tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103255962012-01-29T22:42:44.216-05:00mjnoreply@blogger.comBlogger40951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-16151392992023636762012-01-29T22:42:00.000-05:002012-01-29T22:42:44.260-05:00

You're not paranoid if they're really out to get you! -- four-pound "Raven" law-enforcement drones have been flying over Baltimore, hovering and taking pictures of license plates.

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One victim speaks, police say don't worry

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The Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Van Smith and the City Paper, deeming the reporting on the Redwood Trust double murder "fair and accurate". And the CP's story on the sentencing of JR Blackwell also nicely pulls together the tales of the Blackwell's businesses, real estate, shootouts, kidnappings and money-laundering enterprises. Oh, this is bad. The (former, I hope) VP of Harbor

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From this week's NYker: there are more Americans in jail now than Stalin ever held in a gulag, more black men in jail than were slaves in 1850.

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Steven "J.R." Blackwell was sentenced to 20 years in the federal pen; his dad is already there.* Like Al Capone, twas the tax evasion that led to his undoing. Thirteen years for "Big Man" Fauntleroy for selling the crack at the Gilmor homes. And a decade in the federal pen for hairron dealing for Lamont Causion, 40 (no nickname given). Oh, Baltimore Guide Police Blotter. "Someone broke into a

mjnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-77856931054000240762012-01-22T15:28:00.000-05:002012-01-22T15:28:43.082-05:00

A man shot in the head in a barbershop on West Baltimore Street. And one more added to last year's toll: a guy who set himself on fire, killing his mother. Ten years for Kadeem R. Santiful, implicated in the Skateworks rape.

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This guy who exposed his sin bits then tried to rape a woman in Guilford Gateway Park? That's the face of a short African-American man, They say.

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Annie McCann's parents claims that OCME threw away her organs after her autopsy. The parents are also planning legal action against the state.

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An unidentified man was found shot in the head and dead near a playground in the 4300 block of Cedar Garden Road.The parents of Annie McCann, the 16-year-old Virginia girl mysteriously found dead in 2008 may have a "significant new investigative lead."*A man and a woman were shot Tuesday in separate incidents. Just two years for Gale Terera Roland, 53, who shook another woman's baby to death.5

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Life for three guérilleros noirs "Petey," "Snags" and "Jim Dog," implicated in the kidnapping, robbery, and murder of Qonta Waddell. You may remember this story, Waddell was kidnapped, kicking, screaming and hogtied, hanging on his mother's leg*. Two shootings, on Gorsuch Avenue and Terra Firma Road, respectively The CP's Ink recounts last week's murder of James Hunter. Six Occupy Baltimore

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Death penalty opponents are rallying in Annapolis today. Occupy Baltimore is rallying at the proposed site of the new juvenile justice center. CC president Jack wants to rein in spending on police training programs. A Dundalk man got stabbed in the head when he tried to break up a catfight. The roof of civil rights landmark Read's Drug Store has collapsed. Ship employee (one site says a "

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A man was shot at the B-More Chicken and Seafood carryout The man who got away after one Manuel Imel attacked police as they arrested him was re-arrested. The family of the first man murdered this year, 62-year-old Bruce Royster, has asked for the public's help to solve his killing. Royster was an accountant. The woman accused of having her estranged husband Lee Martin killed has entered an

mjnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-81171170325204484832012-01-12T12:24:00.003-05:002012-01-12T12:27:39.685-05:00

Former city homicide detective Kelvin Sewell talks about the difference between policing in Baltimore and Pocomoke City in USA Today. He's also the author of Why Do We Kill?

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SRB has a thing for attracting baffling slogans. First there was "only a punk would hurt a dog," which left you wondering which kind of punk... like a punk rocker, or an Ashton Kutcher target, or a pirate peg boy? Then there was "I was drunk. Was it my fault?" an anti-rape campaign that sounds like a pro-drunk-driving campaign. Now comes "STOP SHOOTING. START LIVING." which sounds an awful lot

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Two shootings in Cherry Hill* A woman was shot through her patio door in the Harford-Echodale-Perring Parkway neighborhood Trial scheduled to start today for Lee Edward Stephens, one of two prisoners charged with stabbing David McGuinn to death in 2006. Lead investigator in the Mary Hare murder was arrested three years ago* for not following his sargeant's order, reports Fenton The Ink has

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Bernstein speaks! Not one but two articles out today about his first year, one with TDR's Ben Mook (subscription required) and another from the Sun and Tricia Bishop*, who Page Croyder says misrepresented her words.

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Less than a month after eviction from McKeldin Square, Occupy has moved on to a new thing, the group plans tomorrow to occupy a home at 1433 W. Lombard St where the resident is scheduled to be evicted. Property search shows the home was acquired by Deutsche Bank in August, in 2006 it was flipped by one Jui Fan-Lee Yang. Twenty-one years in the slammer for a Mississippi truck driver who caused

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The third homicide of the year occurred Friday when 27-year-old Doral Hinton was shot to death in the 2400 block of Ashland Ave. There were also plenty of non-fatal shootings as well. Virginia resident Raymon Parrot, 35, was shot and killed in the 4100 block of Mariban Court while visiting relatives Sunday. A 2006 beating turned into a 2011 death, which has now become 2012's 5th homicide.*

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A serial rapist has been arrested for, surprise, surprise, rape. Nelson Bernard Clifford Jr. age 34, was arrested for a series of rapes, including one where he broke into a woman's house and raped her while her children were nearby. Clifford, a convicted sex offender, had been charged with sex offenses 3 times prior, as well as having been indicted for failure to register as a sex offender

TABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471734078539757460noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-5235687061275245472012-01-06T13:33:00.001-05:002012-01-06T13:59:19.474-05:00

Fenton Tweets: "Breaking: 84 y/o woman who died in fire yesterday morning had been first stabbed multiple times, autopsy finds..." WTF?! Story here* And WBAL has pictures of Jerome/Bootsy and friend, the Bolton Hill kidnapping home invaders. Guglielmi says it took police so long to release pictures because of the holiday weekend.

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Adam Meister takes to his blog now that "this part of the saga is over." ... check out this clip he found from the Afro-American, June 1972: Frank Conaway charged after hitting his wife and putting her in the hospital! On one hand, neither I nor Adam had been born when this went down. On the other, I get the sense it was not so easy to get charged with wife-beatery 40 years ago.

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A Bolton Hill man was abducted on Jordan Street, taken on a tour of ATM machines and then left in some bushes on North Avenue*, minus his wallet, iPad, cellphone, gym bag and grey 2011 Infiniti SUV. Remember the Walmart bleach attack? Now the alleged victim in that case, Ebony Odom, has been indicted for reckless endangerment and second-degree assault. Murders may be down in the city, but

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The Maryland Court of Appeals has ruled that indigent defendants are entitled to public defenders at all court proceedings including initial bail hearings*. Public Defenders say they don't have the resources to do it.

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... for either Meister or Mr. Conaway. But Meister will surely face ¢harge$-- the "frail white boy" hired Warren Brown as his attorney. As for old Frank's firearm permit, his lawyer says it wasn't expired and the charges were based on clerical error. The Ink recaps last year's 196 murders, with updates on cases. In case you were wondering, Belair-Edison was last year's most murderous

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Aw geeze, it seemed like we were going to go four whole days into 2012 with no murders, but it was not to be. The first victim of the year is reportedly a 62-year-old man shot in Park Heights last night. *The Ink details last week's four murders, plus updatesIn the County, a girl gang-raped at Skateworks identified one of her attackers* -- she was 12 and he's 26. Blargh. One of the other

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Life "" art: Omar Little arrested for handgun charges* Hermann does the math so you don't have to: 80 percent of 2011's murder victims had criminal records, as 90 percent of those arrested for murder. I wonder if the trend holds from a few years back in which victims had been arrested more times, on average, than alleged perps. 2012's first shooting victim is 13* Bernstein to organize

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With 196 homicides this year, Baltimore has had its lowest homicide total since 1977. Fenton from the Sun reports on the near-jubilance of public officials over this under-200 year.Last year we had 223 homicides, 2008 was 234; 2007 was 291; 2006 was 274; 2005 was 269.We've blogged 1,487 murders.Here is the complete listing of 2011's 196 victims:196. Tiyon Campbell, 31, 2800 block of W. Garrison (

TABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471734078539757460noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-21658910183568942412011-12-31T17:35:00.002-05:002011-12-31T17:38:47.187-05:00

It has been more than five years after the murder of CO David McGuinn at the Maryland House of Correction. Jury selection in the trial of the first of his two alleged killers begins Tuesday* in Anne Arundel County.

ppatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09016738612222736798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-82718143042854880012011-12-30T14:40:00.002-05:002011-12-30T16:51:07.701-05:00

Have you seen these two, wanted for attempted armed robbery on the Light Rail? (Left, via WBAL) Robberies galore in the southeast and coats for the homeless stolen in the southern, reports the Baltimore Guide Last week's four murders recapped in the Ink. Says O'Malley of the drop in the murder toll this year, "I don’t think there’s anything about which I will ever be more grateful in public

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Three suspected heroin overdose deaths in two days in Harford County.

ppatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09016738612222736798noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-73249363518562514822011-12-29T20:37:00.001-05:002011-12-29T20:40:46.377-05:00

Looks like Mitchell courthouse is lacking some basic fire safety equipment.

iv1http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099795140646841270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-65857400435773623942011-12-28T23:21:00.002-05:002011-12-29T16:06:01.030-05:00

Tweets Fenton, "Shooting at 2800 W Garrison is a homicide." UPDATE: Fenton says the 31-year-old victim was killed when he fought back during the course of a home-invasion robbery*. a friend of mine was also burgled yesterday in Endor Gadrens-- had her door kicked in in the middle of the day; thieves took her kids' Christmas presents. Sigh.

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this guy? He's wanted for questioning in reference to the December 9th triple-shooting near Club Envy in the 1800 block of Maryland Ave.

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It's the end of the year, which means it's a fine time to recap some of the most notable civil- and criminal-law stories of the past 12 months: 10. Conaways in the crossfire: Frank Conaway Senior kept his position as clerk of the court again, but there was still bad news aplenty for the family: Belinda lost her city council seat to Nick Mosby after Adam Meister revealed she was claiming a tax

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City Hall was shut down for a little while this morning due to a bomb scare. Turned out it was just a food container and a t-shirt, though the BCPD intelligence section is taking over the investigation now. A 30-year-old man was shot in the face in the 100 block of South Monroe St. on the 23rd. Another December 23 shooting, this time in the 400 block of North Rose St. Two people, a man and a

TABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471734078539757460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-10680676205509459332011-12-25T13:22:00.001-05:002011-12-27T10:53:53.150-05:00

A murder Christmas Eve brings the toll to 195. A moment of thanks and appreciation to the dedicated and selfless officers, EMTS, firefighters and medical examiners who work on Christmas.

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Violence in SW Baltimore is related to the shooting of a "legend," says FHB III-- a legend named Stanley, who is apparently as slippery as a greased pig on a Teflon pan*: "Armed robbery and handgun charges were dropped by prosecutors in 2008, and he was found not guilty of attempted murder in 2004. In 2007 he was convicted of drug possession with intent to distribute and sentenced to eight years

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A Baltimore grandmother who was beaten with a hammer by her own 14-year-old grandson in March has died. 67-year-old Shirley Garrett died in the hospital after receiving the fatal injuries from her grandson Hassanhii Garrett, 14. Hassanhii was charged as an adult with attempted murder before his case was juvenile court. This murder replaces the murder of Cristopher Gilliam on the homicide list,

TABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471734078539757460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-23756368321255429912011-12-21T15:43:00.002-05:002011-12-21T18:09:09.061-05:00

Phylicia Barnes' father says he's anticipating an arrest in the case, BoCo Popo say that's not so, though note the investigation is still active and progress has been made. Hmm. Police Tweet "SHOOTING: 700 Belnord (Eastern District, Madison-Eastend Community) 11:58pm, adult female shot. Detectives investigating." The judge threw out 9/13 counts* in the city bullying lawsuit, the case is to the

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Dajuan Marshall , 29, The leader of the Bounty Hunter Bloods has been sentenced to life plus 20 for kidnapping and fatally shooting Kenneth Jones the leader of the Pasadena Denver Lane Bloods.The Sun has released their top 10 local news stories of 2011. Crime stories making the list were the Select Lounge shooting, the McDonald's assault of a transgendered woman, and the Wire's Felicia "Snoop"

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Two men were shot last night, leaving one dead. 29-year-old Donte Lamonte Collins was shot and killed at the 1500 block of North Rosedale St. Yet again, there is a bit of confusion with how his name is spelled, with District Court records calling him Donte, while Circuit Court records spell it Dante. Unless someone says otherwise, he will be listed as Donte in the homicide tally. County Police

TABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471734078539757460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-53861203709783008022011-12-19T21:19:00.000-05:002011-12-19T21:19:50.068-05:00

A man was shot to death outside of Towson Town Center, Justin Fenton retweeted this photo (where did his shoes go?). Wjz says it was inside the parking garage, the Sun says it was on the road on the East side of the Nordstrom's, Fenton says there are preliminary reports of a suspect being taken in for questioning.

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32-year-old Jeffrey Smith was shot and killed on Belair Rd. No suspects or motive at the moment.Dayon Barnes, 27, was shot and killed while sitting in a car in the 200 block of N. Smallwood St. Barnes made local headlines last year after being part of a money counterfeiting group with Erik Desmond Stokes and Darryl Bacon. Stokes was shot and killed by County police during apprehension. Barnes and

TABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471734078539757460noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-42085055805706416532011-12-17T12:29:00.002-05:002011-12-17T13:39:53.811-05:00

A man was shot to death at around 9:10 p.m. Friday in the 2200 block of Elsinore Avenue Media blabber: Why is this guy waving a sign about bedbugs in front of @Adam Meister's house? (while Meister and Toilet Artist Duane G. Davis -- in an "ass family" shirt-- take pictures?) In spite of paying its reporters in gum, Patch.com is reportedly losing $100 million a year

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Judge Althea Handy dismissed the state's $100 million counterclaim against State Center's opponents. Reasoned the Judge, "the Noerr-Pennington doctrine applies and the “sham” exception as defined in Prof’l Real Estate Investors, Inc., et al. v. Columbia Pictures Indus., Inc., et al., 508 U.S. 49 (1993) does not; and it is further ORDERED that because the Noerr-Pennington doctrine is dispositive

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Extra time for John Wagner, convicted killer of Stephen Pitcairn, the murderous crackhead will now serve "life" plus seven years, eight months, and six days. Police are ISO a female serial bank robber who wears leggings and Uggs. The FBI has (finally!) changed the definition of rape to remove the requirement that the victim is a woman, the weapon is a penis and the "forcible" part. (So what did

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Got an email from the Justice Policy Institute expressing aggravation that while prison populations are down nationwide, Maryland's prison population is up. Of course one's first gut reaction is, I don't want to pay $40-60 a day to feed, house and clothe 1.8% more assorted fuckweasels and fudgeclowns. But-- could it be-- dare we imagine-- that the growth in state prison population is a sign that

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Mike, the owner of the Up Close barber shop is still in critical condition after being shot in the head during the course of a robbery yesterday. Police are ISO a lead. Nelson Bernard Clifford, a sex offender who just beat rape charges, was linked by DNA to two more rapes*. And was also charged with a rape last month. He was also charged with failing to register as a sex offender, but the

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Some amazing stats reported at the CJCC meeting today: From January 1 until today, there have been 549 homicides and shootings so far in the city, compared with 942 in 2000. The city closed about 1,000 more felony cases this year than it did in 2010, thanks to reorganization of the docket and the addition of a second administrative judge. Deaths in which the manner was undetermined are way down

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The Ink covers last week's five murders A second man, Kedar Anderson, was convicted for involvement in the murder of Kenneth Jones, former leader of the Pasadena Denver Lanes Bloods gang. Police Tweet "4200 block Ivanhoe. Adult male reported to be shot in the leg" A warning to the patrons of the transgendered prostitutes of Charles Village, a sting operation is "forthcoming."* (Is "

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More city lawsuit payouts TK*, including $375k to the family of Edward Lamont Hunt, unarmed and fatally shot in the back in the parking lot of the Hamilton Park Shopping Center in 2008 (You might remember ... Officer Thomas Sanders was charged with manslaughter, but acquitted) and $36,600 for an army reservist who didn't get his job back after his service. Five-time felon McKenzie White got 19

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The Occupy Baltimore encampment is gone*. Police evicted them peacefully around 3 AM this morning with no arrests being reported. (Un-paywalled-story here at the SF Chronicle, and video from Fenton*, who apparently never sleeps and/or was tipped off by someone... - MJ)

ppatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09016738612222736798noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-56759137115975089562011-12-12T15:57:00.009-05:002011-12-12T17:25:44.956-05:00

A 58-year-old man was stabbed to death at an apartment complex for seniors in the NW. Police released a sketch, left, of a suspect wanted for a robbery/stabbing at a gas station on Nov. 6 in the 2200 block of North Charles Street The city's 11th police-involved shooting this year was one Franklin Williams, 38, now in critical condition. His family says he suffers from schizophrenia; police say

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An arrest has been made in a September killing in Dundalk. Jeremiah Ezekiel Edwards, 19 has been charged with first degree murder for the murder of Robert Charles Nelson, 24. County police are searching for a missing 14-year-old girl. If you have any information on the whereabouts of Madison Renee Davis of Dundalk, please let the authorities know. A shooting outside Club Envy on Maryland Ave.

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A man was shot in the head at Calvert and 29th streets in Charles Village at 11 p.m. last night. UPDATE: he was ID'd as Brandon Hudson, 22*, shot while sitting on a couch in the first floor of an apartment. and Police Tweet, "Triple Shooting, 1800 Blk Maryland Ave (Central District), 12:58am, adult males shot." Fenton Tweets that 1992 shooting victim Ronald Watkins had been hanging out at

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BPD caught on tape being less than polite during a traffic stop.

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Why so stabby, Baltimore? Another fatal stabbing, this time a 45-year-old man in the NW*; in the 3500 block of Woodland Ave. Update: Fenton ID's the man as Christopher Gilliam, and says a female "of interest" is in custody but not charged. Ronald Watkins, shot 19 years ago at the corner of North Ave and Charles Street, has died from his injuries and been added to this year's homicide toll. A

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A man stabbed to death on Eastern Avenue Northeast N. East Avenue A man shot multiple times at 12:39 p.m. in the 700 block of Willow Avenue, mere blocks (but worlds away) from Guilford A second week with only one murder (that we know of). The unfortunate victim was Kenneth Davis, 29. Attorneys need to stop releasing information about who's snitching cooperating with law enforcement, said RJR*

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Tweeted Luke Broadwater Update, here's the Sun story*, the WBAL story (featuring an old clip that includes character witness John Heath: "the Paul Schurick that I know was a person who went in the hood ... and he hung out in Old York Road with the brothers.") .. and down in PGC, seven years in the slammer for Jack "put it in your panties" Johnson.

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He took a bullet while serving a murder warrant, now he may take a fall for speaking to the media.Meanwhile, no end in sight to the city worker turned criminal turned tax payer funded pensioner (aka The Dixon rule)

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Hampden went on lockdown yesterday due to the report of a roving armed loonybird Three people reported shot this weekend, Tweeted the BPD: two adult males at Vancouver & Markham, and a woman shot in the 900 block of Jack Street. Paul Schurick's robocall case is expected to go to the jury today; he faces a maximum of 12-16 years in jail if convicted on three conspiracy charges and failure to

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There really needs to be a word that combines ridiculous and horrible. Ridorrible? Horriculous? Whatever you call it, it was bountiful Friday at the robocall trial, with the defense calling somewhere between nine and 18"character" witnesses* to testify to the general awesomeness of Ehrlich's campaign manager, Paul Shurick. How their platitudes could be material to the facts I can't imagine, but

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Good Jeebuz! Three men were arrested last night after a four-hour, two-county crime spree that involved 12 victims, including a man stripped naked, another man shot in the eye and the leg, and a wrecked Lincoln Continental. A third murder at Perkins Hospital? Really? The prosecution rested yesterday in the robo-call case, after Julius Henson's employee Rhonda Russell, who recorded the "relax,

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Drug dealer, convicted double-murderer and amateur lawyer Anthony Grandison is headed to the Court of Appeals* for the sixth time. Grandison is currently on death row for hiring Vernon Evans to kill David Piechowicz and Susan Kennedy in April of 1983.

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Fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man on the 500 block of South Bentalou Street; a carjacking at Dru Hill and Whitelock. The Ink details last week's single homicide, and the fifth fatal police-involved shooting of the year. The defense and prosecution agreed yesterday that Ehrlich's campaign manager, Paul Schurick, personally approved the "relax" robocalls, and prosecutors described a desperate

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Wire actress talked about the impact of growing up in a violent home at a summit in Baltimore.

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The city's Civilian Review Board investigated but didn't want to talk about a whole bunch of complaints against city officers.

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32-year-old Steven Pennington has been Id'd as the man shot to death at the intersection of Moreland Ave. and Presbury St. on Nov. 14. This week's Murder Ink gives more details of the robbery-murder of 25-year-old Tavon Toney, allegedly committed by Jerome Burgess Jr, 19. The Sun has updates on another murder arrest alongside that of Jerome Burgess Jr. Arrested for the murder of Lakeisha Player

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Good grief, $107k to settle two more police-misconduct lawsuits, reports the Brew. Has Bealefeld decided that lawsuits are cheaper than training? Fenton writes about the changes to the crack-sentencing law that will eventually allow for the release of about 50 Maryland inmates* Police say a lady carjacker (and MS-13 member) may be in the area; keep your eyes peeled for one Stephanie Lynn Schwab

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... so what did I miss, Baltimore? It looks like police arrested one Alvin Ray Wright Sr.*, 48, for the rape of a 13-year-old girl in an abandoned rowhouse on N. Caroline Street in October. He doesn't have a record of prior sex offenses, just drug and car-theft charges, but DNA evidence implicated his evil ass after his sample was given high priority in the testing queue. A woman robbed with a

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Brazen DPW workers discuss ripping of the city with the cameras rolling

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A thanksgiving stabbing in Milford Mill. A 51-year-old man spotted a very intoxicated man, identified as Gilberto Mendez, 24, in the middle of the street. While trying to get him him out of the street Mendez took it upon himself to break a bottle and stab the 51-year-old. What a wonderful time of year. Police have id'd the knife wielding man shot to death by police as 52-year-old Anthony

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The case against notorious drug kingpin Stephen Blackwell has come to a somewhat anti-climactic ending when Blackwell (Pictured right in the first picture I've ever seen of him) pled guilty to heroin conspiracy charges as well as a variety of other non-violent crimes. While Blackwell was never charged with any of the violence that threw him into the spotlight, he was believed to have been at

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As-of-yet-unidentified man shot in the head at the 900 block of Franklin St. This weeks' murder ink notes several homicide arrests as well as two cases closed by exception; the death of Earl Brown, who was shot in 1999, and the murder of 1-year-old Davon Booth Jr. Still no info on the body found in the World Trade Center Monday morning. The story of how a traffic stop in Louisiana led to a

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Oh, too funny. The MD state police report that the handgun Frank Conaway, Sr. may or may not have "brandished" while he was or wasn't chasing Adam Meister has an expired permit. If it's true that Conaway left his property with the gun, he could be facing a month in jail. Oh, my. Conaway is the Clerk of the Court, so his job is to file and maintain the court's records and legal documents. Yet he

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... Occupy Baltimore gets evacuated, camper-protestors believe. In other news, Adam Meister claims doddering Clerk of the Court Frank Conaway, Senior, took a swing at him today, after Meister ran into him and asked him why he wasn't at work at 10:30 a.m on a Monday and other harsh words were exchanged. LMFAO! One (rather far-fetched) version of the story has Meister pounding on the door and

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One thing law school fails at teaching is how to be a lawyer.

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A triple stabbing in the parking lot of the Sunset Beach Bar and Grill at Pulaski Highway and Allender Road in White Marsh Whups! PG County accidentally released an alleged murderer, one Frederick Scott (left). Bad PR move, SRB: a group of students from eight local colleges who'd planned to sleep in front of Baltimore City Hall to commemorate National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week on

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A "life" sentence for Michael Wiggins, accused of stabbing Marine Corps Private Darius Ray to death at a party last year. Remember Veronica Williams, killed by her husband in front of the Eastside Court on North Avenue after taking out a restraining order? Her mother is now suing the BPD and seeking punitive damages for due process violations, conspiracy and wrongful death, claiming that Cleaven

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So the city is going to tax your every bottle of pop, yet "The city's budget office revealed at an investigative hearing Tuesday that it has spent $10.4 million over the past three years — an average of about $3.5 million annually — defending the Baltimore Police Department against lawsuits." "... payments to outside counsel defending city officers from suits have increased. The city spent about

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Murderous crack dealer Antonio "Mack" Hall, 31, has been sentenced to four life sentences for shooting to death federal witness Kareem Guest in September of 2009, as well as shooting a police informant and killing another crack dealer, Martie Williams, in March of 2009.The life sentences are adding up for Baltimore drug dealers. 36-year-old Johnny Butler has been sentenced to two life sentences

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The high flying, resort loving Baltimore city pension board may have taken their last ethically challenged trip to a beach front resort - a nice win f0r beleaguered city taxpayers.

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The sounds of gunfire and crunching metal filled Patapsco and Magnolia avenues after an ATF agent fired shots during a raid Monday. One ATF agent was injured and is currently recovering. Details are still minimal at the moment. Police have made an arrest in the killing of Marquis Jones. 19-year-old Antwon Lee has been arrested and charged with first degree murder. Another arrest of a police

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A man shot to death this morning in the 1700 block of Moreland Avenue near Presbury Street, and #178 was actually a woman, found in a house in the 2600 block of Kentucky Avenue with a gunshot wound to her head. Bealefeld talks to "60 Minutes" about Tazers. Apparently he's against them. What I didn't know was they have darts that actually shoot out and embed in someone's flesh... eeew. Says one

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Jill Carter Tweets: "Werdesheim "Shomrim" assault trial continued in advance from 2moro 11/14 to 2/1/2012" ... more on that case

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A man shot to death on Pennsylvania Ave. UPDATE: He was ID'd as Darren Robertson, 20. Justin Fenton Tweeted that he was shot in the face. ... Bmore fun fact: until the 60s, sources say, Pennsylvania Ave was Baltimore's "center for black life and culture"

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The police report three incidents of Moltov cocktail-tossing in the NW last night between 1 and 4 a.m., in the 4100 Blk of Belvieu Avenue, the 3900 block of Groveland Avenue and the 3300 block of Liberty Heights Avenue, at least one incident using a Rémy Martin bottle (classy!) Gugliemi held an unusual Saturday press conference, video here (unfortunately interrupted by a Walmart ad). Moltov

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"an intruder raped and beat a woman while her children were just steps away"

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...at East Lorraine Avenue and Barclay Street. (Not Charles Village) Mary Pat Clarke wants to padlock the Yau Brothers Chinese carryout after the second murder there. Which seems rather unfair to the Yau brothers, unless they were somehow in on it.

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Horrible: 12-year-old girl reportedly raped at box-cutter-point by 13-year-old at an unnamed west Baltimore school; the victim asked a fellow student for help but her classmate did nothing. Despicable teenager steals cookie money from the Girl Scouts "Freedom fighter" Matthew VanDyke talked to WJZ. He's writing a book, of course. Another defamation suit for the City Paper and reporter Van

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Looks like you can buy illegal switchblade knives all over the city, police say they don't have time to deal with it.

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Santos Villanueva, 25, was shot to death in the 4300 block of Loch Raven Blvd. at around 9 p.m. last night A guy on a bike wearing a hoodie shot up a parked car near the Edmonson village shopping center; the occupant wasn't injured in spite of at least seven bullet holes. Police are ISO this man who broke into Charlie Brown's bar to steal cash, booze and lottery tickets Police are also ISO

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If you're still on the fence, reading this may change your mind. Ps. James O'Shea, author of "Deal from Hell," will be speaking tomorrow at Hopkins. .. could a news cooperative work in Baltimore (or anywhere)?

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The mayor has banned switch blades from Hollins Market, meanwhile the SA's office says they're illegal.

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Two life sentences for a man convicted for the murder of Brian Meise in a Catonsville convenience store. The JFX was closed down today as police tried to capture a short and tubby escaped fugitive, one Maury Figueroa, arrested for drug violations and driving without a license. Profiling nightmares! One of Chef Gordon Ramsey's crew was out scouting b-roll locations and got pulled over in what he

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In case you haven't heard, SRB is in, Belinda Conaway is out, voter turnout was a mind-bogglingly dismal 13 percent, and there are complaints about write-in voting being hampered and other improprieties in the 13th district, where Shannon Sneed was defeated by incumbent Warren Branch. Demond Tyler, 36, has been arrested and charged with smothering his own grandmother to death. Shirley Tyler was

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282 knives were confiscated from city school kids in the past two years. Plus it's pretty easy to buy a switchblade in the city.

iv1http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099795140646841270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-44392280247380687382011-11-08T14:31:00.006-05:002011-11-09T09:07:19.920-05:00

WTF?! Fox files a FOIA request to try to uncover the shady development deals behind the $1.5 billion-dollar State Center project involving hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars, but developers refuse the request saying they can't afford to make copies of documents. And now, says Fox, the state itself is suing plaintiffs who are suing for violations of procurement law-- a SLAPP suit, in other

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A mostly non-city post today. After three years their has still been no arrest in the 2008 murder of former Marine Leroy Taylor. Orioles pitcher Alfred Simon has been acquitted of any charges related to the New Years Eve shooting death of a man in the Dominican Republic. Armed Robberies Galore: Police in Elkridge are offering up a reward information leading to the capture of a liquor store

TABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471734078539757460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-42795365554337767072011-11-07T14:41:00.004-05:002011-11-07T15:17:01.817-05:00

14-year-old Nefatea Hector is facing two counts of attempted murder for shooting Joseph Esdelle, 20, in the face, and hitting Anthony Samuel Johnson, 24, with a stray bullet.For the second time in a week, a 2009 Baltimore County murder has led to federal indictments. Several members of the massive Marijuana trafficking operation were indicted in federal court for their roles in the drug ring and

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