Friday, September 21, 2007

Friday 21 September

It should be the astonishing part -- but, of course, it isn't -- but this is the second time that George Jenkins "has been convicted of shooting a member of the same family." The second time? Too bad he wasn't already in jail, but he's going now: sentencing on Nov 8th after "guilty verdicts of first-degree murder and use of a handgun in a crime of violence, prosecutors said."

Thomas J Grant's fate, up in the air yesterday, is settled today: guilty.

Marvin "Escapee" Jordan is back in Maryland today after being extradited from South Carolina. Y'know, for a guy who is good at escaping, he really needs to concentrate on his mad "not being found" skillz.

Matricide(!!!!) in Calvert!!!! Stuffed her "ill" mother into the trunk of her car ... and didn't take her to the hospital? And y'know, why not like, the front seat or something? (I wonder how long it took police to crack her story? Thirty seconds?) This is the second murder for the year for Calvert County. I wonder if they even have homicide detectives. Maybe they have one. He relaxes in a big leather recliner at the station reading Elmore Leonard paperbacks and drinking giant mugs of slightly warm milk and dreaming of the day when the secretary will lean in the door and tell him that he's got a murder on his hands (because, lately, all she does is ask him if he can run out and pick up lunch for everybody, because he's got nothing else better to do except age).
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What's with all the motorcycle deaths lately? This one in Lutherville, at the intersection of Rork and Ridgely Road. (I think ABC2 meant "York", as I am unaware of a 'Rork' road anywhere...)

That hit-and-run driver who killed Anthony Blake has been arrested, although not yet identified. UPDATE: He's now ID'd as 38-year-old William Lentz of Orpington Road.

Zukael T. Stephens, 29, had been on trial on charges of the first degree murder of Marcus Rogers (a transgender activist) and arson from October 11th of last year in a 7th floor apartment down on St. Paul. I say "had been" because the jury acquitted Stephens of all charges.

Wanted for a sexual assault against a 14-year old girl in Ellicott City last month, a forty-two year old kid toucher, Fermin Mejia, was arrested in North Carolina by Federal Marshal Fugitive hunters.

8 comments:

ppatin said...

The judge who suspended most of George Jenkins' original sentence should be disbarred and charged as an accessory to murder.

ppatin said...

Does Elbert Henderson (the Republican candidate for mayor) have a campaign website? I've been trying to find some information on the guy, and you'd barely know he's even running for mayor. Oh well, he'll be getting my protest vote.

John Galt said...

The intersection of Rork Rd. and Ridgely Rd. ? Is Scooby Doo the new WMAR news anchor ??


And yes, the fact that a shooter repeatedly kills members of the same family on separate occasions and keeps getting out again in this jurisdiction is absolutely insane. Wake up call, anyone ?

jaimetab said...

HOW THE HELL CAN ANY JUDGE JUSTIFY SUSPENDING 15 OUT OF 20 YEARS FOR A GOD DAMN ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER!! WOW! IN BALTIMORE YOU CAN GET 5 YEARS FOR ATTEMTED MURDER!!

ppatin said...

The episode of the Simpsons where Sideshow Bob runs for mayor comes to mind.

"Attempted murder, now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?"

burgersub said...

somebody tell malnurtured snay that if a humorous, insightful, and succinct comment doesn't come to him immediately about a particular story, it's ok for him to just write the facts.

Malnurtured Snay said...

Burger,

You can tell me yourself, y'know. Do you mean the one about the Homicide detective in Calvert with his feet propped up? I mean, what else would a homicide detective do up there?

burgersub said...

i'm sure they don't have dudes that are exclusively homicide detectives. the state police probably handle most of the serious criminal investigations. i'll ask my girlfriend, her cousin is a deputy down there.

just sayin', some of your entries seem to be trying a little too hard to be irreverent.