The man who was fatally shot in a triple shooting on Friday night was identified as 25-year-old George Thomas Johnson. The shooting was originally reported as being in the 1900 block of E. Lafayette Ave., but is now listed around the corner in the 800 block of N. Payson St.
A 27-year-old man is suspected in a fatal domestic shooting in Bowie that left the man's mother dead.
There was a shooting this morning in the 3700 block of Offutt Rd. in Randallstown. Last night, two men were injured in two separate shootings, one in the 700 block of N. Rose St., and one in the 2000 block of Westwood Ave.
Two bottle bombs blew up in a Harford County parking lot on Sunday morning, and two undetonated bombs required bomb squad intervention.
HoCo PD's school resource officers have kept busy this year, with everything from stolen gift cards to kids carrying assault weapons (to protect themselves from gangs, of course).
Don't mess with the Girl Scouts.
Monday, July 9, 2007
Saturday, July 7, 2007
July 7
Sorry for the Sun-heavy post today; with the exception of the Harford hammer beater, you might as well just go read the Sun.
The body of Phyllis S. Johnson was found by her son in her home in the 1700 block of N. Broadway in Oliver. She had been stabbed and was lying in a pool of blood. Also in Oliver, the man whose body was found in a garbage bag behind a house in the 1500 block of N. Bond St. has been ID'd as 52-year-old Christopher M. Barrett.
An unidentified man was fatally shot in the head last night in the 1900 block of W. Lafayette Ave. Another man and a woman were also shot at the same time.
In Harford County, 17-year-old Andrew E. Bogris allegedly attacked another 17-year-old with a hammer after arguing over a girl.
Kelly Schreck was arrested after five dead dogs, four starving dogs, and four starving cats were found in her Glen Burnie house. She's being held on $800,000 bail, the highest amount ever for an animal cruelty case in AAC.
The BPD, Hopkins, and the people of Charles Village are all a bit freaked out about the attempted abduction of a 29-year-old JHU grad student.
Joseph C. Schultz was given $1.3M after getting shot in the face by an FBI agent in 2002.
Sheila D. fought to allow Charles Murel out of jail long enough to attend his son's funeral. His son was the 3-year-old boy who was hit by a car on June 30 on W. Lanvale St.
The body of Phyllis S. Johnson was found by her son in her home in the 1700 block of N. Broadway in Oliver. She had been stabbed and was lying in a pool of blood. Also in Oliver, the man whose body was found in a garbage bag behind a house in the 1500 block of N. Bond St. has been ID'd as 52-year-old Christopher M. Barrett.
An unidentified man was fatally shot in the head last night in the 1900 block of W. Lafayette Ave. Another man and a woman were also shot at the same time.
In Harford County, 17-year-old Andrew E. Bogris allegedly attacked another 17-year-old with a hammer after arguing over a girl.
Kelly Schreck was arrested after five dead dogs, four starving dogs, and four starving cats were found in her Glen Burnie house. She's being held on $800,000 bail, the highest amount ever for an animal cruelty case in AAC.
The BPD, Hopkins, and the people of Charles Village are all a bit freaked out about the attempted abduction of a 29-year-old JHU grad student.
Joseph C. Schultz was given $1.3M after getting shot in the face by an FBI agent in 2002.
Sheila D. fought to allow Charles Murel out of jail long enough to attend his son's funeral. His son was the 3-year-old boy who was hit by a car on June 30 on W. Lanvale St.
Friday, July 6, 2007
July 6
Police found the car that fatally struck Pedro Colon on Dundalk Ave. early Wednesday morning, but they haven't located the driver.
Two men in a black SUV tried to abduct a Hopkins student in the 100 block of W. 29th St. yesterday morning, but fled when she screamed and witnesses ran to help her.
More on the drive-by yesterday morning in a downtown parking garage.
Bryant Mitchell Johnson is wanted for a whole bunch of bank robberies.
Vandals targeted 15 cars and a house in Hamilton.
A push for $2M to recruit city cops is falling on deaf ears. Sheila D. says we're meeting our recruiting goals (despite having at least 140 unfilled positions), and we shouldn't use the city's "rainy day fund" for this. Meanwhile, there are a paltry 21,000 open city warrants (that's the conservative number) and 79 officers to work on them. (Baltimore Crime loves us some math: if each officer closes a measly 53 warrants per day, and no new crimes are committed, we'd have a clean slate in a week!)
Two more dismissals of BCFD fire commanders for negligence and incompetence.
Darryl E. Green got two consecutive life sentences plus 40 years for killing Vanessa and Bianca Price in 1992.
The Examiner has a homicide Q&A for HoCo State's Attorney Tim McCrone.
Two men in a black SUV tried to abduct a Hopkins student in the 100 block of W. 29th St. yesterday morning, but fled when she screamed and witnesses ran to help her.
More on the drive-by yesterday morning in a downtown parking garage.
Bryant Mitchell Johnson is wanted for a whole bunch of bank robberies.
Vandals targeted 15 cars and a house in Hamilton.
A push for $2M to recruit city cops is falling on deaf ears. Sheila D. says we're meeting our recruiting goals (despite having at least 140 unfilled positions), and we shouldn't use the city's "rainy day fund" for this. Meanwhile, there are a paltry 21,000 open city warrants (that's the conservative number) and 79 officers to work on them. (Baltimore Crime loves us some math: if each officer closes a measly 53 warrants per day, and no new crimes are committed, we'd have a clean slate in a week!)
Two more dismissals of BCFD fire commanders for negligence and incompetence.
Darryl E. Green got two consecutive life sentences plus 40 years for killing Vanessa and Bianca Price in 1992.
The Examiner has a homicide Q&A for HoCo State's Attorney Tim McCrone.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Cory Booker
There's an interesting article about Cory Booker and his first year as mayor of Newark, NJ, in the Newark Star-Ledger (June 24, 2007, "Booker redirects his anger at the war on drugs"). His words almost sound like Mayor Dixon's, but Booker claims he's willing to go to jail to make things change. Sitting in jail is a far cry from riding around on a garbage truck.
"I'm going to battle on this," the mayor says. "We're going to start doing it the gentlemanly way. And then we're going to do the civil disobedience way. Because this is absurd ... I'm talking about marches. I'm talking about sit-ins at the state capital. I'm talking about whatever it takes."
There's also a series of articles in the New York Times on Booker's first year as mayor. The most recent part of the series details dissent in Newark, some from supporters of former mayor Sharpe James, and some from people who feel Booker has broken campaign promises.
"I'm going to battle on this," the mayor says. "We're going to start doing it the gentlemanly way. And then we're going to do the civil disobedience way. Because this is absurd ... I'm talking about marches. I'm talking about sit-ins at the state capital. I'm talking about whatever it takes."
There's also a series of articles in the New York Times on Booker's first year as mayor. The most recent part of the series details dissent in Newark, some from supporters of former mayor Sharpe James, and some from people who feel Booker has broken campaign promises.
July 5
According to "Murder Ink," the death of Philip Airey (the man who was killed and stuffed in the trunk of a burning car) has been added to the city's murder toll because, "Maryland State Police contacted Baltimore police and told them that they had evidence that the murder actually occurred in a building in the 4800 block of Pennington Avenue in Curtis Bay, making it a Baltimore City homicide." There were also updates on several homicides, including several cases that were closed.
A man in West Baltimore got shot in the leg after he cut a cop's face.
An Essex woman who was partying in Fells Point was paralyzed after she was shot in the neck by some people with whom she and/or her friends were arguing. WBAL doesn't report what day the shooting occurred, but they do tell us that "police are looking for black men in connection with the shooting."
A man died yesterday after being the victim of a hit-and-run in Dundalk.
Two people were shot early this morning in a parking garage just west of the main library and north of Lexington Market.
An 18-year-old was arrested in Ellicott City after police found a bomb in his car.
Sumathi Reddy and John Fritze at the Sun profile a few of your City Council candidates, those of us who are brave/crazy/driven enough to want a job that "is far from glamorous, (and has) had less and less influence in recent decades over citywide problems such as crime and education. Like the Maryland General Assembly, the council has virtually no power over the budget, and many members spend significant effort on nonbinding resolutions."
A man in West Baltimore got shot in the leg after he cut a cop's face.
An Essex woman who was partying in Fells Point was paralyzed after she was shot in the neck by some people with whom she and/or her friends were arguing. WBAL doesn't report what day the shooting occurred, but they do tell us that "police are looking for black men in connection with the shooting."
A man died yesterday after being the victim of a hit-and-run in Dundalk.
Two people were shot early this morning in a parking garage just west of the main library and north of Lexington Market.
An 18-year-old was arrested in Ellicott City after police found a bomb in his car.
Sumathi Reddy and John Fritze at the Sun profile a few of your City Council candidates, those of us who are brave/crazy/driven enough to want a job that "is far from glamorous, (and has) had less and less influence in recent decades over citywide problems such as crime and education. Like the Maryland General Assembly, the council has virtually no power over the budget, and many members spend significant effort on nonbinding resolutions."
Well, that narrows it down...
"witnesses said they heard a gun shot and found the victim slumped over ... Police are looking for black men in connection with the shooting."
(Thanks Jeffrey)
(Thanks Jeffrey)
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
July 4
More on the murder of defense witness Carl Stanley Lackl, who was set to testify in the homicide trial of Patrick Byers that was scheduled to begin on July 10.
There are some reports in yesterday's comments about a murder in the 1100 block of Greenmount Ave. on Monday night, but I can't find anything about it.
Kevin Mark Warren has been identified as a suspect in the ice-cream-truck murder of 13-year-old Briona Jasmine Porter.
An inmate was stabbed at the Maryland Correctional Institute in Jessup last night.
A man with a gun was arrested at the second hole of the Longview Golf Course in Cockeysville.
Juvon Curtis Harris was arrested for fatally shooting Taavon Chambers in the parking lot of the Windsor Inn.
Jason Chen got 20 years for murdering his father with a steak knife in their Ellicott City home in 2005.
A robber in Frederick was arrested after calling one of his victims and demanding more money.
Operation Safe Streets East is trying to take back an East Baltimore neighborhood.
There are some reports in yesterday's comments about a murder in the 1100 block of Greenmount Ave. on Monday night, but I can't find anything about it.
Kevin Mark Warren has been identified as a suspect in the ice-cream-truck murder of 13-year-old Briona Jasmine Porter.
An inmate was stabbed at the Maryland Correctional Institute in Jessup last night.
A man with a gun was arrested at the second hole of the Longview Golf Course in Cockeysville.
Juvon Curtis Harris was arrested for fatally shooting Taavon Chambers in the parking lot of the Windsor Inn.
Jason Chen got 20 years for murdering his father with a steak knife in their Ellicott City home in 2005.
A robber in Frederick was arrested after calling one of his victims and demanding more money.
Operation Safe Streets East is trying to take back an East Baltimore neighborhood.
Dear readers, when posting the Mayorial poll, I inadvertently omitted the heir apparent.
The poll has been redone and you can vote again. Sorry for the oversight.
ps. yes I'm still in China, where Blogger is blocked ... one can create posts, but not view them. Please kiss the ground for me this July 4!
from Beijing Xinhua Domestic News Service:
"it is necessary to announce to the world the human rights violations in the United States ... In American society, excessive violence has resulted in ineffective protection of human life and personal safety."
"Indiscriminate arrests are [a] serious problem ... [in Baltimore in 2002,] Prosecutors declined to charge in 24 percent of the cases. Two-thirds of the cases they dropped were dropped on the day of arrest because they could not be proved in court."
"The Sun newspaper reported on 31 August 2002, the Baltimore City Detention Center has a poorly run system of health care and suicide prevention. In some cases, the problems resulted in jail suicides, heart attack deaths and fatal asthma spasms that federal authorities deemed preventable if the inmates had been properly treated."
"The United States has been releasing annually Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, censuring other countries for their human rights situations, but it has turned a blind eye to serious violations of human rights on its own soil."
The poll has been redone and you can vote again. Sorry for the oversight.
ps. yes I'm still in China, where Blogger is blocked ... one can create posts, but not view them. Please kiss the ground for me this July 4!
from Beijing Xinhua Domestic News Service:
"it is necessary to announce to the world the human rights violations in the United States ... In American society, excessive violence has resulted in ineffective protection of human life and personal safety."
"Indiscriminate arrests are [a] serious problem ... [in Baltimore in 2002,] Prosecutors declined to charge in 24 percent of the cases. Two-thirds of the cases they dropped were dropped on the day of arrest because they could not be proved in court."
"The Sun newspaper reported on 31 August 2002, the Baltimore City Detention Center has a poorly run system of health care and suicide prevention. In some cases, the problems resulted in jail suicides, heart attack deaths and fatal asthma spasms that federal authorities deemed preventable if the inmates had been properly treated."
"The United States has been releasing annually Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, censuring other countries for their human rights situations, but it has turned a blind eye to serious violations of human rights on its own soil."
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Carl Stanley Lackl
The man killed last night in the 8000 block of Philadelphia Rd. was Carl Stanley Lackl, a witness in the Baltimore homicide case against Patrick Byers. Lackl and Byers didn't know each other, and the State's Attorney's Office said Lackl had been a helpful witness. A 10-year-old girl witnessed Lackl's murder, and is probably scared s--tless, for a whole bunch of reasons that go way beyond the fact that no 10-year-old should have to witness a homicide.
No word yet from Sheila or Lenny. I really hope neither of them has the gumption to say it's a Baltimore County problem, not a city problem.
No word yet from Sheila or Lenny. I really hope neither of them has the gumption to say it's a Baltimore County problem, not a city problem.
July 3
Lots of murder news in the city:
Hey, all you Baltimore County people, you've got a few also:
13-year-old Briona Jasmine Porter died after being shot during a robbery attempt of her mother's new ice cream truck.
The family of murder victim and alleged rim stealer Joseph Johnson claims that he and Charles Brockington have had disputes in the past.
Luke Broadwater's monthly recap in the Examiner focuses on Marine reservist Michael Simms, and gives us a few fun facts: Every police district in the city has had at least nine murders; police have closed 48 of this year's 151 homicides; our population is apathetic towards violent crime; and a pastor on Edmonson Ave. is preaching on the street outside her church to try to stem the flow of blood.
David Lee Miller, the alleged murderer of Elizabeth Walters and their unborn child, will face first-degree murder charges for the fetus' death.
There were four shootings in two separate incidents in AAC over the weekend. (Actually, the article lists five victims, but the headline says four. Go figure.)
Fascinating evidence that MO'M and his zero-tolerance approach might not have been as effective as the former mayor claimed.
There's a good article on BPD foot patrols in the Sun that poses questions and observations like "Is it (the foot patrols) going to be sustained?" and "How this will prevent violent crime ... isn't readily apparent. But then, preventive measures rarely are dramatic or immediate."
Accusations of excessive force were made against officer James Wilder of the BPD for his behavior at the scene of an accident on 39th St. and N. Charles St.
Kenneth Pinckney was charged with first- and second-degree assault for stabbing a man who was talking to Pinckney's wife at the Deutsches Gasthaus in Aberdeen.
A porn shop in Aberdeen was burned on Sunday morning.
As of yesterday, felons who have completed their sentences can vote in Maryland.
Guardian Angels will begin training Edgewood residents within the next few weeks.
Someone stole a banner from a PFLAG booth at the Columbia City Fair last weekend.
Lawrence Williams stole Viagra from the military and sold it for his own profit.
Rats have infested the playground at the old Memorial Stadium site in Waverly. (Okay, so it's not a crime, but it's really gross.)
- Two men were shot yesterday afternoon in the 2000 block of Guilford Ave. in Barclay, just up the street from the public school headquarters. 39-year-old Allen Burton died from his wounds at Shock Trauma shortly after the shooting.
- 30-year-old Nathaniel Price was reported missing on Saturday; his body was found in the back of his 2007 Jeep yesterday in the 4900 block of Greencrest Rd. in the Northeastern.
- The unidentified body found in a garbage bag behind a rowhouse in the 1500 block of Bond St. had a gunshot wound to the upper torso, and has been declared a homicide.
- Davon Turner was the man who was murdered Sunday in the 800 block of N. Patterson Park Ave.
- Gerald Smith was shot to death behind the wheel of his idling car in the 4800 block of Herring Run Dr.
- Jewels Cook was the man whose body was found last week in the 2300 block of Cylburn Ave, near the Cylburn Arboretum.
Hey, all you Baltimore County people, you've got a few also:
- A 38-year-old man was fatally shot in the 8000 block of Philadelphia Rd. in Rosedale last night at about 9:00. He was the 21st murder victim in the county this year.
- 23-year-old Taavon Chambers was the man who was shot to death in the parking lot of the Windsor Inn in Woodlawn just after closing time on Monday morning (or Sunday morning, according to the Sun). Chambers was the nephew of a Baltimore County police officer, and did not appear to know his attacker.
13-year-old Briona Jasmine Porter died after being shot during a robbery attempt of her mother's new ice cream truck.
The family of murder victim and alleged rim stealer Joseph Johnson claims that he and Charles Brockington have had disputes in the past.
Luke Broadwater's monthly recap in the Examiner focuses on Marine reservist Michael Simms, and gives us a few fun facts: Every police district in the city has had at least nine murders; police have closed 48 of this year's 151 homicides; our population is apathetic towards violent crime; and a pastor on Edmonson Ave. is preaching on the street outside her church to try to stem the flow of blood.
David Lee Miller, the alleged murderer of Elizabeth Walters and their unborn child, will face first-degree murder charges for the fetus' death.
There were four shootings in two separate incidents in AAC over the weekend. (Actually, the article lists five victims, but the headline says four. Go figure.)
Fascinating evidence that MO'M and his zero-tolerance approach might not have been as effective as the former mayor claimed.
There's a good article on BPD foot patrols in the Sun that poses questions and observations like "Is it (the foot patrols) going to be sustained?" and "How this will prevent violent crime ... isn't readily apparent. But then, preventive measures rarely are dramatic or immediate."
Accusations of excessive force were made against officer James Wilder of the BPD for his behavior at the scene of an accident on 39th St. and N. Charles St.
Kenneth Pinckney was charged with first- and second-degree assault for stabbing a man who was talking to Pinckney's wife at the Deutsches Gasthaus in Aberdeen.
A porn shop in Aberdeen was burned on Sunday morning.
As of yesterday, felons who have completed their sentences can vote in Maryland.
Guardian Angels will begin training Edgewood residents within the next few weeks.
Someone stole a banner from a PFLAG booth at the Columbia City Fair last weekend.
Lawrence Williams stole Viagra from the military and sold it for his own profit.
Rats have infested the playground at the old Memorial Stadium site in Waverly. (Okay, so it's not a crime, but it's really gross.)
Monday, July 2, 2007
July 2
Charles Brockington, the man charged with second-degree murder for shooting rim-stealer Joseph Milton Johnson, will be held without bail. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for 8:30AM July 26, 2007 in Wabash District Court, room six.
Three more murders between Saturday night and Sunday night, bringing our official tally to 157.
A man was killed in the parking lot of the Windsor Inn bar and restaurant in Woodlawn (Balto. County) just after closing time on Sunday morning.
A decomposing body was found in a garbage bag behind a rowhouse in the 1500 block of Bond St. The death is suspicious but has not been ruled a homicide. Also at the same link, a man was shot during a robbery at a house in Severna Park.
The hit-and-run driver who killed 10-year-old Kianna Johnson with a green station wagon on June 21 remains free and unidentified.
Hey Sheila, your voters are almost ready to pack up and leave. Maybe you should do something more meaningful than holding another f--king meeting.
Three more murders between Saturday night and Sunday night, bringing our official tally to 157.
A man was killed in the parking lot of the Windsor Inn bar and restaurant in Woodlawn (Balto. County) just after closing time on Sunday morning.
A decomposing body was found in a garbage bag behind a rowhouse in the 1500 block of Bond St. The death is suspicious but has not been ruled a homicide. Also at the same link, a man was shot during a robbery at a house in Severna Park.
The hit-and-run driver who killed 10-year-old Kianna Johnson with a green station wagon on June 21 remains free and unidentified.
Hey Sheila, your voters are almost ready to pack up and leave. Maybe you should do something more meaningful than holding another f--king meeting.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
July 1
Charles Brockington was charged with second degree murder yesterday.
Damon Holmes got 40 years for killing Malian can driver Oumar Bah.
19-year-old Adrian Jones got nervous when he saw some cops, so he ran away then tried to shoot them.
With 155 murders at the year's halfway point, the Sun investigates the violence and the lack of outrage in the city. Meanwhile, WJZ has a story about a rally to stop the violence.
The Sun published Q&As with Hamm and Dixon.
Annapolis is having a rough time with crime, too.
Police are still searching for the two men who robbed an Edgewater Shell station last week.
Robberies and drug arrests in the Blotter.
Charging documents allege that he killed Joseph Milton Johnson, Jr. 29, early Friday, June 29, when Brockington spotted Johnson removing tires from Brockington's 2006 Mercedes parked in front of his home. The documents further allege that in a ruse to return the tires and distract Brockington, Johnson returned to his car and drove away. While driving away, Johnson was struck in the left shoulder area by a 9MM gun fired by Brockington.
Damon Holmes got 40 years for killing Malian can driver Oumar Bah.
19-year-old Adrian Jones got nervous when he saw some cops, so he ran away then tried to shoot them.
With 155 murders at the year's halfway point, the Sun investigates the violence and the lack of outrage in the city. Meanwhile, WJZ has a story about a rally to stop the violence.
The Sun published Q&As with Hamm and Dixon.
Annapolis is having a rough time with crime, too.
Police are still searching for the two men who robbed an Edgewater Shell station last week.
Robberies and drug arrests in the Blotter.
Friday, June 29, 2007
June 29
A man in Park Heights was killed at 5:20 this morning, allegedly while stealing wheels off of a Mercedes.
Three city residents were indicted for using information from stolen credit reports to buy a whole bunch of fancy stuff.
A man having a psychological episode led police on a leisurely car chase near Frederick.
Happy day in the Blotter: No killing, shooting, stabbing, beating, raping, assaulting, child abusing, car jacking, or other generally acceptable Baltimore behavior. There was, however, a robbery on Monday morning at a gas station on W. Franklin St.
Stephen Sellman was arrested on Wednesday after DNA linked him to a 1987 rape.
Threatening letter-writer Michelle J. Dohm got canned by Frederick County.
Department of governmental incompetence and/or corruption:
The Maryland Judiciary failed to get competitive bids for about $4M in equipment.
Four HoCo schools didn't use approved vendors for their fundraisers.
Three city residents were indicted for using information from stolen credit reports to buy a whole bunch of fancy stuff.
A man having a psychological episode led police on a leisurely car chase near Frederick.
Happy day in the Blotter: No killing, shooting, stabbing, beating, raping, assaulting, child abusing, car jacking, or other generally acceptable Baltimore behavior. There was, however, a robbery on Monday morning at a gas station on W. Franklin St.
Stephen Sellman was arrested on Wednesday after DNA linked him to a 1987 rape.
Threatening letter-writer Michelle J. Dohm got canned by Frederick County.
Department of governmental incompetence and/or corruption:
The Maryland Judiciary failed to get competitive bids for about $4M in equipment.
Four HoCo schools didn't use approved vendors for their fundraisers.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Evening
News from the State's Attorney's Office:
Sentencing for 15-year-old Damon Holmes is scheduled for 9:00 tomorrow morning before Judge Lynn Stewart. Holmes pleaded guilty to shooting cab driver Oumar Bah during a robbery on May 31, 2006.
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17-year-old Christopher Ford was indicted for first-degree murder and handgun charges.
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The RIAA is thanking Baltimore for going after music pirates:
Sentencing for 15-year-old Damon Holmes is scheduled for 9:00 tomorrow morning before Judge Lynn Stewart. Holmes pleaded guilty to shooting cab driver Oumar Bah during a robbery on May 31, 2006.
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17-year-old Christopher Ford was indicted for first-degree murder and handgun charges.
Court documents allege that Christopher Ford was responsible for the shooting incident on May 29, 2007 in the 3400 block of Clifton Avenue. Neil Rather, 18, was found shot on the parking lot on Clifton and Denison Avenue. The two men were engaged in an argument over a $20.00 debt when Rather was shot. He died later at Sinai Hospital.
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The attempted murder trial of Rozza Alston, 29, of the 1600 block of Saint Paul Street, is scheduled to begin 11AM tomorrow before Judge Wanda K. Heard, 540 Courthouse East, 111 N. Calvert St.
Court documents allege that on January 26, 2007 Alston accosted a female victim in the parking lot of a Kentucky Fried Chicken located at 1821 Saint Paul Street demanding her purse. When the victim refused, he allegedly stabbed her numerous times in her hand, arm and chest. Police arrested Alston on February 3, 2007.
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The RIAA is thanking Baltimore for going after music pirates:
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) will present a number of awards to police and prosecutors for their professionalism in the ongoing successful effort to charge and prosecute defendants who engage in music piracy. Dozens of these cases are prosecuted annually by the State’s Attorney’s Office.
June 28
A body with gunshot wound(s) was found yesterday morning in the 2300 block of Cylburn Ave, near the Cylburn Arboretum.
Police don't know whether Moeen Raja's Ellicott City murder was a random crime, and Raja's family is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
The man murdered in Annapolis yesterday has been identified as 35-year-old Marcus Antonio Wells. It was the fourth homicide in Annapolis this year, which gives the capitol city a per capita murder rate of about half of Baltimore's.
Two men were shot at a playground in the 1100 block of Orleans St. on Tuesday evening.
An Easton police officer shot at a suspect and was placed on administrative leave.
Michael McFadden was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Ronny Martin on January 1, 2006.
Vera Rennie Rogers testified in the Carroll County murder trial against her nephew, Shawn Anthony Jones. In exchange for her testimony, Rogers got a five-year suspended jail sentence and three years of supervised probation.
PDJ: Scott R. Davis got five years for trading pictures online of adults having sex with kids. Have fun in prison, Scott.
The debate continues over whether or not James Thompson deserves a new trial.
The Harford County Sheriff's Department has some sweet new digs.
Police don't know whether Moeen Raja's Ellicott City murder was a random crime, and Raja's family is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
The man murdered in Annapolis yesterday has been identified as 35-year-old Marcus Antonio Wells. It was the fourth homicide in Annapolis this year, which gives the capitol city a per capita murder rate of about half of Baltimore's.
Two men were shot at a playground in the 1100 block of Orleans St. on Tuesday evening.
An Easton police officer shot at a suspect and was placed on administrative leave.
Michael McFadden was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Ronny Martin on January 1, 2006.
Vera Rennie Rogers testified in the Carroll County murder trial against her nephew, Shawn Anthony Jones. In exchange for her testimony, Rogers got a five-year suspended jail sentence and three years of supervised probation.
PDJ: Scott R. Davis got five years for trading pictures online of adults having sex with kids. Have fun in prison, Scott.
The debate continues over whether or not James Thompson deserves a new trial.
The Harford County Sheriff's Department has some sweet new digs.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
June 27
Anna Ditkoff sheds light on a whole bunch of death in this week's Murder Ink.
An unidentified man was shot and killed in the 200 block of Croll Dr. in Annapolis last night.
Ruby Pulley was attacked and mauled by two pit bulls in East Baltimore. The two dogs -- along with five other pits -- were owned by a 17-year-old boy and his family.
AAC police are looking for two men who robbed an Edgewater gas station last Wednesday.
Police are investigating the Jack and Jill Day Care Center in Dundalk for child abuse. The owner of the center says the charges are coming from a disgruntled employee.
Jerrell Antwan Gardner was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 15-year-old Maurice Gordon.
18-year-old Jaquane Donte Gross was charged with first degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Davon Lopez.
17-year-old Jyreece Simmons was charged with attempted murder for shooting a man on the light rail last week.
Eric Miller was arrested and charged with attempted murder for a triple shooting at the Lafayette Homes project in Southeastern Baltimore on June 2.
Four alleged murderers may face the death penalty for killing a witness to a crime.The men are charged with killing John Dowery last Thanksgiving when he snuck home to visit his family. (I got the facts completely wrong on this one. John Dowery's murder is still unsolved, although members of the Special Heroin organization were charged with shooting Dowery nonfatally on Oct. 19, 2005. Just read Matthew Dolan's article in the Sun, and it'll all make sense. Sorry for the mistake. -TTC)
Daniel Scott Rushton entered an Alford plea after being charged with beating Robert Proescher to death outside an Overlea bar last year.
A 15-year-old HoCo student claims he brought a gun to school to protect himself from gangs.
Former sixth-grade teacher Michelle J. Dohm got nine months for sending threatening notes to five of her students.
The BCFD was charged with violations that led to the death of fire cadet Racheal M. Wilson.
Wealthy kids in Bel Air are at risk of becoming drug addicts.
Speeding with 42 pounds of pot in the back of your station wagon is pretty stupid.
Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. is supporting a move to condemn nine buildings in Dundalk's Yorkway neighborhood.
An unidentified man was shot and killed in the 200 block of Croll Dr. in Annapolis last night.
Ruby Pulley was attacked and mauled by two pit bulls in East Baltimore. The two dogs -- along with five other pits -- were owned by a 17-year-old boy and his family.
AAC police are looking for two men who robbed an Edgewater gas station last Wednesday.
Police are investigating the Jack and Jill Day Care Center in Dundalk for child abuse. The owner of the center says the charges are coming from a disgruntled employee.
Jerrell Antwan Gardner was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 15-year-old Maurice Gordon.
18-year-old Jaquane Donte Gross was charged with first degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Davon Lopez.
17-year-old Jyreece Simmons was charged with attempted murder for shooting a man on the light rail last week.
Eric Miller was arrested and charged with attempted murder for a triple shooting at the Lafayette Homes project in Southeastern Baltimore on June 2.
Four alleged murderers may face the death penalty for killing a witness to a crime.
Daniel Scott Rushton entered an Alford plea after being charged with beating Robert Proescher to death outside an Overlea bar last year.
A 15-year-old HoCo student claims he brought a gun to school to protect himself from gangs.
Former sixth-grade teacher Michelle J. Dohm got nine months for sending threatening notes to five of her students.
The BCFD was charged with violations that led to the death of fire cadet Racheal M. Wilson.
Wealthy kids in Bel Air are at risk of becoming drug addicts.
Speeding with 42 pounds of pot in the back of your station wagon is pretty stupid.
Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. is supporting a move to condemn nine buildings in Dundalk's Yorkway neighborhood.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Evening Update
Demetries Sturgis Convicted of First-Degree Murder
A Baltimore City jury yesterday convicted Demetries Sturgis, 22, of the 3000 block of Matthews St. of first degree murder, two counts of second degree murder and several counts of assault. The trial began June 22, 2007. Judge Kaye Allison scheduled sentencing for August 14, 2007.
A Baltimore City jury yesterday convicted Demetries Sturgis, 22, of the 3000 block of Matthews St. of first degree murder, two counts of second degree murder and several counts of assault. The trial began June 22, 2007. Judge Kaye Allison scheduled sentencing for August 14, 2007.
On July 18, 2006, at approximately 2:30AM in the 400 block of Whitridge Ave. the two victims (Larry Reed of 1409 N. Bond St. and Rasheed Stevenson of 506 Sheridan Ave) got into an argument with Sturgis and another person. Sturgis and the other person left the scene and later returned. It was at this time Sturgis cut and stabbed Rasheed Stevenson 11 times, fatally severing his carotid artery, and then stabbed Larry Reed in his cheek, underarm and thigh. The two victims were then rushed to the hospital by a close friend. Sturgis and the other person fled the scene. The motive for the incident stemmed from the fact that Sturgis did not believe that the victims were legitimate members of the Bloods Gang.The Baltimore City Grand Jury indicted Bernard Ramseur, 18, of the 1300 block of N. Gilmore Street for first-degree attempted rape, armed robbery and third-degree sex offense. Court documents allege that Bernard Ramseur was identified by surveillance camera in the 600 block of N. Paca Street as the suspect for the attempted rape, armed robbery and third-degree sex offense on June 14, 2007. As officers approached the location, Ramseur fled the scene but was later found several blocks away in the 400 block of Druid Hill Avenue. An arraignment is scheduled for July 20, 2007 before Judge John M. Glynn, Room 236, Mitchell Courthouse. Assistant State’s Attorney John Park will prosecute this case.
Assistant State's Attorney Kevin Wiggins of the Homicide Division prosecuted this case.
June 26
"I haven't fired anyone yet," said Dixon, and Hamm says the Brown pension deal was "legal" and "above board, " cold comfort to injured and disabled officers living on $700 a month. Meanwhile, the City Council wants a "review" to be "investigated."
The State declined to press charges against Examiner editor Frank Keegan this morning; prosecutors entered a Nolle prosse, Latin for "free pass." The Sun had plenty to add, but the douchebag neighbor had no comment.
More on yesterday's "Smackdown" (or, "Smack Down").
The State declined to press charges against Examiner editor Frank Keegan this morning; prosecutors entered a Nolle prosse, Latin for "free pass." The Sun had plenty to add, but the douchebag neighbor had no comment.
More on yesterday's "Smackdown" (or, "Smack Down").
Monday, June 25, 2007
June 25 afternoon
Examiner editor Frank Keegan's assualt trial is scheduled for 8:30 tomorrow morning in courtroom two, Hargrove District Court, Baltimore.Maurice Crosby and Erica Ammenhauser, both wanted for the murder of Marine reservist Michael Simms, turned themselves in on Friday.
Christopher Clarke's lacrosse team at Patterson High received a donation of new equipment today. Clarke was killed by stray gunfire in March.
File under Smack, Putting Down of
From Lt. Quick of the Southern, sent to Community Leaders:
"The following information is forwarded regarding the conclusion of an investigation into the heroin distribution organization known as "Smackdown." The organization centered around the Pratt and Carey Sts intersection and extended into the Hollins Roundhouse and Union Square communities and quite possibly several others as well.
"None of the addresses where search warrants were executed were in the Southern District, however all the persons arrested conducted most of their drug sales in the listed communities. It should be noted that this is a Federal Case and those arrested are subject to extremely lengthy sentences. Several of those arrested will potentially get life in federal prison. The Federal system has no probation or parole and has a conviction rate of somewhere near 98%. This is a rock solid case and will end the Matthews drug dealing.
"The Southern District will continue to hit the area hard in an effort to prevent other drug organizations form attempting to operate in the area ... On 6/22/07 Sgt. Tom Smith's O.C.D. / D.E.A. / M.E.T. team executed 8 search and seizure warrants relative to the "Smack Down" heroin organization that operates in the Southern District in the area of Pratt and Carey St.
The following evidence was recovered:
2.8 Kilograms of Heroin - Street value in excess of $500,000.00
3 Handguns
Approx. $145,000.00 (Still Counting)
The following locations were raided:
5501 Todd Ave. (NED)
3808 Bayville Rd (Baltimore County)
507 Rose Hill Terr. (N.D.)
3621 Elmley Av. (N.E.D.)
5411 Jamestown Ct. (S.W.D.)
6012 Amberwood Rd. (N.E.D.)
2034 Walbrook Ave. (W.D.)
4304 Seminole Ave. (S.W.D.)
The Following Individuals were arrested:
Calvin Mathews SID#1676517
Jerome Gilbert SID#2123302
Jermaine Gilbert SID#1437715
Lennell Mathews SID#2250043
Michael Goodman SID#2248896
Donita Moore SID#1793142
Jaml Piles SID#3127619
Arthur Snowden SID# 96082
Keith Stevenson SID#2446374
The following persons have open Federal Indictment Warrants and have not yet been arrested:
Lionel Mathews SID#2273084
Bryant Snowden SID#1938277
The pistols recovered were .45 and .9mm.
All persons were transported to S.D. / D.D.U. One individual was debriefed by 2100 Det. Hunter as well in relation to 07H119.
All are expected to be Federally detained, although the detention hearings have not yet occurred.
I would especially like to thank the following:
Sgt. Smith and the D.E.A. / M.E.T. squad for making a great case!!
AUSA Wallner and Weinstein for their tireless efforts
ASA Siemek and Mason for there State side help
Lt. McKnight and QRT for making two of our entries
Balto. Co. SWAT / Narcotics for making a County entry
S.D. Operations, namely officers Creed and Moody who provided vital intelligence.
Deputy Major McDonald for his patience.
I'm sure I missed a few.
Most interesting to me in this is that this Southern District organization lived in 4 different City Districts, and Baltimore County. Not one S.D. location was raided! This shows what a City (and County) wide organization this really is (was)!"
-- Lt. Quick
"The following information is forwarded regarding the conclusion of an investigation into the heroin distribution organization known as "Smackdown." The organization centered around the Pratt and Carey Sts intersection and extended into the Hollins Roundhouse and Union Square communities and quite possibly several others as well.
"None of the addresses where search warrants were executed were in the Southern District, however all the persons arrested conducted most of their drug sales in the listed communities. It should be noted that this is a Federal Case and those arrested are subject to extremely lengthy sentences. Several of those arrested will potentially get life in federal prison. The Federal system has no probation or parole and has a conviction rate of somewhere near 98%. This is a rock solid case and will end the Matthews drug dealing.
"The Southern District will continue to hit the area hard in an effort to prevent other drug organizations form attempting to operate in the area ... On 6/22/07 Sgt. Tom Smith's O.C.D. / D.E.A. / M.E.T. team executed 8 search and seizure warrants relative to the "Smack Down" heroin organization that operates in the Southern District in the area of Pratt and Carey St.
The following evidence was recovered:
2.8 Kilograms of Heroin - Street value in excess of $500,000.00
3 Handguns
Approx. $145,000.00 (Still Counting)
The following locations were raided:
5501 Todd Ave. (NED)
3808 Bayville Rd (Baltimore County)
507 Rose Hill Terr. (N.D.)
3621 Elmley Av. (N.E.D.)
5411 Jamestown Ct. (S.W.D.)
6012 Amberwood Rd. (N.E.D.)
2034 Walbrook Ave. (W.D.)
4304 Seminole Ave. (S.W.D.)
The Following Individuals were arrested:
Calvin Mathews SID#1676517
Jerome Gilbert SID#2123302
Jermaine Gilbert SID#1437715
Lennell Mathews SID#2250043
Michael Goodman SID#2248896
Donita Moore SID#1793142
Jaml Piles SID#3127619
Arthur Snowden SID# 96082
Keith Stevenson SID#2446374
The following persons have open Federal Indictment Warrants and have not yet been arrested:
Lionel Mathews SID#2273084
Bryant Snowden SID#1938277
The pistols recovered were .45 and .9mm.
All persons were transported to S.D. / D.D.U. One individual was debriefed by 2100 Det. Hunter as well in relation to 07H119.
All are expected to be Federally detained, although the detention hearings have not yet occurred.
I would especially like to thank the following:
Sgt. Smith and the D.E.A. / M.E.T. squad for making a great case!!
AUSA Wallner and Weinstein for their tireless efforts
ASA Siemek and Mason for there State side help
Lt. McKnight and QRT for making two of our entries
Balto. Co. SWAT / Narcotics for making a County entry
S.D. Operations, namely officers Creed and Moody who provided vital intelligence.
Deputy Major McDonald for his patience.
I'm sure I missed a few.
Most interesting to me in this is that this Southern District organization lived in 4 different City Districts, and Baltimore County. Not one S.D. location was raided! This shows what a City (and County) wide organization this really is (was)!"
-- Lt. Quick
June 25
An Amber Alert has been cancelled for a 3-year-old boy missing from Baltimore.
There was a gunfight between cops and dealers in the 2300 block of Barclay yesterday afternoon. A BPD officer was shot in the toe, and a 21-year-old suspect was shot in the thigh and ankle.
Robert Edward Speake was arrested in Curtis Bay and charged with murdering Phillip Airey, the man whose body was found in the trunk of his burning car on Rt. 295.
A 15-year-old girl in Baltimore County was charged for assaulting and attempting to rob a 57-year-old neighbor.
A 9-year-old boy allegedly set fire to an apartment in Carroll County on Friday.
Two homemade bombs were set of in Frederick last night, one in someone's lawn and one in a mailbox.
There was a gunfight between cops and dealers in the 2300 block of Barclay yesterday afternoon. A BPD officer was shot in the toe, and a 21-year-old suspect was shot in the thigh and ankle.
Robert Edward Speake was arrested in Curtis Bay and charged with murdering Phillip Airey, the man whose body was found in the trunk of his burning car on Rt. 295.
A 15-year-old girl in Baltimore County was charged for assaulting and attempting to rob a 57-year-old neighbor.
A 9-year-old boy allegedly set fire to an apartment in Carroll County on Friday.
Two homemade bombs were set of in Frederick last night, one in someone's lawn and one in a mailbox.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
June 24
A body was found floating in the Harbor near Bond St. in Fell's Point, police deemed it "suspicious."
Turns out the "man" shot on Bayville Road Friday in Middle River was a 16-year-old Davon Lopez. Jaquane Gross, 18 and also of Bayville Road, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
One of Mustafa Alif's guns, which had been customized with a laser sight, had been seized then returned before it was used to kill Police Officer Troy Chesley in January. Last week, police took seven guns from Alif's house; Alif says the weapons connected with crimes had been stolen from his home in 1999.
If you fight Coast Guard authority, Coast Guard Authority always wins.
Turns out the "man" shot on Bayville Road Friday in Middle River was a 16-year-old Davon Lopez. Jaquane Gross, 18 and also of Bayville Road, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
One of Mustafa Alif's guns, which had been customized with a laser sight, had been seized then returned before it was used to kill Police Officer Troy Chesley in January. Last week, police took seven guns from Alif's house; Alif says the weapons connected with crimes had been stolen from his home in 1999.
If you fight Coast Guard authority, Coast Guard Authority always wins.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Evening Update
A man was shot to death at about 3 a.m. this morning near Pennsylvania Avenue and Mosher Street.
A man was beaten and shot at the Westport Light Rail Station in South Baltimore, his condition's unknown.
In the county, a man was shot to death at about 10 p.m. in the 3900 block of Bayville Road in Middle River.
A drunk suspect tried to run down an officer in the SW, the officer "discharged a weapon," but JZ isn't clear on if discharge actually struck the suspect.
Creepy update on the murder of Phillip Airey Jr., the victim found in the trunk of a Prizm on a 295 off-ramp: the sister of the victim says she helped his ex and her boyfriend dispose of his body.
MoCo police are having their own overtime scandal; there, nine officers have been suspended and the probe of suspected double-dippers is widening.
Thomas Vernon Bartow, 34, of Salisbury drove 150 miles in his teal Camaro to videotape the crotches and rumps of young swimmers at the Woodridge Swim Club in Lititz, PA.
Locally, it was the highest holiday of the pedophile year: "WJZ's Gigi Barnett reports hundredths of kids and adults got a chance to get wet as several city water parks opened."
A man was beaten and shot at the Westport Light Rail Station in South Baltimore, his condition's unknown.
In the county, a man was shot to death at about 10 p.m. in the 3900 block of Bayville Road in Middle River.
A drunk suspect tried to run down an officer in the SW, the officer "discharged a weapon," but JZ isn't clear on if discharge actually struck the suspect.
Creepy update on the murder of Phillip Airey Jr., the victim found in the trunk of a Prizm on a 295 off-ramp: the sister of the victim says she helped his ex and her boyfriend dispose of his body.
MoCo police are having their own overtime scandal; there, nine officers have been suspended and the probe of suspected double-dippers is widening.
Thomas Vernon Bartow, 34, of Salisbury drove 150 miles in his teal Camaro to videotape the crotches and rumps of young swimmers at the Woodridge Swim Club in Lititz, PA.
Locally, it was the highest holiday of the pedophile year: "WJZ's Gigi Barnett reports hundredths of kids and adults got a chance to get wet as several city water parks opened."
Only 79 more days of this!
Delegate Carter and Councilperson Mitchell visited the Ed Norris Show Friday; Mitchell suggested holding City Council hearings about the pension schammdal, Carter pointed out that BS City Council Hearings are what got us in this mess today. zing!
But questions do remain about the Brown Pension papers. Who was involved in writing them? Who knew about it? And how did Jayne Miller and the Examiner get copies? And, of course, was there a crime? Who's got the authority to determine such things?
Delegate Carter and Councilperson Mitchell visited the Ed Norris Show Friday; Mitchell suggested holding City Council hearings about the pension schammdal, Carter pointed out that BS City Council Hearings are what got us in this mess today. zing!
But questions do remain about the Brown Pension papers. Who was involved in writing them? Who knew about it? And how did Jayne Miller and the Examiner get copies? And, of course, was there a crime? Who's got the authority to determine such things?
June 23
Moeen Sadiq Raja, 21, was shot to death in Ellicott City at about 11:45 Friday night, "in a parking lot near the county executive center and other government buildings."
Girard Scott Hall Jr. and Frances Theresa Childress were both shot and stabbed in their Hillendale townhouse.
Shots were fired indiscriminately in Remington yesterday afternoon in an apparent homicide attempt that failed miserably.
A 10-year-old girl died after a hit-and-run in West Baltimore yesterday afternoon, and a man was shot in the chest at the Westport light rail station in South Baltimore last night.
In the Blotter: A 16-year-old was shot in the right knee, a 27-year-old was shot in the right hand, a woman was maced by two other women, and people all over the city are either into insurance fraud or leave a lot of valuable stuff in their cars.
Breaking news: teenagers have some mighty creative ways to hide drug use from their parents and teachers.
Girard Scott Hall Jr. and Frances Theresa Childress were both shot and stabbed in their Hillendale townhouse.
Shots were fired indiscriminately in Remington yesterday afternoon in an apparent homicide attempt that failed miserably.
A 10-year-old girl died after a hit-and-run in West Baltimore yesterday afternoon, and a man was shot in the chest at the Westport light rail station in South Baltimore last night.
In the Blotter: A 16-year-old was shot in the right knee, a 27-year-old was shot in the right hand, a woman was maced by two other women, and people all over the city are either into insurance fraud or leave a lot of valuable stuff in their cars.
Breaking news: teenagers have some mighty creative ways to hide drug use from their parents and teachers.
Friday, June 22, 2007
June 22
The man shot yesterday as he drove on Ellerslie Avenue near Greenmount and 33rd was named as George Wilson, 24.
Two beatings last May have become homicides: a 35-year-old found May 19 in the Executive Inn on Pulaski Highway, and a
40-year-old man "found lying naked and bleeding from multiple injuries in the 1800 block of Presstman St. about 4:30 a.m. May 23."
Corruption:
Snake-eyes Marcus Brown and his pension are still causing a whole lot of trouble for Hamm. Councilman Jack Young has joined Keiffer and the Examiner editorial page in calling for the Commissioner's canning.
And there's more ... Jayne discovered that Brown actually got the pension before it was approved ... though officials say that's not unusual. And Dixon says she's "bothered" and "wants answers," but "Before I make any judgments, I need to get some clarity about it."
Holistic clarity now!
Former Baltimore police offiicer Michael B. Nelson, 26, and his wife, Tierra Spencer Nelson, 24, pled guilty to mail and wire fraud. Michael worked in the Western and in Central Booking for six months; Tierra has two previous convictions.
"City police commander's kin admits 3 robberies" ... and it's not about Nicole Sisker, either!
Counties:
Two men, Michael Paul Martin, 28, and Robert Edward Speake, 18, have been charged with stabbing and beating Phillip Calvin Airey Jr. to death and leaving him in the trunk of a burning Geo Prizm on a 295 off-ramp.
Police believe Airey was killed during a fight with the suspects in Curtis Bay (South Baltimore).
In Westminster, "An alleged drug dealer learned the folly of calling police to his Westminster home and then admitting that he sold bongs over the Internet."
Today in Sex
William Edward Wray, II, 50, Crespatown was indicted for sexually exploiting a minor to produce child pornography, and receipt and possession of child pornography; for two years he made photos and videos of a minor female "engaged in sexually explicit conduct."
Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays, and Family Leader Network filed a petition with the MD Board of Ed. yesterday, demanding no gay talk or condom-on-banana tricks in MoCo middle schools. The groups claim the subjects are off-limits by law as the curriculum is the subject of a legal appeal.
Wonder what their stance is on teaching the kids about all the pedophiles out there?!
Two beatings last May have become homicides: a 35-year-old found May 19 in the Executive Inn on Pulaski Highway, and a
40-year-old man "found lying naked and bleeding from multiple injuries in the 1800 block of Presstman St. about 4:30 a.m. May 23."
Corruption:
Snake-eyes Marcus Brown and his pension are still causing a whole lot of trouble for Hamm. Councilman Jack Young has joined Keiffer and the Examiner editorial page in calling for the Commissioner's canning. And there's more ... Jayne discovered that Brown actually got the pension before it was approved ... though officials say that's not unusual. And Dixon says she's "bothered" and "wants answers," but "Before I make any judgments, I need to get some clarity about it."
Holistic clarity now!
Former Baltimore police offiicer Michael B. Nelson, 26, and his wife, Tierra Spencer Nelson, 24, pled guilty to mail and wire fraud. Michael worked in the Western and in Central Booking for six months; Tierra has two previous convictions.
"City police commander's kin admits 3 robberies" ... and it's not about Nicole Sisker, either!
Counties:
Two men, Michael Paul Martin, 28, and Robert Edward Speake, 18, have been charged with stabbing and beating Phillip Calvin Airey Jr. to death and leaving him in the trunk of a burning Geo Prizm on a 295 off-ramp.
Police believe Airey was killed during a fight with the suspects in Curtis Bay (South Baltimore).
In Westminster, "An alleged drug dealer learned the folly of calling police to his Westminster home and then admitting that he sold bongs over the Internet."
Today in Sex
William Edward Wray, II, 50, Crespatown was indicted for sexually exploiting a minor to produce child pornography, and receipt and possession of child pornography; for two years he made photos and videos of a minor female "engaged in sexually explicit conduct."
Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays, and Family Leader Network filed a petition with the MD Board of Ed. yesterday, demanding no gay talk or condom-on-banana tricks in MoCo middle schools. The groups claim the subjects are off-limits by law as the curriculum is the subject of a legal appeal.
Wonder what their stance is on teaching the kids about all the pedophiles out there?!
June 22
The man killed while driving his Cadillac in the Northern has been ID'd as 24-year-old George Wilson. Also, two men who were beaten to death in May have been added to the year's homicide count. One was a 35-year-old man who was found naked in a motel room on May 19 in the 3600 block of Pulaski Highway. The other was a 40-year-old man who was found naked in the 1800 block of Presstman St. The killings are considered unrelated.
The two people murdered in Hillendale/Parkville have been identified as 22-year-old Girard Scott Hall Jr. and 25-year-old Frances Theresa Childress. Two children were in the house at the time of the killings.
Michael Paul Martin was charged in the death of 36-year-old Phillip Calvin Airey Jr., the man who was found in the trunk of a burning car on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. Warrants for 18-year-old Robert Edward Speake have also been issued.
It's not just criminals killing more people in 2007; killings by the BPD are tied with the total number from last year.
Elmer H. Warfield pleaded guilty to robbing three local banks. Warfield's brother is a commander in the BPD.
A 19-year-old woman robbed a Popeye's but was turned in by her mother. (Same link as above)
A really smart drug-dealer was arrested after calling police to report a burglary.
A HoCo woman was pulled over by a fake cop in Jessup.
The Sun covers Keiffer's call for Hamm to resign.
The two people murdered in Hillendale/Parkville have been identified as 22-year-old Girard Scott Hall Jr. and 25-year-old Frances Theresa Childress. Two children were in the house at the time of the killings.
Michael Paul Martin was charged in the death of 36-year-old Phillip Calvin Airey Jr., the man who was found in the trunk of a burning car on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. Warrants for 18-year-old Robert Edward Speake have also been issued.
It's not just criminals killing more people in 2007; killings by the BPD are tied with the total number from last year.
Elmer H. Warfield pleaded guilty to robbing three local banks. Warfield's brother is a commander in the BPD.
A 19-year-old woman robbed a Popeye's but was turned in by her mother. (Same link as above)
A really smart drug-dealer was arrested after calling police to report a burglary.
A HoCo woman was pulled over by a fake cop in Jessup.
The Sun covers Keiffer's call for Hamm to resign.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Politics*
Keiffer Mitchell met with Hamm today: "we talked about the crisis, it was a frank conversation."
Hours later, Mitchell went on WBAL to call for Hamm's resignation: "leadership starts at the top, there's a lack of direction ... people are losing faith, if there is a real direction, that why I've come out and suggested that Commissioner Hamm step down."
Finally, a politician who can turn a phrase! Frank M. Conaway Senior has officially entered the race.Baltimore is turning into a Dodge City, a Deadwood, or more aptly, a Tombstone from the days of the Wild West, where gunfights erupted spontaneously and lawlessness reigned supreme."
*Sorry... with the election coming up you can't avoid them!
Hours later, Mitchell went on WBAL to call for Hamm's resignation: "leadership starts at the top, there's a lack of direction ... people are losing faith, if there is a real direction, that why I've come out and suggested that Commissioner Hamm step down."
Finally, a politician who can turn a phrase! Frank M. Conaway Senior has officially entered the race.Baltimore is turning into a Dodge City, a Deadwood, or more aptly, a Tombstone from the days of the Wild West, where gunfights erupted spontaneously and lawlessness reigned supreme."
*Sorry... with the election coming up you can't avoid them!
June 21
A 24-year-old man was shot and killed right after midnight as he was driving on Ellerslie Avenue in Worser Waverly.
State police found a body in the trunk of a burning car on a BW Parkway off-ramp at about 6:30 last night.
Only in Baltimore folks!
The Police Department is running out of trousers!
A 21-year-old was shot in the foot, and many teenage would-be shoplifters in the Blotter.
A Rodericks reader flees Charles Village after experiencing some of the many burglaries, syringes, stabbings and shootings the neighborhood has to offer.
The city's fifth fatal police shooting of '07 was Devine Moore, 23, in Berea.
State police found a body in the trunk of a burning car on a BW Parkway off-ramp at about 6:30 last night.
Only in Baltimore folks!The Police Department is running out of trousers!
A 21-year-old was shot in the foot, and many teenage would-be shoplifters in the Blotter.
A Rodericks reader flees Charles Village after experiencing some of the many burglaries, syringes, stabbings and shootings the neighborhood has to offer.
The city's fifth fatal police shooting of '07 was Devine Moore, 23, in Berea.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
June 20
Shooter(s) leaping from cars wounded four in front of 1535 N. Patterson Park Ave.
"Dixon Tells Police Her Crime Plan; Critics Blast It"
No reporters were allowed into the meeting, but union president Paul Blair reassured citizens that they didn't miss much: "She doesn't have a crime plan, it is a PowerPoint presentation." He added that police are still following the O'M "quality of life" strategy, noting that there's an entire squad "ordered to focus on open-container violations." (Seriously?!)
In spite of the ban on reporters, and on police talking to reporters (so Castro*!), Annie Linskey discovered that:
- Det. Robert Cherry Jr. got a standing O when he said that the patrol division lacks leadership.
- Everybody hates Debbie Owens
- ... and neither Owens nor Hamm are going anywhere soon, though Dixon declared that former commissioner Ed Norris' plan (which calls for Hamm's can) "sounds like a duplicate of my plan" and "really was in sync with what I've been saying."
Jonathan Brodie, 25, shot his girlfriend’s stepfather in the head during a dispute over a utility bill. He got 35 years in prison for attempting to murder the stepfather, Dewayne Washington, and pled guilty to robbing five stores, too.
Murder Ink has last week's nine homicides.
Questions remain in the "Redwood Trust" murders of Jason Convertino and Sean Wisniewski.
County: Two bodies were found in a Hillendale townhouse, one on the first and second floors, and two unharmed children.
Defense lawyer: Former Sen. Thomas L. Bromwell's racism, sexism could prejudice jury in bribery trial.
Former investors in Raven Ray Lewis’ barbecue restaurant have filed a $6 million lawsuit, saying the finances were a "leaking ship."
The state of MD has money for "bupe," but addicts are having a hard time gettng any.
"Dixon Tells Police Her Crime Plan; Critics Blast It"
No reporters were allowed into the meeting, but union president Paul Blair reassured citizens that they didn't miss much: "She doesn't have a crime plan, it is a PowerPoint presentation." He added that police are still following the O'M "quality of life" strategy, noting that there's an entire squad "ordered to focus on open-container violations." (Seriously?!)
In spite of the ban on reporters, and on police talking to reporters (so Castro*!), Annie Linskey discovered that:
- Det. Robert Cherry Jr. got a standing O when he said that the patrol division lacks leadership.
- Everybody hates Debbie Owens
- ... and neither Owens nor Hamm are going anywhere soon, though Dixon declared that former commissioner Ed Norris' plan (which calls for Hamm's can) "sounds like a duplicate of my plan" and "really was in sync with what I've been saying."
Jonathan Brodie, 25, shot his girlfriend’s stepfather in the head during a dispute over a utility bill. He got 35 years in prison for attempting to murder the stepfather, Dewayne Washington, and pled guilty to robbing five stores, too.
Murder Ink has last week's nine homicides.
Questions remain in the "Redwood Trust" murders of Jason Convertino and Sean Wisniewski.
County: Two bodies were found in a Hillendale townhouse, one on the first and second floors, and two unharmed children.
Defense lawyer: Former Sen. Thomas L. Bromwell's racism, sexism could prejudice jury in bribery trial.
Former investors in Raven Ray Lewis’ barbecue restaurant have filed a $6 million lawsuit, saying the finances were a "leaking ship."
The state of MD has money for "bupe," but addicts are having a hard time gettng any.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
June 19
Moments before his scheduled murder trial was to begin today, Tyree White, 24, of the 3000 block of Grantley Avenue, pled guilty to second-degree murder for the death of Trayvon Granger in 2005. Judge John M. Glynn sentenced White to 20 years in prison. A co-defendant, Anthony Eubanks, also known as William Cohen, 21, of the 4100 block of Park Heights Avenue, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit murder. Judge Glynn sentenced Eubanks to five years in prison. Details:
An unidentified man was fatally shot in the street in the 2900 block of Miles Avenue at West 29th Street in Remington (less than 1/3 of a mile from where a cab driver was shot earlier this month).
On Sunday, a body was found in Gwynns Falls Park.
"Also yesterday, police released the names of two men killed over the weekend. Alvis Harris, 40, of the 1200 block of Cherry Hill Road was selling Father's Day baskets outside a bar in the 3300 block of Annapolis Road about 1:30 a.m. Saturday when he was attacked by four men. Harris sustained multiple injuries and was taken by ambulance to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he died about 1:30 p.m. Saturday."
and
"Marcarian Grimes, 23, of the 2600 block of Fairview Ave. was outside his apartment about 2 a.m. Sunday when he was forced inside by two gunmen who demanded cash. One of the men shot Grimes before both fled, police said."
An unidentified man was fatally shot at about 9:30 last night in the 3400 block of St. Ambrose Ave. in Pimlico.
In the county, Tyrone Lawrence Mosley, 28, was arrested, passed out, taken to the hospital and then charged with the death of his girlfriend's 7-month-old daughter, Isabella Nacola Bland, in April of last year. In case you were trying to remember that "stepparent" stat it's children under the age of two are at least one hundred times more likely to be killed a stepparent than a biological parent.
In Frederick, the mysterious case of missing Deysi Benitez and her dead husband and children is still a puzzle. The local paper published details of the autopsy reports, including that father Pedro Rodriguez had scratches and bruises.
Olesker on Dixon's cop-love; Sun informs, "City's coordination in fighting crime is called into question"
Blotter: A man was shot in the hand in Parkville, a Durango was set ablaze in the Southern, the Towson Comfort Inn was robbed, a woman in Woodlawn was choked for her purse.
Navid Eghterafi Nanaf Abadi was planning to drive to Ocean City and kill himself and his children, but police in MoCo convinced him to pull over. (!!)
There have been rumors for years that the BPD has a civilian review board. Whaddayaknow, it really exists!
"All I see is a lost of gials and wishes" - Ed Norris as quoted by JZ
UPDATE: Wow, for the first time ever, someone at JZ sobered up and corrected the copy! ... so make your guess below before you click the story link!
... and Ed Norris (who can't run for Mayor) proposed his own seven-point crime plan last night.
On August 17, 2005 at 1:30 a.m. at the intersection of Pall Mall Rd and Loyola Southway the victim, Trayvon Granger and a friend were walking when the victim saw his first cousin Anthony Eubanks and Tyree White. Granger began speaking to the defendants and the friend got nervous and started to walk away when he heard Granger say, “man, what are you doing?!” Friend then saw White and Eubanks chasing Granger with White firing at, and hitting, him. Investigation revealed the shooting was over $1,500 worth of drug money.Assistant State’s Attorney Lisa Phelps of the Homicide Division prosecuted the case.
An unidentified man was fatally shot in the street in the 2900 block of Miles Avenue at West 29th Street in Remington (less than 1/3 of a mile from where a cab driver was shot earlier this month).
On Sunday, a body was found in Gwynns Falls Park.
"Also yesterday, police released the names of two men killed over the weekend. Alvis Harris, 40, of the 1200 block of Cherry Hill Road was selling Father's Day baskets outside a bar in the 3300 block of Annapolis Road about 1:30 a.m. Saturday when he was attacked by four men. Harris sustained multiple injuries and was taken by ambulance to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he died about 1:30 p.m. Saturday."
and
"Marcarian Grimes, 23, of the 2600 block of Fairview Ave. was outside his apartment about 2 a.m. Sunday when he was forced inside by two gunmen who demanded cash. One of the men shot Grimes before both fled, police said."
An unidentified man was fatally shot at about 9:30 last night in the 3400 block of St. Ambrose Ave. in Pimlico.
In the county, Tyrone Lawrence Mosley, 28, was arrested, passed out, taken to the hospital and then charged with the death of his girlfriend's 7-month-old daughter, Isabella Nacola Bland, in April of last year. In case you were trying to remember that "stepparent" stat it's children under the age of two are at least one hundred times more likely to be killed a stepparent than a biological parent.
In Frederick, the mysterious case of missing Deysi Benitez and her dead husband and children is still a puzzle. The local paper published details of the autopsy reports, including that father Pedro Rodriguez had scratches and bruises.
Olesker on Dixon's cop-love; Sun informs, "City's coordination in fighting crime is called into question"
Blotter: A man was shot in the hand in Parkville, a Durango was set ablaze in the Southern, the Towson Comfort Inn was robbed, a woman in Woodlawn was choked for her purse.
Navid Eghterafi Nanaf Abadi was planning to drive to Ocean City and kill himself and his children, but police in MoCo convinced him to pull over. (!!)
There have been rumors for years that the BPD has a civilian review board. Whaddayaknow, it really exists!
"All I see is a lost of gials and wishes" - Ed Norris as quoted by JZ
UPDATE: Wow, for the first time ever, someone at JZ sobered up and corrected the copy! ... so make your guess below before you click the story link!
... and Ed Norris (who can't run for Mayor) proposed his own seven-point crime plan last night.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Everyone's Talking Behind Your Back!
All these closed-door meetings!
President Stephanie is having one now with the police at their union hall in Hampden.
Tomorrow, Dixon is having a meeting with police, but not Hamm nor union leadership: "The president of the police union, Paul Blair, said last week that Dixon also wanted to meet with officers at the union, but that he rebuffed her."
President Stephanie is having one now with the police at their union hall in Hampden.
Tomorrow, Dixon is having a meeting with police, but not Hamm nor union leadership: "The president of the police union, Paul Blair, said last week that Dixon also wanted to meet with officers at the union, but that he rebuffed her."
June 18
Today the Baltimore City Grand Jury indicted Trayvon Ramos, 16, of North Decker Street; Arthur Jeter, 18, of the 3700 block of E. Pratt Street; Eric Price, 17, of the 3700 block Claremont Avenue and Wilburt Martin, 19, of the 3900 block of Claremont Avenue for attempted murder, assault and other charges. Court documents allege four suspects are responsible for the June 2, 2007 attack on Zachary Sowers in the 300 block of S. Robinson Street. Mr. Sowers was found on the ground after the alleged assault and robbery and went into a coma following the attack. An arraignment is scheduled for July 18, 2007 before Judge John M. Glynn, Room 236 Mitchell Courthouse. Assistant State’s Attorney Jennifer Sites will prosecute this case.
An unidentified man was fatally shot in an apartment in the 2600 block of Fairview Ave. on Sunday morning. And another un-ID'd man died, possibly from a beating, in the 3300 block of Annapolis Rd. early Saturday morning.
37-year-old Richard Jones was identifed as the man who was murdered on Friday night in the 1900 block of W. Pratt St.
"Marcus Dannon Owens married Kenesha Davis in late July 2003 ... living with the couple were Davis’s two children from a prior relationship: Dacquan Davis, age four; and Kevonte Davis, age 2; as well as the couple’s seven month-old infant, Kemari Owens." ... and then, one day in their Howard County townhouse things took a tragic turn ...
Charges may or may not be filed against the 24-year-old woman who hit and killed HoCo police officer Scott Wheeler.
A shooting and a couple of robberies in the Blotter, along with rewards for info about Maurice Crosby and Erica Ammenhauser.
PDJ: Timothy Debarbora of Edgemere is an alleged dope-smoking perv.
Steven Reeping accused his former neighbor Vicki Edwards of firing a BB gun at his house; she sued him for defamation and won a dollar plus some "unwanted publicity."
It's Fill-in-the-Punchline Day!
A local ho says, "If you're doing the crimes over and over and over again, it ain't doing nothing for nobody."
"Balt.'s murder rate bad but it could be worse"
In Wheaton, a church organist cried tort after he was pink-slipped for telling on a dirty choirmaster.
An unidentified man was fatally shot in an apartment in the 2600 block of Fairview Ave. on Sunday morning. And another un-ID'd man died, possibly from a beating, in the 3300 block of Annapolis Rd. early Saturday morning.
37-year-old Richard Jones was identifed as the man who was murdered on Friday night in the 1900 block of W. Pratt St.
"Marcus Dannon Owens married Kenesha Davis in late July 2003 ... living with the couple were Davis’s two children from a prior relationship: Dacquan Davis, age four; and Kevonte Davis, age 2; as well as the couple’s seven month-old infant, Kemari Owens." ... and then, one day in their Howard County townhouse things took a tragic turn ...
Charges may or may not be filed against the 24-year-old woman who hit and killed HoCo police officer Scott Wheeler.
A shooting and a couple of robberies in the Blotter, along with rewards for info about Maurice Crosby and Erica Ammenhauser.
PDJ: Timothy Debarbora of Edgemere is an alleged dope-smoking perv.
Steven Reeping accused his former neighbor Vicki Edwards of firing a BB gun at his house; she sued him for defamation and won a dollar plus some "unwanted publicity."
It's Fill-in-the-Punchline Day!
A local ho says, "If you're doing the crimes over and over and over again, it ain't doing nothing for nobody."
"Balt.'s murder rate bad but it could be worse"
In Wheaton, a church organist cried tort after he was pink-slipped for telling on a dirty choirmaster.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
June 17
An unidentified man was shot to death Friday night at about 10:20 p.m. in the 1900 block of W. Pratt Street.
Also Friday, a teenager was shot near E. Cold Spring and Northwood Street.
Also, Marcus Gordon-Bey was arrested for assaulting a teenager who he believed was involved in his son's death.
JZ's won three Emmys, but not for these stories:
A robbery and attempted rape was caught on camera. Or there weren't cameras. What?
"'There's like a parking lot and there's no cameras. There's no light and no cameras and actually hid behind he [sic] wall and we didn't know what he was doing,' Davis said."
And the next paragraph: "Infrared filters in the cameras allow us to see the woman walking toward him ..."
Actually it makes sense on video.
(Also in yesterday's Blotter.)
And a HoCo police officer was hit while trying to flag down a car in a speed trap on Rt. 32. WJZ provides some ... very JZian prose: "One woman and her husband were stuck in the resulting traffic just yards away from the accident" and "Among the investigators stood several people. It is unclear exactly who they were, but they appeared distraught and upset."
Fighting in the school gym at Meade High School in AAC.
The NYT reports on the East Side "redevelopment." (Did you know? Baltimore's East Side is also known as "the Badlands"!)
Also Friday, a teenager was shot near E. Cold Spring and Northwood Street.
Also, Marcus Gordon-Bey was arrested for assaulting a teenager who he believed was involved in his son's death.
JZ's won three Emmys, but not for these stories:
A robbery and attempted rape was caught on camera. Or there weren't cameras. What?
"'There's like a parking lot and there's no cameras. There's no light and no cameras and actually hid behind he [sic] wall and we didn't know what he was doing,' Davis said."
And the next paragraph: "Infrared filters in the cameras allow us to see the woman walking toward him ..."
Actually it makes sense on video.
(Also in yesterday's Blotter.)
And a HoCo police officer was hit while trying to flag down a car in a speed trap on Rt. 32. WJZ provides some ... very JZian prose: "One woman and her husband were stuck in the resulting traffic just yards away from the accident" and "Among the investigators stood several people. It is unclear exactly who they were, but they appeared distraught and upset."
Fighting in the school gym at Meade High School in AAC.
The NYT reports on the East Side "redevelopment." (Did you know? Baltimore's East Side is also known as "the Badlands"!)
Saturday, June 16, 2007
June 16
Twice-convicted child killer Erik Stoddard has been granted a THIRD trial. And when you read why, you'll pee yourself as your brain explodes.
Dixon is calling for a closed-door meeting with 180 officers so that she can "tell them directly how she expects them to cut crime," and Hamm is NOT INVITED!
Whatever could that mean?
Dixon is calling for a closed-door meeting with 180 officers so that she can "tell them directly how she expects them to cut crime," and Hamm is NOT INVITED!
Whatever could that mean?
Friday, June 15, 2007
June 15
Quote of the Weak: "I don't like waking up and reading on the front page of the Sunpapers that we're second in homicide in the country. I don't believe that's really factual." -- Mayor Dixon on FBI crime data (second item)
Police are looking for Maurice Crosby and Erica Ammenhauser for the murder of Marine Reservist Michael Simms on Sunday morning. Police say Crosby stabbed Simms with a knife while Ammenhauser, who has been arrested 11 times, "came down weilding a bat and an ax."
15-year-old Maurice Gordon was pronounced dead after being shot in the 2500 block of Linden Ave while sitting on a porch with some friends. The boy's father told Annie Linsky that Maurice "was not involved with drugs. Random violence. It is past crazy." He then proceeded to slap, beat and kick a boy who he said "set my son up" while photographer Monica Lopossay captured the scene, until Gordon's mother protected the victim with her own body.
Michael H. Wallace, of the 3100 block of Gwynns Falls Parkway in West Baltimore, was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Sterling A. Carr Jr., 28. Wallace "served a brief prison sentence for an armed home invasion" four years ago three weeks after being let out on a suspended sentence for assault by Baltimore City District Court Judge Jamey H. Weitzman.
Should the fetus be deemed "viable" by the ME's office, David Lee Miller, accused of killing the woman pregnant with his child, could be the first person to be charged with fetal homicide under MD's 2005 "Murder and Manslaughter - Viable Fetus" law. (Here's a link to a pdf of the actual law.)
1,591 city parolees must report to the 5th Regiment Armory on June 30 to give a "genetic sample." And get your mind out of the gutter, it's a cheek swab.
Wow, that was quick! Sheila D. and Lenny have changed their stance on homicide detectives being required to walk beats.
Quote of the day #2: "It's amazing how quickly they switched gears with one unit. The plan, if there is one, is just to get [the Dixon administration] through three or four months until the election." -- Robert F. Cherry Jr., a union vice president and homicide detective
Teenagers robbing women in the Blotter.
Charles David Richardson IV was indicted for murdering Alevtina Zhilina and Trae Davon Allen in two separate HoCo incidents.
We never would have guessed: The bones found amongst 80's boobie magazines in an abandoned rowhouse in the Northeastern belong(ed) to a human male.
In Olney, 41-year-old "jimluvsyoungguys" got 10 years in prison for having sex with 13-year-old "twinkieboy."
Police are looking for Maurice Crosby and Erica Ammenhauser for the murder of Marine Reservist Michael Simms on Sunday morning. Police say Crosby stabbed Simms with a knife while Ammenhauser, who has been arrested 11 times, "came down weilding a bat and an ax."15-year-old Maurice Gordon was pronounced dead after being shot in the 2500 block of Linden Ave while sitting on a porch with some friends. The boy's father told Annie Linsky that Maurice "was not involved with drugs. Random violence. It is past crazy." He then proceeded to slap, beat and kick a boy who he said "set my son up" while photographer Monica Lopossay captured the scene, until Gordon's mother protected the victim with her own body. Michael H. Wallace, of the 3100 block of Gwynns Falls Parkway in West Baltimore, was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Sterling A. Carr Jr., 28. Wallace "served a brief prison sentence for an armed home invasion" four years ago three weeks after being let out on a suspended sentence for assault by Baltimore City District Court Judge Jamey H. Weitzman.
Should the fetus be deemed "viable" by the ME's office, David Lee Miller, accused of killing the woman pregnant with his child, could be the first person to be charged with fetal homicide under MD's 2005 "Murder and Manslaughter - Viable Fetus" law. (Here's a link to a pdf of the actual law.)
1,591 city parolees must report to the 5th Regiment Armory on June 30 to give a "genetic sample." And get your mind out of the gutter, it's a cheek swab.
Wow, that was quick! Sheila D. and Lenny have changed their stance on homicide detectives being required to walk beats.
Quote of the day #2: "It's amazing how quickly they switched gears with one unit. The plan, if there is one, is just to get [the Dixon administration] through three or four months until the election." -- Robert F. Cherry Jr., a union vice president and homicide detective
Teenagers robbing women in the Blotter.
Charles David Richardson IV was indicted for murdering Alevtina Zhilina and Trae Davon Allen in two separate HoCo incidents.
We never would have guessed: The bones found amongst 80's boobie magazines in an abandoned rowhouse in the Northeastern belong(ed) to a human male.
In Olney, 41-year-old "jimluvsyoungguys" got 10 years in prison for having sex with 13-year-old "twinkieboy."
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Jun 14
Murder news:
* An unidentified man was fatally shot Tuesday night in the 2400 block of N. Ellamont St.
* 22-year-old Tyree Williams was fatally shot Wednesday morning in the 3200 block of Phelps Ln.
* 18-year-old Barbara Griffin was identified as the teenager whose body was found outside Bentalou Elementary on Monday morning.
* Curtis Washington was the teenager who died at Hopkins after being shot in the 1600 block of Montpelier St. early Tuesday morning.
15-year-old Maurice Gordon is on life-support after being shot early Wednesday morning in the 2500 block of Linden Ave. (same link as above.)
A 37-year-old man was shot in the head in the 2000 block of E. Hoffman St. on Tuesday morning, but "was unable to tell police who shot him or why."
Three New Yorkers were charged with kidnapping after attempting to forcing an 18-year-old Edgewood woman to go with them to New York.
A white guy with blue bands on his braces is being sought for an assault on a 13-year-old girl who was walking to a Bowleys Quarters bus stop.
Five dead and decomposing animals were found in an Anne Arundel home.
To submit or not to submit to violent criminals, that is the question.
Get Pumped!!! Michael Schlanger, age 48, of Catonsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute 40,000 units or more of anabolic steroids.
PDJ: Mark Bartles, age 43, of Hagtown, who pled guilty to recieving child pornography after Feds found more than 600 images of prepubescent children being sexually abused on his computer.
$:
Ketan R. Shah tried to scam the IRS out of $1.3 million. And Isaac Ahanmisi, age 46, of Hyattsville, Maryland was found guilty yesterday of 19 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of fraudulent tax returns.
And ps, the IRS has announced it's bringing back the random audit.
Media:
The Sun and their union, the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, have reached a "tentative" contract agreement.
* An unidentified man was fatally shot Tuesday night in the 2400 block of N. Ellamont St.
* 22-year-old Tyree Williams was fatally shot Wednesday morning in the 3200 block of Phelps Ln.
* 18-year-old Barbara Griffin was identified as the teenager whose body was found outside Bentalou Elementary on Monday morning.
* Curtis Washington was the teenager who died at Hopkins after being shot in the 1600 block of Montpelier St. early Tuesday morning.
15-year-old Maurice Gordon is on life-support after being shot early Wednesday morning in the 2500 block of Linden Ave. (same link as above.)
A 37-year-old man was shot in the head in the 2000 block of E. Hoffman St. on Tuesday morning, but "was unable to tell police who shot him or why."
Three New Yorkers were charged with kidnapping after attempting to forcing an 18-year-old Edgewood woman to go with them to New York.
A white guy with blue bands on his braces is being sought for an assault on a 13-year-old girl who was walking to a Bowleys Quarters bus stop.
Five dead and decomposing animals were found in an Anne Arundel home.
To submit or not to submit to violent criminals, that is the question.
Get Pumped!!! Michael Schlanger, age 48, of Catonsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute 40,000 units or more of anabolic steroids.
PDJ: Mark Bartles, age 43, of Hagtown, who pled guilty to recieving child pornography after Feds found more than 600 images of prepubescent children being sexually abused on his computer.
$:
Ketan R. Shah tried to scam the IRS out of $1.3 million. And Isaac Ahanmisi, age 46, of Hyattsville, Maryland was found guilty yesterday of 19 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of fraudulent tax returns.
And ps, the IRS has announced it's bringing back the random audit.
Media:
The Sun and their union, the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, have reached a "tentative" contract agreement.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Quote of the day II
"Oh, you're the one who always gets it wrong out of ignorance." -- Prosecutor Sam Yee upon making my acquaintance
June 13
At a hearing June 8, 2007 Wayne Zeigler, 25, of the 1700 block of N. Fulton Ave. pled guilty to first degree assault and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence for a shooting that injured an 11-year-old boy. Judge Martin P. Welch sentenced Zeigler to ten years in prison for the assault and a concurrent five year without parole prison term for the handgun count. Details:
Under a new law, David Lee Miller might be charged with murdering his pregnant girlfriend's unborn baby.
Bones were found in the bedroom of a boarded-up house in the Northeastern, surrounded by vintage adult magazines.
CP: Baltimore has far more cops than the national average, and furthermore, more cops do not equal fewer murders.
Meawhile, the Examiner ran a very similar story.
Rodricks: hire more cops and pay them more.
The Ink details the killings of Mustafa Ghulam, Demetrius Burnette, Craig Hunter, Melvin Jordan and Michael Simms, and updates.
A homeless man is being sought for setting a fire aboard the Lady Baltimore this morning.
In a shocking move, Sheila D. spoke at a forum and reassured city residents.
Carjacker/rapist Walter Jose Grey is going away for a long time. (Needless to say, he didn't commit his crimes in Baltimore.)
Jonathan McKinney was charged with arson for allegedly burning a house in Darlington, and Nicholas J. Moore was charged with arson for a May 24 fire in Westminster.
Jesse Woodrow Cornwell III, 32, and Diana Carmine Cornwell, 35, "a Pasadena husband and wife who offered her sexual services on a well-known Web site [aka Craigslist] while she was pregnant won't serve any jail time ... and will be able to raise their 2-week-old baby themselves."
Quote of the day: "He's a liar. His feet stink. And he doesn't love his Jesus. And you can print that." -- Mayorial candidate Frank Conaway Senior on BUILD spokesman Rob English
On April 13, 2007 Zeigler was walking in the 1600 block of McKean Ave. when approached by an unknown male wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt. The unknown male produced a handgun and started firing at Zeigler. Zeigler produced his own gun and started returning fire in a southerly direction toward Baker Street and the 1500 block of McKean. Neither Wayne Zeigler nor the unknown male were injured during this incident, but shortly after the shootout police and medics responded to 1521 McKean Avenue for a shooting victim. It was discovered that An 11 year old boy was shot in the arm. Investigation revealed that Wayne Zeigler was firing in the victim’s direction when returning fire from the unknown male. Assistant State’s Attorney David M. Grzechowiak of the Firearms Investigation Violence Enforcement (FIVE) Division prosecuted this case.Blotter: David Bishop, 32, was named as the murder victim stabbed May 27 in the 200 block of N. Gay St. Juan Taylor was identified as the man killed early Monday morning in the 3200 block of Brighton St.
Under a new law, David Lee Miller might be charged with murdering his pregnant girlfriend's unborn baby.
Bones were found in the bedroom of a boarded-up house in the Northeastern, surrounded by vintage adult magazines.
CP: Baltimore has far more cops than the national average, and furthermore, more cops do not equal fewer murders.
Meawhile, the Examiner ran a very similar story.
Rodricks: hire more cops and pay them more.
The Ink details the killings of Mustafa Ghulam, Demetrius Burnette, Craig Hunter, Melvin Jordan and Michael Simms, and updates.
A homeless man is being sought for setting a fire aboard the Lady Baltimore this morning.
In a shocking move, Sheila D. spoke at a forum and reassured city residents.
Carjacker/rapist Walter Jose Grey is going away for a long time. (Needless to say, he didn't commit his crimes in Baltimore.)
Jonathan McKinney was charged with arson for allegedly burning a house in Darlington, and Nicholas J. Moore was charged with arson for a May 24 fire in Westminster.
Jesse Woodrow Cornwell III, 32, and Diana Carmine Cornwell, 35, "a Pasadena husband and wife who offered her sexual services on a well-known Web site [aka Craigslist] while she was pregnant won't serve any jail time ... and will be able to raise their 2-week-old baby themselves."
Quote of the day: "He's a liar. His feet stink. And he doesn't love his Jesus. And you can print that." -- Mayorial candidate Frank Conaway Senior on BUILD spokesman Rob English
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
June 12
David Lee Miller, 24 and pictured right, is wanted for shooting Elizabeth Walters in the parking lot of a county mall. JZ reports that Walters was seven months pregnant with Miller's child, and that Miller was married to another woman. Update: Miller has turned himself in.At a hearing yesterday, Judge John N. Prevas sentenced Kenneth Johnson, 21, of the 3200 block of Pelham Ave. to life in prison plus 50 years, consecutive and Kevin Martin, 26, of the 8400 block of Downey Dale Dr. to life in prison. A third co-defendant, Timothy Davis, is scheduled for sentencing June 26, 2007. The drama-packed backstory:
On May 2, 2007 a Baltimore City jury found Johnson guilty of one count of attempted first degree murder, one count of attempted second degree murder, two counts of use of a handgun in a crime of violence, and multiple counts of conspiracy. They found Davis guilty of two counts of first degree assault, two counts of use of a handgun in a crime of violence, and multiple counts of conspiracy. They found Martin guilty of conspiracy to commit murder. On April 13, 2006 at 9:50 p.m., Dewarren Artes & Brandon Harvell were in the 3300 block of Cardenas when Johnson and others emerged from a dark alley. Shots were fired at Harvell and he was hit once in the leg and fell. Artes ran away and was hit in the back (the bullet exited out of his chest two inches from his heart). Ten .40 caliber shell casings and seven .357 shell casings were found at the scene indicating that at least two guns were used.A 17-year-old boy was shot to death at about 1 a.m. in the 1600 block of Montpelier Street in the Northeast.
Northeast District Officers on foot patrol a block away heard the gunshots and responded. The Officers saw a vehicle leaving the scene of the shooting coming down an alley with its headlights off. They stopped the vehicle and saw three individuals inside. The driver told the officers that “some one was shooting up there.” The Officers ordered the driver to stop the car but it sped off. Other officers in the area followed the vehicle. The pursuit lasted approximately ten minutes and reached speeds of up to 70 miles per hour. The vehicle stopped when it went up a dark alley and hit a tree. Three men bailed out of the car and fled. Two men were captured two blocks away – Davis and Martin. Gunshot residue was found on the hands of Davis, but not on Martin. Martin’s DNA was found on latex gloves left in the front passenger seat of the vehicle. Fingerprints of Davis & Martin were also found in the vehicle. One of the victims identified Johnson as one of the shooters.Assistant State’s Attorney Douglas D. Guidorizzi of the Firearms Investigation Violence Enforcement (FIVE) Division prosecuted this case.
Blotterrata: Akeem Thompson, 20, of the 2000 block of E. Preston St., was arrested for shooting that 6-year-old boy in the foot.
Keyuanna Lee, 18, was arrested Sunday morning on a warrant of robbing the Applebee's.
The Sun names Zach Sowers' (alleged) attackers: Trayvon K. Ramos, 16; Arthur Jeter, 17; Eric L. Price, 16; and Wilburt Martin, 18.
Now, that's odd: the two officers assigned to Patricia Jessamy don't just protect her, they're also supposed to round up witnesses and investigate "allegations of past sex abuses."
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