The man who was killed by police after lunging at them with a knife has been ID'd as 45-year-old Norman L. Smith.
This was almost a heroic story of a victim standing up to his robber. But then the "victim" robbed the robber, and took the robber's shotgun, and started hitting the robber over the head with the shotgun, and then the shotgun went off and hit the "victim" in the stomach, and then the "victim" died. Oops. Meanwhile, the robber was simply trying to get cash to pay his way through pharmacy school.
Robert Smith is off the hook.
19-year-old Joseph Miranda's parents are suing state and local officials for covering up facts in their son's death.
Charges against Charles Davis have been dropped in the 2002 murder of David Baskin. Nicholas Weaver, a New York college student who was extradited to Maryland recently, has been indicted in the murder.
Okay, yeah, so the HoCo teacher pulled down the boy's pants and took nude pictures of his ass, but that's not technically exploitation, right?
If you don't mind the pervy teachers and the incresed number of property crimes and the increased number of attacks on police officers, HoCo is a pretty awesome place to live.
Annapolis police officers apparently take a beating, too. Someone fleeing a suspected drug deal hit an AAC officer with his rearview mirror, then led police on a 25 mile car chase.
"A Sun reporter" might want to check his or her facts. According to the State's Attorny's office, Devere Foster is hardly a "he."
4 comments:
Chuck,
If you want to move out here you are more than welcome. Just keep in mind the HoCo numbers are that Baltimore City has 6+X the number of theft with only 2X the population ( I think that's about right but I don't have the figures in from of me). Even after our upsurge.
In western Ellicott City there have been an upsurge in thefts from drug users from PA/WVa who meet their dealers from Baltimore at the first exit off of 70 with fast food.
Chuck,
If you need more incentive check out this
story. A 25 day string of theft and assault (no murder) leads to a 33 year sentence. Not to mention 18 years for 7 years of embezzlement.
Honestly, that sentence seems a little light (although I'm sure in B'more he'd get away with even less). The guy sexually assaulted a woman during his crime spree, and 30 years in MD probably means he'll serve what, 10 or 12? I'd say give him the chair...
The police were investigating a shooting on the 3000 block of E Fayette Ave (between N Decker Ave and N Potomac St) which occurred around 7:00 PM on Saturday. Given that the victim was shot in the "derrierre" (according to people that I talked with on the scene), I'm fairly certain that it was non-fatal.
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