Curtis Blache, the man who had a gunfight with police, probably won't be in critical condition much longer. Meanwhile, "Police said there was nothing to conclusively link the shooting to nearby Club Choices, the scene of several violent incidents including two homicides since March 2006."
A man was stabbed at a strip mall on Sinclair and Moravia Roads in Northeast Baltimore yesterday afternoon.
A middle school student says that Sarah Kreager threw the first punch, and "The lady had a black eye ... Everybody was laughing at her eye." Nice.
The records of some allegedly corrupt guards at the Maryland House of Corrections will be given to lawyers for Lamarr Harris and Lee Stephens, the two inmates who are accused of killing guard David McGuinn.
In one of their motions, defense lawyers raised the prospect that other officers might have set up McGuinn, a by-the-book officer who strictly enforced prison rules. In court papers, they noted an unnamed witness' statement to state police that corrupt guards "ordered the hit" on McGuinn.More details on Kwame Travon Johnson's murder. Johnson is the fourth homicide victim in Annapolis so far this year.
Three brilliant teenagers had some assault and home invasion fun in Glen Burnie, then drove home in their car -- a car that the victims could identify.
What do you do with a drunken sailor? Apparently, you charge him and his friends with DABASUI (Driving A Big Ass Ship Under the Influence).
Bossman says the police weren't very nice to him after one of his friends broke a beer bottle over someone's head at a S. Broadway bar.
Sen. James Brochin says felons shouldn't get assistance with their hospital bills. Given that this is a crime blog and not a blog about health care finance, I won't ramble on about how Brochin's proposal, if passed, will likely mean that taxpayers will foot felons' hospital bills instead of a fund that does not consist of tax dollars. Are you gonna mention that to your constituents, Brochy?
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"Given that this is a crime blog and not a blog about health care finance, I won't ramble on about how Brochin's proposal, if passed, will likely mean that taxpayers will foot felons' hospital bills instead of a fund that does not consist of tax dollars. Are you gonna mention that to your constituents, Brochy?"
A fund that doesn't consist of tax dollars? The victim assistance fund is paid for by court fees (which are basically a form of taxation) and federal dollars (which come from taxes). Either way we're on the hook for the medical expenses of thugs, at least if we deny them money from the victim's fund we won't have to pay for the funerals of hoodlums.
Are you sure taxpayers don't have to pay funeral costs? Who pays the funeral cost for people who cannot afford funerals? Or is it simply limited to burial costs? And who pays the burial costs?
(Oddly, I'm not being sarcastic or snarky. I don't know the answer to this question. Anyone?)
Unclaimed bodies go to the state anatomy board, which then uses them for research or medical education. I'm not sure what's done with them afterwards, some sort of pauper's grace I'd assume.
Actually, you'd be surprised how readily the family of deceased hoodlums come up with money for funerary costs. (This is from expeience.)
It's lifetime expenditures (like education and oversight) for which they seem to be hard up.
One cannot be 100% sure, but it appears from an ad in the Baltimore Business Journal that Club Choices is for sale. At least a reasonable person could conclude that from the picture. (p.48 of the March 14-20 issue). Only $25 million!. Ad says that it is the only club in Maryland with 3 "unique" licenses: All night adult entertainment license (hmmm, wonder what THAT means), after hours license, and liquor license. Who Knew!?
What do you think!?
Should the Baltimore Crime Blog supporters buy it?
Their insurance premiums must be brutal...
Their insurance premiums must be brutal...
There's probably a state-funded handout available to help minority-owned clubs pay for insurance....
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