt said...

The Mayor says she'd lke to create a registry for gun offenders so she'll know where they are.

There already is one, babe. Parolees and probationers are required to register their current address and and any address changes with their P.O.

Please, please, STOP trying to 'create' registries and task forces. That's all been done. You just do the work. As in manpower.

Anonymous said...

I just LOVE how Baltimore has all these different "neighborhoods" that are each about 3 square blocks, so that when someone is found shot dead it's the "fourth killing in the Barclay neighborhood" instead of the 90th killing in a one mile radius. Additionally, when someone is killed on Barclay, the people 2 blocks over on Calvert can lie to themselves that they live in a safe area.

John Galt said...

Guys, check out this headline: Massive Crime-Fighting Plan Released by City.

Do you think anyone realizes the the crime-fighting is actually negligible, while only the number of pages in the written plan is accurately described as massive ??

John Galt said...

On that subject, the Editor of the Examiner calls for less talk, more action.

burgersub said...

barclay the neighborhood is not just barclay the street. the boundaries are st. paul, greenmount, north, and 25th, which amounts to 24 square blocks.