Turner Nelson's mother doesn't believe the boy's father, who is in a coma after a suicide attempt, could have thrown the boy into the Patapsco River. She believes Turner will reappear.
Nicholas Browning's guardians have retained Joshua R. Treem, Lee Boyd Malvo's defense attorney. Meanwhile, a few people who knew Nicholas are saying he wasn't such a great guy after all.
Olesker talks to the Brownings' pastor.
The beating of Kishor Kc is depressingly similar to Zach Sowers' beating, but Kc's assailants will probably get off even easier because they're younger.
A whole lotta child abuse in Annapolis.
Robbing and beating and stabbing, oh my!
A man was shot when two men tried to rob him and his girlfriend in his driveway in Severna Park.
Collin Hawkins is facing life for carjacking and gun violations, and still faces charges for shooting BPD Officer Momodu Gondo in 2006.
Two prisoners who stabbed two guards at Maryland House of Correction got... ummm... more prison time.
Edward Lamont Hunt's family hired A. Dwight Pettit to help them figure out
Beware of "firefighters" bearing your computer.
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I doubt that Kishor Kc's attackers will get off that easily. They made the mistake of committing their crime in Harford County, not Baltimore City.
All of these teen-shooting-rampage stories go the same way: for a few days it's like, "this just came out of nowhere with no warning! No one could have seen it coming!" But that's never, ever the case. People don't "just snap"-- even teenage boys.
Talking about killing your parents on the school bus = not normal; I expect in the coming weeks we'll hear a lot more of that kind of thing-- friends saying he talked about getting away with murder, etc.
There's devotion to family and profession: "from what I knew about [Nicholas Browning's] father, he'd want him to have the best lawyer that he can have."
And one of Browning's guardians-- who'll be paying what could easily be a 7-figure legal-defense bill-- is a sibling of one of the people he killed. Wow, I can't imagine! They must genuinely believe in his innocence!
Almost always: in incidents similar to this, the suspects give warnings of their intentions, but nobody pays attention. Usually there are multiple signs that something is amiss, often multiple warnings.
Often, there is substance abuse; just because there's "been no history of substance abuse", doesn't mean there wasn't any. Usually mental illness of some kind+ taking meds or not taking meds+marijuana (sometimes with PCP or LSD)+other drugs+booze+just plain nastiness="unexpected" tragedy.
"And one of Browning's guardians-- who'll be paying what could easily be a 7-figure legal-defense bill-- is a sibling of one of the people he killed. Wow, I can't imagine! They must genuinely believe in his innocence!"
And despite all that money being spent Browning will almost certainly be convicted and sentence to life without parole. What's the point of paying for an expensive lawyer under those sorts of circumstances? The evidence against this guy is overwhelming, and Baltimore County isn't the sort of place where they'll plead out a quadruple murderer.
Some slightly less disturbing news about Baltimore City College students in Annapolis.
Remember the 'martyrs' of Jena, LA ??
One of them just got arrested again for assault. Again.
It's particularly telling because he appeared on a BET award program. Why do I mention it here? It's about having the sanction of the community to commit crime.
Who read Greg Kane's piece on this subject ?
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