Monday, March 7, 2011
Taking it to the streets
The Baltimore Police Dept is henceforth posting regular online YouTube updates for concerned citizens. Here's the first of many, they say. Gun seizures up! ... meanwhile, three months in, the State's Attorney's office remains invisible, with nary a TV appearance from anyone in the office and no web presence whatsoever, other than two-month-old swearing-in photos posted on his Facebook page yesterday. What's going on up there?
Mysteries
The boy fatally stabbed yesterday was ID'd as Ronald Taijon Gibbs. The Sun reports that he was trying to defend his sister.
The mysterious case of two girls abducted near the Dollar Store and rescued by police
Mug shot of the day: Ellerson Carter, arrested for the murder of George Marshall
East Coast Rapist headed to court today. But I don't understand how keeping his mug shot "under wraps" will encourage more victims to come forward.
A two-week hearing starts today in Delaware for creditors of the Tribune Co.
Towson U police are ISO a "person of interest" following a campus assault
The bad part of getting arrested in the county: you may actually do some time. The bright side: adjudication in these spankin' new courtrooms!
Can you ID the police officers or reporter in these charming old photos?
The mysterious case of two girls abducted near the Dollar Store and rescued by police
Mug shot of the day: Ellerson Carter, arrested for the murder of George Marshall
East Coast Rapist headed to court today. But I don't understand how keeping his mug shot "under wraps" will encourage more victims to come forward.
A two-week hearing starts today in Delaware for creditors of the Tribune Co.
Towson U police are ISO a "person of interest" following a campus assault
The bad part of getting arrested in the county: you may actually do some time. The bright side: adjudication in these spankin' new courtrooms!
Can you ID the police officers or reporter in these charming old photos?
Can't help but ask...
Six hundred and twenty-eight words in the Sun for George Marshall. Wonder how that word count compares to the word counts of the year's 28 other victims?
Update: a reader points out that Marshall did get "less than Hezikah Wilson (1,023) and Tyra Trent (898)." Duly noted.
Update: a reader points out that Marshall did get "less than Hezikah Wilson (1,023) and Tyra Trent (898)." Duly noted.
Could this really happen?
Councilman wants us, city residents, to vote for a 50 percent cut in the property tax rate
Sunday, March 6, 2011
29- @?$#!
what is going on this weekend? February was so peaceful!
The weekend's 3rd murder victim is a 17-year-old boy who was stabbed during an argument.
The weekend's 3rd murder victim is a 17-year-old boy who was stabbed during an argument.
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At 244 North Hilton Street, 23-year-old Paul Simons III was killed during a home invasion (the Deuce has the victim's age wrong).
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Bad men
Police are looking for a dark-colored SUV with a tan stripe, driven by a tubby Hispanic man who tried to abduct a teenager last night on the east side.
A man shot in the stomach on Edmondson Ave
No smizing at the vigil to remember Tyra Trent.
Fifteen-year-old Deondre M. Pedersen arrested and charged with home invasion
A crazy melee in HarfCo: 25 people involved in an altercation and an 18-year-old stabbed in the back, shades of the 50-person brawl of '07 (unfortunately all of those links have expired)
A man in Pikesville arrested after holding up the Bank of America with a fake bomb.
Alleged Marley Station Mall mugger arrested, and JZ readers have plenty of elevated, enlightened comments. Also arrested in AAC, a pimp and his human traffic
Shreky-looking-guy arrested for involvement in a county stolen-auto-parts ring
In Fredneck, the "Sheriff's Office has charged a man with assault and harassment after he allegedly yelled racial epithets at a black man and pointed a gun at him."
WaPo: Digital billboards-> tip -> cigarette butt -> DNA match -> arrest of Aaron Thomas, alleged East Coast Rapist
The NYT publishes a positive police story: "An Angry Man Is Met by a Smart, Experienced Police Team"
A man shot in the stomach on Edmondson Ave
No smizing at the vigil to remember Tyra Trent.
Fifteen-year-old Deondre M. Pedersen arrested and charged with home invasion
A crazy melee in HarfCo: 25 people involved in an altercation and an 18-year-old stabbed in the back, shades of the 50-person brawl of '07 (unfortunately all of those links have expired)
A man in Pikesville arrested after holding up the Bank of America with a fake bomb.
Alleged Marley Station Mall mugger arrested, and JZ readers have plenty of elevated, enlightened comments. Also arrested in AAC, a pimp and his human traffic
Shreky-looking-guy arrested for involvement in a county stolen-auto-parts ring
In Fredneck, the "Sheriff's Office has charged a man with assault and harassment after he allegedly yelled racial epithets at a black man and pointed a gun at him."
WaPo: Digital billboards-> tip -> cigarette butt -> DNA match -> arrest of Aaron Thomas, alleged East Coast Rapist
The NYT publishes a positive police story: "An Angry Man Is Met by a Smart, Experienced Police Team"
Friday, March 4, 2011
Pass!
The Judiciary Committee has passed the same-sex marriage bill, with the help of Jill Carter but without the help of Tiffany Alston (and with a crude sideshow from Neil Parrott). Then Samir Arora, who was elected with lots of gay old dollars and a promise to support equality, backtracked before coming around.
... But you know what, no matter what happens in MD, eventually the Supreme Court will rule what even those against same-sex marriage already know: in this country church and state are separate and the state has no compelling interest in denying these people their civil rights. And time doesn't favor old bigots, who are going to keep dying off or changing their minds as they realize gay people are not freaks from another planet but friends, neighbors and family. There may be some honor in saying "my constituents are against this and I was elected to represent what they want." But there is no honor in being a backstabbing bigot or a waffler. /end rant
And don't mess with people with low body fat and tight shorts! Police now say that a spokesman's statement that charges were unlikely to be filed was premature, and that the investigation is still pending.
Breaking news: The "East Coast Rapist" was arrested in Connecticut
... But you know what, no matter what happens in MD, eventually the Supreme Court will rule what even those against same-sex marriage already know: in this country church and state are separate and the state has no compelling interest in denying these people their civil rights. And time doesn't favor old bigots, who are going to keep dying off or changing their minds as they realize gay people are not freaks from another planet but friends, neighbors and family. There may be some honor in saying "my constituents are against this and I was elected to represent what they want." But there is no honor in being a backstabbing bigot or a waffler. /end rant
And don't mess with people with low body fat and tight shorts! Police now say that a spokesman's statement that charges were unlikely to be filed was premature, and that the investigation is still pending.
Breaking news: The "East Coast Rapist" was arrested in Connecticut
Gun toting deputies
Update: The City deputy arrested over the weekend pointed his gun at the employee of a downtown homeless shelter. Oh, and he was off-duty and intoxicated.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Delayed again
because Jill Carter was out sick today, says the WaPo. Said Tiffany Alston on Wednesday, "I don't think anyone should hold any of our decisions against us, because this is a very difficult decision."
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James Fields, Jr., 47, who was shot in 1992.
Hey, wait, child neglect is legal? What the heck am I doing here? Laters, kids!
Hey, wait, child neglect is legal? What the heck am I doing here? Laters, kids!
It's not your fault
State Delegate Jill Carter takes the house leadership to task over same sex marriage legislation.
Lady troubles
A double-shooting yesterday in Woodlawn
Posted Fox 45 at around 10 last night: "Baltimore County Police are on the scene of a serious stabbing near the City/County line. Police found a 25-year-old man who'd been stabbed in the neck in the 600 block of Walker Ave. He has been taken to Shock Trauma, no word on his condition. Police are investigating the crime as a possible robbery."
Jill Carter told IV she "didn't block the vote .. we didn't have the votes ... I know we were at least two votes short" and added, "the truth is, I saved the bill."
What the?! "The minority development partnership that has co-headed the $1.8 billion redevelopment in East Baltimore has been barred from doing business in Maryland by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation because of unpaid taxes."
Look out for Earleen Denah Cottman, 49, last seen on W. Pratt St
Geeze, Louise! PGC police have charged seven "sorority sisters" (including two 26-year-olds) of U of MD's Zeta Phi Beta with assault related to the alleged beating of a pledge in October. The U has suspended the sorority pending investigation.
Afro: "Police vs Community = Shaky"
"Abortion opponents want tighter regulations" -- story says the state has 41 abortion providers. (I only count 21 on the "American Death Camps" web site-- maybe the 41 includes hospitals?)
Stolen cigars, an ex-boyfriend trying to choke a woman in her sleep and a teenager shot in the face with a paint gun in the Baltimore Guide blotter.
Wine lovers are set to "make their case" Friday in Annapolis, though it sounds like "the whole cow" was already deboned in private meetings earlier this month.
Tonight at 6 at 1505 Eutaw Street is the screening of "Blocking the Exit," "an exploration of the current "life means life" policy on parole in Maryland." The JPI claims that there are 2,657 people serving parole-eligible life sentences in Maryland. (Don't do the math on how much that costs. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body.)
Posted Fox 45 at around 10 last night: "Baltimore County Police are on the scene of a serious stabbing near the City/County line. Police found a 25-year-old man who'd been stabbed in the neck in the 600 block of Walker Ave. He has been taken to Shock Trauma, no word on his condition. Police are investigating the crime as a possible robbery."
Jill Carter told IV she "didn't block the vote .. we didn't have the votes ... I know we were at least two votes short" and added, "the truth is, I saved the bill."
What the?! "The minority development partnership that has co-headed the $1.8 billion redevelopment in East Baltimore has been barred from doing business in Maryland by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation because of unpaid taxes."
Look out for Earleen Denah Cottman, 49, last seen on W. Pratt St
Geeze, Louise! PGC police have charged seven "sorority sisters" (including two 26-year-olds) of U of MD's Zeta Phi Beta with assault related to the alleged beating of a pledge in October. The U has suspended the sorority pending investigation.
Afro: "Police vs Community = Shaky"
"Abortion opponents want tighter regulations" -- story says the state has 41 abortion providers. (I only count 21 on the "American Death Camps" web site-- maybe the 41 includes hospitals?)
Stolen cigars, an ex-boyfriend trying to choke a woman in her sleep and a teenager shot in the face with a paint gun in the Baltimore Guide blotter.
Wine lovers are set to "make their case" Friday in Annapolis, though it sounds like "the whole cow" was already deboned in private meetings earlier this month.
Tonight at 6 at 1505 Eutaw Street is the screening of "Blocking the Exit," "an exploration of the current "life means life" policy on parole in Maryland." The JPI claims that there are 2,657 people serving parole-eligible life sentences in Maryland. (Don't do the math on how much that costs. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body.)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Westboro wins
The Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment protects the speech of Westboro Baptist Church.
Best month ever
"February '11 had one of the lowest monthly murder tallies ever," and the Ink recaps last week's only murder. The murder of Edgar Wilson (allegedly at the hand of his own grandson) is horrible and tragic, but still, wow.
Nineteen years for "career criminal" Glenn Plato Brooks, 42, convicted of feloniously possessing a firearm.
White House Report on women reveals that while fewer women are crime victims, "the imprisonment rate for females quadrupled between 1985 and 2008"
Nineteen years for "career criminal" Glenn Plato Brooks, 42, convicted of feloniously possessing a firearm.
White House Report on women reveals that while fewer women are crime victims, "the imprisonment rate for females quadrupled between 1985 and 2008"
Base! How low can you go...
Del. Tiffany T. Alston (D-PGC) says she's ready to vote on the same-sex marriage bill, and that her no-show was because she needed "a little more time to weigh my final decision." And, says Julie B., Jill Carter "predicted the Judiciary Committee would not vote on gay marriage until House leadership has appeased her." The Sun Op-Ed page predicts the opposite (the puzzle-- what does the Judiciary Committee have to do with school funding?)... the grab for attention has apparently worked, you can now follow FauxJillCarter.
WBAL has audio of Jill Carter and others talking about their issues.
And says Jill Carter on her Facebook page:
The WaPo's Dana Milbank sees how many drug references he can freebase into one piece
WBAL has audio of Jill Carter and others talking about their issues.
And says Jill Carter on her Facebook page:
Andy green at the Sun was obviously spoon fed by someone-my money is on Maggie ... Andy Green's editorial is not only dishonest, it is scathing, character assasinating, and suspiciously, mean-spirited. If you followed my mayoral campaign, you should recall the Sun's consistent non-coverage, under coverage, and disparate coverage. I am NOT the reason the bill wasn't voted. The chairman knows it, speaker knows it , and a number of others.
The WaPo's Dana Milbank sees how many drug references he can freebase into one piece
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Carter Holds Marriage Bill Hostage
not showing up this morning was apparently no coincidence: Jill Carter, D-41, is apparently holding up the same-sex marriage bill to draw attention to the horribly misguided "equal time" child custody bill.
Indecent Exposures
The grandson of Edgar Waylan Wilson was arrested for his murder.
Baltimore bikers' shorts in twist after police refuse to charge the octogenarian who mowed down a Hopkins student
Two months and still no sign of Phylicia Barnes. JZ commentor: "I would hall of the People who were in and out of the apt , take them all to jail and starve the hell out of them"
Your tax $ at work: bungling bureaucrats cost city $4 million in federal lead-paint-abatement money
DEA bans sales & possession of five types of faux marijuana, including "K2" and "Spice"
PA company fesses up to releasing 40 times the allowed amount of ammonia into the air at Sparrows Point. And if you flew from Baltimore to Denver on the 22nd, you may have been exposed to measles.
"High-end restaurant owners want corkage law"- would you pay $25 to BYOB?
Supreme court argues definition of "cocaine base" vs. powder, decides that corporations have no right to personal privacy
Same-sex marriage vote delayed when two members of the Judiciary Committee, Jill Carter and Tiffany Alston, didn't show. Meanwhile Sun publishes letter opining that "gay marriage is not a civil rights issue"
State health secretary, governor against medical marijuana
Baltimore bikers' shorts in twist after police refuse to charge the octogenarian who mowed down a Hopkins student
Two months and still no sign of Phylicia Barnes. JZ commentor: "I would hall of the People who were in and out of the apt , take them all to jail and starve the hell out of them"
Your tax $ at work: bungling bureaucrats cost city $4 million in federal lead-paint-abatement money
DEA bans sales & possession of five types of faux marijuana, including "K2" and "Spice"
PA company fesses up to releasing 40 times the allowed amount of ammonia into the air at Sparrows Point. And if you flew from Baltimore to Denver on the 22nd, you may have been exposed to measles.
"High-end restaurant owners want corkage law"- would you pay $25 to BYOB?
Supreme court argues definition of "cocaine base" vs. powder, decides that corporations have no right to personal privacy
Same-sex marriage vote delayed when two members of the Judiciary Committee, Jill Carter and Tiffany Alston, didn't show. Meanwhile Sun publishes letter opining that "gay marriage is not a civil rights issue"
State health secretary, governor against medical marijuana
Monday, February 28, 2011
Naked & Tased®
How much would you charge to be strip-searched on a public street and Tased® while in handcuffs?
The FBI and local police are ISO the "East Coast Rapist"
"Judge Upholds 'Skateboard Cop' Firing," dude.
County police arrested Clinton Austin Bradley Jr. in the murder of 18-year-old Brandon Jackson
County police are ISO a woman named "Tre" with a bite mark on her hand who allegedly robbed a teacher
Sun "Second Opinion":"a sentence of life without the possibility of parole provides peace and certainty that the death penalty rarely can." (Bored? Lonely? Check out a screening of the documentary "Blocking the Exit" this Thursday with the Justice Policy Institute)
Medical marijuana hearing in the House today. "Good concept, convoluted bill," says the Sun's Andy Green. Heh.
Hey look, the Liquor Board docket is online
Huh? Wha? Eighth Naval Academy midshipman expelled for using "spice". Is that what Miley Cyrus smoked?
The FBI and local police are ISO the "East Coast Rapist"
"Judge Upholds 'Skateboard Cop' Firing," dude.
County police arrested Clinton Austin Bradley Jr. in the murder of 18-year-old Brandon Jackson
County police are ISO a woman named "Tre" with a bite mark on her hand who allegedly robbed a teacher
Sun "Second Opinion":"a sentence of life without the possibility of parole provides peace and certainty that the death penalty rarely can." (Bored? Lonely? Check out a screening of the documentary "Blocking the Exit" this Thursday with the Justice Policy Institute)
Medical marijuana hearing in the House today. "Good concept, convoluted bill," says the Sun's Andy Green. Heh.
Hey look, the Liquor Board docket is online
Huh? Wha? Eighth Naval Academy midshipman expelled for using "spice". Is that what Miley Cyrus smoked?
Sunday, February 27, 2011
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Police Tweet: "FATAL STABBING: 2800 Blk Clifton Ave., Western District, 1:21pm, adult male found deceased in a house. Homicide detectives handling."
Update: he was ID'd as 62-year-old Edgar Waylan Wilson.
Update: he was ID'd as 62-year-old Edgar Waylan Wilson.
Gun toting deputies
Another deputy sheriff arrested for pointing his gun in public, looks like this guy was drunk
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Love and marriage ...
Seven weeks after the shootings of Sean Gamble and Officer William Torbit, SRB has assembled a kind-of-independent review board.
Brian Lee Wonsom, accused of killing teacher Hannah Wheeling at Cheltenham when he was 13, will be tried as an adult.
A man shot in the chest at Coldspring Lane and Marble Hill Road drove himself to the hospital.
More on the Williams guilty verdict. (Witness on Williams: "he's a bug I'd like to squash"). Also on Friday, another conviction
WBAL has your Friday same-sex-marriage-debate recap. Intriguing: Anne Arundel County Republican Delegate Don Dwyer "has sent out mailings ... [that] include samples of school curriculum that Dwyer feels will be taught in schools if same sex marriage is legalized. One lawmaker who received the mailings told Collins the mailings were 'graphic.'"
Brian Lee Wonsom, accused of killing teacher Hannah Wheeling at Cheltenham when he was 13, will be tried as an adult.
A man shot in the chest at Coldspring Lane and Marble Hill Road drove himself to the hospital.
More on the Williams guilty verdict. (Witness on Williams: "he's a bug I'd like to squash"). Also on Friday, another conviction
in a killing that had also been preceded by a woman's request for protection. Gregory Tooson, 46, who was accused of strangling his girlfriend, Melonie Smith, in April 2009, was found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder. Days before her death, Smith had been granted a temporary protective order against Tooson, who prosecutors said was sending her threatening e-mails. Smith was found dead in her home in the 700 block of Yale Ave. after she had failed to show up for work.And in AAC, Patrick Rhys gets 23 years of hots and cots for killing his 'girlfriend' by stabbing her 27 times
WBAL has your Friday same-sex-marriage-debate recap. Intriguing: Anne Arundel County Republican Delegate Don Dwyer "has sent out mailings ... [that] include samples of school curriculum that Dwyer feels will be taught in schools if same sex marriage is legalized. One lawmaker who received the mailings told Collins the mailings were 'graphic.'"
Friday, February 25, 2011
Pervy Thursday
Cleaven Williams' poor jury is still deliberating away after four days
From the Women's Law Center, some major changes to family law legislation being mulled over in the House, including a shorter separation period for divorce, a judicial preference for "equal parenting time" child custody (a horrible, horrible idea) and allowing court-ordered grandparent visitation.
Ten years for "Sonny" the crack dealer
Robbers who targeted pizza & video-game stores busted in the county, confessed to 19 robberies. (Aleks Katz, you really oughter wear a hairnet)
An insperminated Glen Arm hairron addict charged with burglarizing her own parents
O.C. man indicted on child porn charges for four images, Essex's Gary Lee Walden gets 70 months after his taking pictures of kids at the pool led detectives to his pornful computer; a guilty plea from "predatormike1203," no bail for CA woman charged with raping a 13-year-old Bel Air boy she met via Xbox game
Infrared cameras: not just for finding pot plants any more. AAC police used them to track down an elderly man.
More illegal rockfish nets. Mmm, PCB-a-licious.
In the Baltimore Guide blotter, a man who shot at a car, lots of domestic violence and barfights and a woman's purse stolen while she was in labor at Bayview.
In case you were wondering, it's not legal to stand on the courthouse steps passing out pamphlets that say jurors should ignore the law if they don't agree with it. (And in this town it's also not necessary)
Not crime, but annoying: if you can't make transportation or parking workable or safe in this town, there is no point to building anything new, much less $100 million worth of projects to be funded by future taxes. (No point for citizens, anyway-- plenty for SRB & the city council's developer buddies to like.)
From the Women's Law Center, some major changes to family law legislation being mulled over in the House, including a shorter separation period for divorce, a judicial preference for "equal parenting time" child custody (a horrible, horrible idea) and allowing court-ordered grandparent visitation.
Ten years for "Sonny" the crack dealer
Robbers who targeted pizza & video-game stores busted in the county, confessed to 19 robberies. (Aleks Katz, you really oughter wear a hairnet)
An insperminated Glen Arm hairron addict charged with burglarizing her own parents
O.C. man indicted on child porn charges for four images, Essex's Gary Lee Walden gets 70 months after his taking pictures of kids at the pool led detectives to his pornful computer; a guilty plea from "predatormike1203," no bail for CA woman charged with raping a 13-year-old Bel Air boy she met via Xbox game
Infrared cameras: not just for finding pot plants any more. AAC police used them to track down an elderly man.
More illegal rockfish nets. Mmm, PCB-a-licious.
In the Baltimore Guide blotter, a man who shot at a car, lots of domestic violence and barfights and a woman's purse stolen while she was in labor at Bayview.
In case you were wondering, it's not legal to stand on the courthouse steps passing out pamphlets that say jurors should ignore the law if they don't agree with it. (And in this town it's also not necessary)
Not crime, but annoying: if you can't make transportation or parking workable or safe in this town, there is no point to building anything new, much less $100 million worth of projects to be funded by future taxes. (No point for citizens, anyway-- plenty for SRB & the city council's developer buddies to like.)
Update on semen squirter sentencing
"Law-abiding and churchgoing member of the community" (and part-time DNA spreader) Michael Wayne Edwards Jr. gets 3 years probation. Apparently, "Edwards' actions were the result of misplaced anger after breaking up with a girlfriend." Ya think?
Although maybe he was just trying to spread good cheer (as well as his seeed).
Although maybe he was just trying to spread good cheer (as well as his seeed).
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Thugs with badges
An arrest in the bus-stop murder of Joshua Matthews (#22)
In 1956, it was a very good year, a year for city cops and private lots with kick-back shops, to which the tow-truck driver would drive... also in 1965...
Also "Towing leader says she was arrested after complaining about accused company" and dirty cops called themselves "untouchables" & their filthy lucre = "coffee"
On the blog, still a lot of interest in the Erik Stoddard case.
Pastor Joel Kurz: "too many of our city's police officers are simply thugs with badges."
Have you seen this elementary-school burglar?
Oh JZ, I love you. Baltimore's cutest station reports that the same-sex marriage debate has been "hot and longer than expected". And Nancy Jacobs' piehole, the gift that keeps on giving: "Love between a man and woman that may lead to children is the only love that government has the right to recognize." Good for you, giving up all claims to your husband's 401k when your eggs dry up.
The Supreme Court heard a case yesterday on whether revised federal crack cocaine sentencing guidelines should affect binding plea agreements.
The question arises again, who should own public information?
In 1956, it was a very good year, a year for city cops and private lots with kick-back shops, to which the tow-truck driver would drive... also in 1965...
Also "Towing leader says she was arrested after complaining about accused company" and dirty cops called themselves "untouchables" & their filthy lucre = "coffee"
On the blog, still a lot of interest in the Erik Stoddard case.
Pastor Joel Kurz: "too many of our city's police officers are simply thugs with badges."
Have you seen this elementary-school burglar?
Oh JZ, I love you. Baltimore's cutest station reports that the same-sex marriage debate has been "hot and longer than expected". And Nancy Jacobs' piehole, the gift that keeps on giving: "Love between a man and woman that may lead to children is the only love that government has the right to recognize." Good for you, giving up all claims to your husband's 401k when your eggs dry up.
The Supreme Court heard a case yesterday on whether revised federal crack cocaine sentencing guidelines should affect binding plea agreements.
The question arises again, who should own public information?
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
17 officers charged with extortion
and are facing 20 years for allegations of taking kickbacks from dirty towing company.
Jayne Miller: "one source said it's not the crime of the century, but it's not pretty."
Jayne Miller: "one source said it's not the crime of the century, but it's not pretty."
Senate approves same-sex marriage
a 3rd and final vote is scheduled for tomorrow.
Also, "The Obama administration says it will no longer defend the constitutionality of a federal law that bans recognition of same-sex marriage."
Also, "The Obama administration says it will no longer defend the constitutionality of a federal law that bans recognition of same-sex marriage."
BPD and the feds
R-rod has scheduled a press conference to discuss BPD corruption.
.. does this have something to do with the impound lot? Here's a link to WBAL's stream if you want to listen live to the press conference at 3. Officers arrested, oh my!-- MB
.. does this have something to do with the impound lot? Here's a link to WBAL's stream if you want to listen live to the press conference at 3. Officers arrested, oh my!-- MB
Birth, school, work, death
Relatives mourn Anthony "Tyra" Trent
Relatives mourn Brandon Jackson
Dead body found near county elementary school ID'd as that of 20-year-old Vincent I. Thomas
The Ink details last week's five murders and notes that four homicides have been closed by arrest so far this year.
"The state Senate has just one bill on its agenda Wednesday: the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Act." The Post is live-blogging it and the CP has a same-sex marriage infographic.
(Mind-bogglingly assholic quote from Republican Nancy Jacobs, who opposes the bill: "We all love our gay friends in the House and the Senate ... I hope and pray that this does not get personal and does not get taken personally." )
"Prosecutors have dropped all charges against Douglas A. Hicks-Bey, the chief executive of a faith-based mentoring program, who was accused last month of raping a 15-year-old girl." And in HoCo charges dropped against Charles Ray Moore, accused of rape, tried in November but jurors were deadlocked.
CP on the state of Maryland's animal cruelty laws
A PBJ for gun-toting Edwin Hale
Tax evader with cancer sent back to jail
Bullets are bad for ya health! Client at Bally's in White Marsh robbed, shot at
Edgemere arson suspect arrested
Armed with babies and dogs, "Pigtown neighbors beat back Bohager-linked bar" (Bar's lawyer to residents: "What else do you want? Blood?")
Relatives mourn Brandon Jackson
Dead body found near county elementary school ID'd as that of 20-year-old Vincent I. Thomas
The Ink details last week's five murders and notes that four homicides have been closed by arrest so far this year.
"The state Senate has just one bill on its agenda Wednesday: the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Act." The Post is live-blogging it and the CP has a same-sex marriage infographic.
(Mind-bogglingly assholic quote from Republican Nancy Jacobs, who opposes the bill: "We all love our gay friends in the House and the Senate ... I hope and pray that this does not get personal and does not get taken personally." )
"Prosecutors have dropped all charges against Douglas A. Hicks-Bey, the chief executive of a faith-based mentoring program, who was accused last month of raping a 15-year-old girl." And in HoCo charges dropped against Charles Ray Moore, accused of rape, tried in November but jurors were deadlocked.
CP on the state of Maryland's animal cruelty laws
A PBJ for gun-toting Edwin Hale
Tax evader with cancer sent back to jail
Bullets are bad for ya health! Client at Bally's in White Marsh robbed, shot at
Edgemere arson suspect arrested
Armed with babies and dogs, "Pigtown neighbors beat back Bohager-linked bar" (Bar's lawyer to residents: "What else do you want? Blood?")
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Williams case to jury
says Tricia Bishop
WMAR's cold case files: The Jeffersons
Fenton follies:
"City police say a 25-year-old transgender woman was found dead in a vacant building over the weekend"
"A 16-year-old boy killed last June in Reservoir Hill was shot by a friend in a dispute over a dice game"
and G-Black was arrested for killing Kevin "Chuck" Anderson with a shot in the back.
WMAR's cold case files: The Jeffersons
Fenton follies:
"City police say a 25-year-old transgender woman was found dead in a vacant building over the weekend"
"A 16-year-old boy killed last June in Reservoir Hill was shot by a friend in a dispute over a dice game"
and G-Black was arrested for killing Kevin "Chuck" Anderson with a shot in the back.
Really, JZ?
Man shot on Cliftview Ave Id'd as Mark Saunders, 23
County homicide victim ID'd as 18-year-old high school student Brandon Jackson.
Page Croyder takes on Dan Rodricks' "life means life" column
Yesterday family members of William Torbit Jr., plus talk show host Daren Muhammad, marched from the Select Lounge to city hall ("Almost 100 people," really, JZ?). Here's some shaky-camera'd video of people shouting the same thing over and over, and an Examiner post by Hassan Giordano reports that "The Fraternal Order of Police President Robert Cherry has taken a more criticle approach to the matter"
"Baltimore taken to task over police beard ban"
And a hearing today in Annapolis on decriminalizing small amounts of marijuanica
"Searching for Details Online, Lawyers Facebook the Jury." Would you "friend" the DA's office in exchange for free access to the court's wi-fi network?
AAC police arrested two winners for a shooting outside of a 16-year-old's birthday party in Glen Burnie
ps., watch out for that "whether mix" out there!
County homicide victim ID'd as 18-year-old high school student Brandon Jackson.
Page Croyder takes on Dan Rodricks' "life means life" column
Yesterday family members of William Torbit Jr., plus talk show host Daren Muhammad, marched from the Select Lounge to city hall ("Almost 100 people," really, JZ?). Here's some shaky-camera'd video of people shouting the same thing over and over, and an Examiner post by Hassan Giordano reports that "The Fraternal Order of Police President Robert Cherry has taken a more criticle approach to the matter"
"Baltimore taken to task over police beard ban"
And a hearing today in Annapolis on decriminalizing small amounts of marijuanica
"Searching for Details Online, Lawyers Facebook the Jury." Would you "friend" the DA's office in exchange for free access to the court's wi-fi network?
AAC police arrested two winners for a shooting outside of a 16-year-old's birthday party in Glen Burnie
ps., watch out for that "whether mix" out there!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Fractured families
One murder in the city this weekend and six shootings, and two murders in the county
Judge allows lawsuit from inmate who claims he was attacked on orders from a gang-tied correctional officer
Have you ever heard of Dead Men Inc.? That Perry "Rocky" Roark certainly has an intense gaze....
"New daddy" goes to jail ... 30 years for Brian Savage, accused of beating his girlfriend's toddler son to death.
Readers gag as Dan Rodricks reports that Parris Glendening now regrets his "life means life" stance.
Lt. Col. Michael J. Andrew, who leaked a memo to the Sun, retired with "no regrets"
The aunt of murder victim Warren Wilmer writes about their fractured family
Irate letters dept: "Sun misleads in sensationalized Werdesheim coverage" and otherscreeds opinions
Related: WSJ's Robbie Whelan: "Past in Crown Heights Is Baltimore’s Present"
Ponzi schemers convicted of fraud conspiracy and money laundering; they ripped off victims to ride around in chauffeured luxury cars and attend sporting events
Public defender Nancy Forster's wrongful-termination lawsuit was dismissed. More about this here, though still no dirt on what really happened...
WTF?! Poll of Americans says Ronald Reagan was the best president ever, and they admire George W. Bush more than Thomas Jefferson. Related: "Md. gets a C for teaching of U.S. history"
Judge allows lawsuit from inmate who claims he was attacked on orders from a gang-tied correctional officer
Have you ever heard of Dead Men Inc.? That Perry "Rocky" Roark certainly has an intense gaze....
"New daddy" goes to jail ... 30 years for Brian Savage, accused of beating his girlfriend's toddler son to death.
Readers gag as Dan Rodricks reports that Parris Glendening now regrets his "life means life" stance.
Lt. Col. Michael J. Andrew, who leaked a memo to the Sun, retired with "no regrets"
The aunt of murder victim Warren Wilmer writes about their fractured family
Irate letters dept: "Sun misleads in sensationalized Werdesheim coverage" and other
Related: WSJ's Robbie Whelan: "Past in Crown Heights Is Baltimore’s Present"
Ponzi schemers convicted of fraud conspiracy and money laundering; they ripped off victims to ride around in chauffeured luxury cars and attend sporting events
Public defender Nancy Forster's wrongful-termination lawsuit was dismissed. More about this here, though still no dirt on what really happened...
WTF?! Poll of Americans says Ronald Reagan was the best president ever, and they admire George W. Bush more than Thomas Jefferson. Related: "Md. gets a C for teaching of U.S. history"
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Motorcyclists give city sherriff the finger
Mayhem, and charges ensue (maybe not mayhem, just a some gun pointing)
Friday, February 18, 2011
$10 million lawsuit
Marlow Humbert (I know, right?) former suspect in a series of Charles Village rapes, is suing the police department
Babies and dogs
Things are indeed seldom what they seem in this burg. Remember William Bozman (or Bozeman), 68, who shot muy gordo armed intruder Marvin Cook Jr. last year, then Cook bled all over Bozamn's bed? Apparently Cook was conspiring with Bozman's own son, who was arrested in Florida. "Fun" fact, Cook also once tried to rob and shoot FOP spokesman Bob Cherry and had been sentenced to 10 years for attempted murder, but "good time" had him sprung sooner. He was also arrested "for two misdemeanors after his release ... but a judge decided not to order Cook to serve the remainder of that 2001 attempted murder sentence."
WTF? "A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury convicted Anita M. Jones, 39, of Baltimore of first-degree child abuse, second-degree child abuse, and second-degree assault for attacking an 18-day-old infant."
In other child-abuse news, "Shaken-Baby Syndrome Faces New Questions in Court"
WBAL has more video of the Werdesheim rally/protest. (Whoa, Susan Green, Huggy Bear wants his coat back. And hey look, at 2:11 it's the first tv appearance of Bernstein's new communications director Mark Cheshire.)
Man shot in head at Catonsville gas station
Stats be darned, septuagenarian spitfire Helen Vello really likes Ellwood Park
Have you seen a white Ford Econoline van with the imprint of 29-year-old Jason Cheslik in the front grill? Call crimestoppers...
O'Malley nominates his wife for a 2nd term as judge
More teens in trouble for animal abuse-- is there an epidemic, or are we just hearing more about this lately? Now two 16-year-olds from Severn are facing animal cruelty charges after they were busted at a dogfight.
WTF? "A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury convicted Anita M. Jones, 39, of Baltimore of first-degree child abuse, second-degree child abuse, and second-degree assault for attacking an 18-day-old infant."
In other child-abuse news, "Shaken-Baby Syndrome Faces New Questions in Court"
WBAL has more video of the Werdesheim rally/protest. (Whoa, Susan Green, Huggy Bear wants his coat back. And hey look, at 2:11 it's the first tv appearance of Bernstein's new communications director Mark Cheshire.)
Man shot in head at Catonsville gas station
Stats be darned, septuagenarian spitfire Helen Vello really likes Ellwood Park
Have you seen a white Ford Econoline van with the imprint of 29-year-old Jason Cheslik in the front grill? Call crimestoppers...
O'Malley nominates his wife for a 2nd term as judge
More teens in trouble for animal abuse-- is there an epidemic, or are we just hearing more about this lately? Now two 16-year-olds from Severn are facing animal cruelty charges after they were busted at a dogfight.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
21, 22
A man stabbed to death in the neck at the bus stop at E. North and Greenmount Avenues
Martez Anthony Hall, 22, was found shot to death in a home in the 1600 block of 31st Street at about 11 p.m. last night
Cleaven Williams, accused of stabbing his wife after she filed a restraining order against him, testified in his own defense and couldn't stand to look at the autopsy pictures. And srsly? "four days before the killing, Williams had tried to turn himself in at the Eastern District precinct in response to a warrant charging him with assaulting his wife, but the warrant could not be located and Williams was told to leave." And the witness who cradled Veronica Williams as she died testified that Cleaven was trying to commit "suicide by cop." And the Sun has creepy pictures of the knives and notes.
More on the Shomrim protest/rally by Nick Madigan... don't miss the awesome video. Looks like the vast majority were Shomrim supporters.
Martez Anthony Hall, 22, was found shot to death in a home in the 1600 block of 31st Street at about 11 p.m. last night
Cleaven Williams, accused of stabbing his wife after she filed a restraining order against him, testified in his own defense and couldn't stand to look at the autopsy pictures. And srsly? "four days before the killing, Williams had tried to turn himself in at the Eastern District precinct in response to a warrant charging him with assaulting his wife, but the warrant could not be located and Williams was told to leave." And the witness who cradled Veronica Williams as she died testified that Cleaven was trying to commit "suicide by cop." And the Sun has creepy pictures of the knives and notes.
More on the Shomrim protest/rally by Nick Madigan... don't miss the awesome video. Looks like the vast majority were Shomrim supporters.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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Unidentified man, 1100 block of W. Cross Street.
So far only three of this year's 20 homicides have led to an arrest, says Fenton.
"Opponents file new bills to abolish death penalty in Maryland"
Police are ISO a suspect, one Kedric Lamont Seay, 22, for the stabbing last Saturday at Reisterstown and Seven Mile
Crazy-driving carjackers caught on tape by Sky Eye Chopper 13
Early spring in the city! A floater pulled out of the Harbor near the Museum of Industry
So far only three of this year's 20 homicides have led to an arrest, says Fenton.
"Opponents file new bills to abolish death penalty in Maryland"
Police are ISO a suspect, one Kedric Lamont Seay, 22, for the stabbing last Saturday at Reisterstown and Seven Mile
Crazy-driving carjackers caught on tape by Sky Eye Chopper 13
Early spring in the city! A floater pulled out of the Harbor near the Museum of Industry
Are you there, God? It's me, Joan Carter Conway
Cleaven L. Williams, accused of stabbing his wife to death in front of the circuit court on North Avenue after she got a restraining order against him, says he's "not criminally responsible" and that it was a spur-of-the-moment act he doesn't remember. Unfortunately for his defense, he left a note found in the family car "in which he talks about killing his wife and describes how he wants their three children raised." Today Judge Doory is to decide if said letter was legally obtained.
Fenton has bloody video of the aftermath of the BP double-stabbing; police say the victims may have been related and police are ISO a man with long dreadlocks.
In the Messenger blotter, a party host robbed by a guest, and in Hampden a pedestrian told to go back to "the ghetto." In the Baltimore Guide blotter, a woman set a mattress on fire, a lesbian chases her girlfriend with a knife over some marijuana and a stolen Snickers bar and doughnut.
PG county's Jack "put it in your bra" Johnson indicted yesterday
PG County Democrat Jim Rosapepe targeted by pro-ss-marriage U of MD student lobbyists, and Joan Carter Conway is "praying" to know how to vote (guess she didn't get the memo r.e. the separation of church & state?).
Fenton has bloody video of the aftermath of the BP double-stabbing; police say the victims may have been related and police are ISO a man with long dreadlocks.
In the Messenger blotter, a party host robbed by a guest, and in Hampden a pedestrian told to go back to "the ghetto." In the Baltimore Guide blotter, a woman set a mattress on fire, a lesbian chases her girlfriend with a knife over some marijuana and a stolen Snickers bar and doughnut.
PG county's Jack "put it in your bra" Johnson indicted yesterday
PG County Democrat Jim Rosapepe targeted by pro-ss-marriage U of MD student lobbyists, and Joan Carter Conway is "praying" to know how to vote (guess she didn't get the memo r.e. the separation of church & state?).
Monday, February 14, 2011
No more police
Mayoral candidate says we've spent too much on police in the past and too little on schools. He also wants to slash the property tax rate by 50 percent.
Good old traditional values
Sen. Joan Carter Conway talks to Len Lazarick. She wants you to know she didn't kill the wine shipping bill, and she's "conflicted" on same-sex marriage. "I'm kind of hung up between the constitutionality of what's going on and good old traditional.. my Christian upbringing." .. and another Senator has come out in support of marriage, one Edward J. Kasemeyer of the 12th district.
A unid'd 20-year-old man in critical condition after being shot in the chest in the 2900 block of Edgecombe Circle South
A double stabbing at the intersection of Liberty Heights and Gwynn Oak Aves
What's going on in Cumberland? An inmate found dead in his cell yesterday. Another inmate was killed there on the 2nd.
"Fun" MD legal fact alluded to in this article on what might be the nation's oldest Mikvah/Mikveh: until the charmingly named "Jew Bill" of 1825 (enacted the following year), Jewish people in MD could not hold office, vote, work as lawyers, and if the Sun article is to be believed, couldn't incorporate to own property until 1828.
"From brides to freelance photographers, Darien Small became known for a rip off," now "the stuttering con man" faces fraud charges in the city. His online trackers claim he was still at work in the city as of last August, operating under the name "Daniel Craig" at "Studio 51" or "Great Studio."
A unid'd 20-year-old man in critical condition after being shot in the chest in the 2900 block of Edgecombe Circle South
A double stabbing at the intersection of Liberty Heights and Gwynn Oak Aves
What's going on in Cumberland? An inmate found dead in his cell yesterday. Another inmate was killed there on the 2nd.
"Fun" MD legal fact alluded to in this article on what might be the nation's oldest Mikvah/Mikveh: until the charmingly named "Jew Bill" of 1825 (enacted the following year), Jewish people in MD could not hold office, vote, work as lawyers, and if the Sun article is to be believed, couldn't incorporate to own property until 1828.
"From brides to freelance photographers, Darien Small became known for a rip off," now "the stuttering con man" faces fraud charges in the city. His online trackers claim he was still at work in the city as of last August, operating under the name "Daniel Craig" at "Studio 51" or "Great Studio."
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Extra-legal liasons
Keep an eye out for missing octogenarian James MacKinnon (or is it McKinnon?), left, who has Alzheimer'sUpdate: Fox reports he was found, no details on when, where, by whom.
The man shot Friday on Shirley Ave. has died and was ID'd as Jose Estrella, 19
"Death penalty moratorium leaves survivors, convicts in limbo" -- why would O'Malley risk the controversy of pushing for a legal solution if there's a grey-area quasi-legal place to haunt? That would be unOmalleyful!
Altercation at the impound lot leads to man shot in the elbow in a "road rage" incident. "Both the suspect and victim had been at the same nightclub [and] from the club were still intoxicated Sunday morning." I wanner partay at dat club!
Greasy-lookin "Canton Burglar Caught By Craigslist Sting," more from the Sun
Students picketed the former site of Read's drug store, and Sun commentors don't like it one bit.
Starting March 1, you can put two mommies on a birth certificate in MD. (Why not two dads, you may wonder? And how is this biologically possible? In MD whoever is married to mom is legally presumed to be the parent of children born in the marriage-- no matter if the inseminator is the milkman or a turkey baster.)
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Structurally unsound
Two men shot last night, not counting the suspect shot on Harwood Ave.
(Gawd that soda lady is annoying-- soda is not "groceries" you "feed your family," fatty!)
A man stabbed early this morning in Pikesville at Seven Mile & Reisterstown Rd
Slumlord Watch notes that an X painted on a vacant building means it's structurally unsound (not that a body is stashed there, necessarily).
Students plan to picket this morning at Lexington & Howard, former site of the Read's drug store and the famous 1955 sit-in, now boarded up and "poetic in its misery". More from Preservation Magazine on the Read's building (orchids and onions, who knew?)
(Gawd that soda lady is annoying-- soda is not "groceries" you "feed your family," fatty!)
A man stabbed early this morning in Pikesville at Seven Mile & Reisterstown Rd
Slumlord Watch notes that an X painted on a vacant building means it's structurally unsound (not that a body is stashed there, necessarily).
Students plan to picket this morning at Lexington & Howard, former site of the Read's drug store and the famous 1955 sit-in, now boarded up and "poetic in its misery". More from Preservation Magazine on the Read's building (orchids and onions, who knew?)
Friday, February 11, 2011
It's going down
On Harwood ave at York Rd (500 block)-- five police cars, one ambulance and the whole street blocked off w/police tape across the road.
UPDATE: The deuce reports an off-duty officer shot a guy, and insinuates guy tried to rob the officer as he pitched woo to his girlfriend in a parked car. But things in this town seldom turn out to be how they seem at first, do they?
ps. love this Google maps picture of city workers relaxing next to a pothole
El Dooce also reports that a thief is targeting gym lockers throughout the state. Says somebody, "We take the safety of our members very why we have all of the cameras installed throughout the parking and within the gym and makes sure that its well light and we patrol it pretty often."
UPDATE: The deuce reports an off-duty officer shot a guy, and insinuates guy tried to rob the officer as he pitched woo to his girlfriend in a parked car. But things in this town seldom turn out to be how they seem at first, do they?
ps. love this Google maps picture of city workers relaxing next to a pothole
El Dooce also reports that a thief is targeting gym lockers throughout the state. Says somebody, "We take the safety of our members very why we have all of the cameras installed throughout the parking and within the gym and makes sure that its well light and we patrol it pretty often."
Try, try again
Travers and Tremayne Johnson will be retried in May.
Homicide detectives called to Park Hgts and Shirley Ave in the NW following a shooting in the parking lot of the Food City
Trial begins for Cleaven Williams Jr., accused of stabbing his pregnant wife Veronica to death outside of the North Ave District courthouse
More than 20 pounds of cocaine found in a shipping container at the Baltimore seaport.
Gold fillings stolen in Essex
47-year-old woman from Baltimore arrested for carjacking in Cumberland
Homicide detectives called to Park Hgts and Shirley Ave in the NW following a shooting in the parking lot of the Food City
Trial begins for Cleaven Williams Jr., accused of stabbing his pregnant wife Veronica to death outside of the North Ave District courthouse
More than 20 pounds of cocaine found in a shipping container at the Baltimore seaport.
Gold fillings stolen in Essex
47-year-old woman from Baltimore arrested for carjacking in Cumberland
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Illegal flier backlash part II, no go to Pigtown nightclub
Housing officials blast Fells Prospect resident as a "pit bull" after she demanded an apology for a snafu that resulted in a lien notice being attached to her home for an unpaid fine for illegal fliers she reported.
Liquor board say no to proposed Pigtown nightclub
Liquor board say no to proposed Pigtown nightclub
Death penalty moratorium extended
"Gov. Martin O'Malley's administration announced Thursday that it is withdrawing regulations that are needed for executions to resume in Maryland, effectively extending a four-year moratorium on the death penalty" and Del. Sandy Rosenberg, a Democrat repping the 41st, said he submitted a DP repeal bill today.
And 10 years for Zachary D. Watson, the final defendant accused of beating and robbing septuagenarian fisherman James Privott, and the one who admitted to driving Privott's stolen, LoJack'd truck.
And 10 years for Zachary D. Watson, the final defendant accused of beating and robbing septuagenarian fisherman James Privott, and the one who admitted to driving Privott's stolen, LoJack'd truck.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
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Unidentified man, 21, killed in a drive-by at the bus stop in the 6600 block of Alta Ave.
Murder Ink (barely) covers last week's murder of Warren Wilmer, 36, and has some updates-- arrests for the 2011 murders of David Jones (#1) and Jeffrey Purnell (#15), and a conviction for the murder of Mark Johnson in 2009.
After debate raged in the Senate yesterday, Mike Miller set odds of same-sex marriage passing at 60-70 percent. Unexcited by the prospect is one Victor Kirk of Lanham, "What if a father wants to marry his daughter? Or a brother and sister want to marry each other?" And Senator repping the the county, Jim Brochin, has swung his stance from civil unions to full-frontal civil marriage rights.
"Md. hands keys to Baltimore detention facility" to the feds. (Really? Actual literal keys?) Hey wonder whatever happened to that cell-phone-jamming idea? I know they tested the jamming system last year, but did they ever implement it anywhere?
... btw here's a picture of the alleged burglar who left his cell phone charging at a crime scene in MoCo. He looks so sensitive!
And a man arrested in Annapolis after faking "distress", then robbing the woman who stopped to help him.
And a missing person: Mark Cheshire, Gregg Bernstein's new Communications guy. After one single press release (announcing the arrest of Avi Werdesheim), nothing-- no press releases, TV appearances, answers to questions... total flatline. What do they have him doing over there?
Update: apparently he's sent out a few things but hasn't added me to the e-mail list. So much for transparency.
Murder Ink (barely) covers last week's murder of Warren Wilmer, 36, and has some updates-- arrests for the 2011 murders of David Jones (#1) and Jeffrey Purnell (#15), and a conviction for the murder of Mark Johnson in 2009.
After debate raged in the Senate yesterday, Mike Miller set odds of same-sex marriage passing at 60-70 percent. Unexcited by the prospect is one Victor Kirk of Lanham, "What if a father wants to marry his daughter? Or a brother and sister want to marry each other?" And Senator repping the the county, Jim Brochin, has swung his stance from civil unions to full-frontal civil marriage rights.
"Md. hands keys to Baltimore detention facility" to the feds. (Really? Actual literal keys?) Hey wonder whatever happened to that cell-phone-jamming idea? I know they tested the jamming system last year, but did they ever implement it anywhere?
... btw here's a picture of the alleged burglar who left his cell phone charging at a crime scene in MoCo. He looks so sensitive!
And a man arrested in Annapolis after faking "distress", then robbing the woman who stopped to help him.
And a missing person: Mark Cheshire, Gregg Bernstein's new Communications guy. After one single press release (announcing the arrest of Avi Werdesheim), nothing-- no press releases, TV appearances, answers to questions... total flatline. What do they have him doing over there?
Update: apparently he's sent out a few things but hasn't added me to the e-mail list. So much for transparency.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Beware of reporting illegal ad fliers
This upper Fells Point resident did and ended up with a $300 fine for her trouble...
More on Duane SHORTY Davis, Sr, alleged toilet bomber
According to his Myspace page, Duane Davis Sr. has previous experience with the whole bomb threat thing:
"People of the State of Illinois County of Lake vs. Duane G. Davis Sr. Case # 07CF4988 Defendant was charged with Bomb Threat ( Terrorist Activity)"
He is apparently making a movie about racism in the judicial system.
Oh, and he's had some other charges, too...
Also, photos of "Shorty's Underground Toilet tour"
"People of the State of Illinois County of Lake vs. Duane G. Davis Sr. Case # 07CF4988 Defendant was charged with Bomb Threat ( Terrorist Activity)"
He is apparently making a movie about racism in the judicial system.
Oh, and he's had some other charges, too...
Also, photos of "Shorty's Underground Toilet tour"
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Craig Manuel, 19, shot to death in the 2700 block of Polk St.
Speaking of death, I hear this is good: PBS' "Postmortem: Death Investigation in America."
Yet another police-misconduct award, $75,000 for David Harris, 21, who spent 29 days in jail for assault and burglary even though the victim said he wasn't involved. The Record reports that the city has shelled out more than $688,000 in awards against the police so far this year.
$200,000 bond for terlit artist Duane G. Davis
What the? Man on the beltway tried to strangle his girlfriend and run over his friends, then crashed the car and was pinned down by his friends until help arrived. I think.
"A 16-year-old boy was hospitalized with serious neck and back injuries after being struck with a Taser® by a Baltimore police officer in a struggle on the roof of his North Baltimore home"
Speaking of death, I hear this is good: PBS' "Postmortem: Death Investigation in America."
Yet another police-misconduct award, $75,000 for David Harris, 21, who spent 29 days in jail for assault and burglary even though the victim said he wasn't involved. The Record reports that the city has shelled out more than $688,000 in awards against the police so far this year.
$200,000 bond for terlit artist Duane G. Davis
What the? Man on the beltway tried to strangle his girlfriend and run over his friends, then crashed the car and was pinned down by his friends until help arrived. I think.
"A 16-year-old boy was hospitalized with serious neck and back injuries after being struck with a Taser® by a Baltimore police officer in a struggle on the roof of his North Baltimore home"
Monday, February 7, 2011
Mistrial in Dog-Burning Case
Will it be tried again? One of the twins, Travers, was due to be arraigned on attempted murder charges in another case on the 27th, don't know what happened with that.
and a "South River senior admits beating younger student unconscious"
Double-murder defendant Kenneth Perry took the stand and didn't do himself any favors
and a "South River senior admits beating younger student unconscious"
Double-murder defendant Kenneth Perry took the stand and didn't do himself any favors
Save the puppehs!
City council committee supports extending in-state tuition for undocumented residents. (& I support extending one's skirt a little farther below your crack if you are addressing a city council committee. I know it's not the Vatican but geeze.)
That poor dog-burning jury is still a-deliberating. Says JZ, "the case spewed the creation of the city’s Animal Abuse Task Force."
Two freaky-looking chicks arrested for burglarizing a Glen Burnie pet store
Really? Owner of the Wine Source says 10-fold hike in hooch taxes is a good idea because it could curb alcohol abuse.
That poor dog-burning jury is still a-deliberating. Says JZ, "the case spewed the creation of the city’s Animal Abuse Task Force."
Two freaky-looking chicks arrested for burglarizing a Glen Burnie pet store
Really? Owner of the Wine Source says 10-fold hike in hooch taxes is a good idea because it could curb alcohol abuse.
Cell phone taped terlit near courthouse
Officers find a toilet with a cell phone taped to it near the Towson courthouse. Reports Fox, "At this time, no evacuations have taken place." Uh, TMI, Fox!
UPdate: that's some toilet. The Brew reports that a similar "art can" has been parked in front of the schools HQ on North Avenue for "weeks". Quote of the day from Cp editor Tim Hill, "'I figured it was one of those memorials to a kid who had died,' Hill said, noting that, when he shot the picture, the assemblage included a stuffed 'Kenny' doll from the South Park animated television show."
UPdate: that's some toilet. The Brew reports that a similar "art can" has been parked in front of the schools HQ on North Avenue for "weeks". Quote of the day from Cp editor Tim Hill, "'I figured it was one of those memorials to a kid who had died,' Hill said, noting that, when he shot the picture, the assemblage included a stuffed 'Kenny' doll from the South Park animated television show."
Big bux awarded in police-misconduct lawsuit
$170,000 for Salahudeen Abdulaziz, who claimed police handcuffed him and punched him in the face while he was on the way to the store to get a bag of potato chips.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Sneaking and leaking
"Md.'s wine shipment laws create smuggling routes from D.C. and Va." Fun fact: MD became known as the "Free State" because the state did not allot any funds or pass an enforcement act to support Prohibition. Ironically, we now have the most jackassed liquor laws in the country.
And speaking of free, we'll believe in you when we see some hot document action, Baltileaks!
And speaking of free, we'll believe in you when we see some hot document action, Baltileaks!
Super Sunday Crime Round-up
What do rapper Lil' Wayne, career criminal Joel Ugah, and Baltimore Blast owner Edwin Hale Sr. have in common? A weapons charge on their record.
Court Watch is back. Concerned citizens are bringing back the program due to the repeated breaks that the accused murderers of Stephen Pitcairn received.
Maryland and California both suspend their "Scared Straight" programs, a few weeks after the premier of the show "Beyond Scared Straight."
Federal officer Curtis Anthony Warren is convicted of killing his brother back in April of 2009.
63-year-old school teacher Myra Elizabeth Cason was shot to death last Friday.
Robert "Seattle" Jones gets 15 years for a bungled home invasion.
Interstate traveling stoner Travis Bielaski arrested in Nebraska with 33 pounds of grass.
Finally, Latin Kings enforcer Brandon Smith pleads guilty to Racketeering and attempted murder.
Court Watch is back. Concerned citizens are bringing back the program due to the repeated breaks that the accused murderers of Stephen Pitcairn received.
Maryland and California both suspend their "Scared Straight" programs, a few weeks after the premier of the show "Beyond Scared Straight."
Federal officer Curtis Anthony Warren is convicted of killing his brother back in April of 2009.
63-year-old school teacher Myra Elizabeth Cason was shot to death last Friday.
Robert "Seattle" Jones gets 15 years for a bungled home invasion.
Interstate traveling stoner Travis Bielaski arrested in Nebraska with 33 pounds of grass.
Finally, Latin Kings enforcer Brandon Smith pleads guilty to Racketeering and attempted murder.
Fate of gay marriage hangs on six undecided senators
"Two men stabbed, one shot in 3 nonfatal incidents"
Four people stabbed at the Cheer's (sic) Bar and Grill in Parkville
"Two men stabbed, one shot in 3 nonfatal incidents"
Four people stabbed at the Cheer's (sic) Bar and Grill in Parkville
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Shoulda, coulda, woulda
WJZ has an interview with Emmanuel Miller, the stringy-shtached teen charged in the beating of elderly black fisherman James Privott. "I wish I would have done something to try to help the guy."
Thursday, February 3, 2011
People, animals, opiates
A second trial concluding for Kenneth D. Perry, found guilty in 2001 of killing pregnant Kelly Bunn and his former girlfriend, LaShawn Jordan, as Jordan's 4-year-old watched, then "stayed in the apartment with the bodies for two days, caring for her 1-year-old brother and trying to treat her mother's wounds with toilet paper and a toy stethoscope."
HarfCo man arrested for raping a 5-year-old girl
Jury begins deliberations in twin brothers' dog-burning trial.
Scene killed at Select Lounge
Suleiman Zakaria, 27, of Pikesville, got 10 years for hiding 6 pounds of Ghanian heroin in his luggage
WBAL: Baltimore has a high police-to-citizen ratio
HarfCo man arrested for raping a 5-year-old girl
Jury begins deliberations in twin brothers' dog-burning trial.
Scene killed at Select Lounge
Suleiman Zakaria, 27, of Pikesville, got 10 years for hiding 6 pounds of Ghanian heroin in his luggage
WBAL: Baltimore has a high police-to-citizen ratio
That movie sounds hilarious!
"Mexican cartel on trial in Baltimore drug case: Informant describes driving cross-country with cocaine-filled mobile home"
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
13 years
for serial drunken driver Thomas Lee Meighan Jr., who fatally plowed into Hopkins undergrad Miriam Frankl as the tried to cross St. Paul St.
The Sun has posted the 911 calls made by drivers
The Sun has posted the 911 calls made by drivers
Wieners aplenty
Demetrius Arrington arrested for murder of Jeffrey R. Purnell, 51
CP's Van Smith "A recent California drug-trafficking and money-laundering case [showed] how hundreds of pounds of cocaine allegedly reached Baltimore’s streets last year thanks to Hollywood-based traffickers, and how millions in drug proceeds left town: by private jet"
Fifteen years in prison for Joseph Lawhorn, 35, convicted of taking "sexually explicit" pictures of little boys with his iPhone
Burning dog trial: Sgt. Jarron Jackson "can't testify as to whether [Tremayne] can fly or not," today, jurors nodding off
The Daily Record asks, "Wrecking buildings or lives in Middle East?" (Fumes "Prez Jack" Young, "What if I become governor and they want me to show them where I lived? I will have nothing to show them.")
Howard County senator Allan H. Kittleman becomes first Republican to jump on the big gay senate bandwagon. Kittleman's civil-unions bill was withdrawn, and he stepped down as Senate minority leader soonafter. Yesterday Republicans closeted themselves to privately vote to officially oppose the bill. And the the National Organization for Marriage is robo-calling.
History corner: 10 years ago last week, then-mayor O'Malley told a Sun reporter re. the dropped case against officer Brian Sewell: [State's Attorney Pat Jessamy] "doesn't even have the goddamn guts to get off her ass and go in and try this case, and I'm tired of it... If she doesn't have respect for the police, if she doesn't have respect for the people of this city, maybe she should get the hell out and let somebody else in who's not afraid to do the goddamn job."
CP's Van Smith "A recent California drug-trafficking and money-laundering case [showed] how hundreds of pounds of cocaine allegedly reached Baltimore’s streets last year thanks to Hollywood-based traffickers, and how millions in drug proceeds left town: by private jet"
Fifteen years in prison for Joseph Lawhorn, 35, convicted of taking "sexually explicit" pictures of little boys with his iPhone
Burning dog trial: Sgt. Jarron Jackson "can't testify as to whether [Tremayne] can fly or not," today, jurors nodding off
The Daily Record asks, "Wrecking buildings or lives in Middle East?" (Fumes "Prez Jack" Young, "What if I become governor and they want me to show them where I lived? I will have nothing to show them.")
Howard County senator Allan H. Kittleman becomes first Republican to jump on the big gay senate bandwagon. Kittleman's civil-unions bill was withdrawn, and he stepped down as Senate minority leader soonafter. Yesterday Republicans closeted themselves to privately vote to officially oppose the bill. And the the National Organization for Marriage is robo-calling.
History corner: 10 years ago last week, then-mayor O'Malley told a Sun reporter re. the dropped case against officer Brian Sewell: [State's Attorney Pat Jessamy] "doesn't even have the goddamn guts to get off her ass and go in and try this case, and I'm tired of it... If she doesn't have respect for the police, if she doesn't have respect for the people of this city, maybe she should get the hell out and let somebody else in who's not afraid to do the goddamn job."
You booze, you lose?
Serial drunk-driver Thomas Meighan will be sentenced today after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the death of Miriam Frankl.
Dead body in a field in Northeast Baltimore.
Counterfeiting arrest on the Eastern Shore.
Two people are in serious trouble for helping an inmate escape from theWashington County jail last week.
Dead body in a field in Northeast Baltimore.
Counterfeiting arrest on the Eastern Shore.
Two people are in serious trouble for helping an inmate escape from theWashington County jail last week.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Bigger fish to fry
County Judge Robert E. Cahill Jr has ruled that Karla Porter's whole 10-hour police interview will be admissible.
Fabulousness! Charles Village residents (or mostly Stephen Gewirtz) form "Court Watch" to track cases. Says Gewirtz, "I get the sense it's really been a revolving door downtown." ...so wonder what happened with Thomas Meighan Jr.? Every court reporter in town (that is to say, Tricia Bishop) was at the dog trial. Almost makes me miss old Joe Sviatko. He would know!
And urBanite asks, "Is there hope for quality local news after all?"
$15,000 for three tons of rockfish? Those poachers really should get into drug dealing.
A septuagenarian hit with a brick, sisters who whacked their mom's boyfriend with a bicycle tire pump and a golf club and couples fighting over cold food and who should make the bed in the "Baltimore Guide" blotter.
In the Catonsville Times blotter, an attempted carjacking at the WalMart parking lot and other teenage misbehavior.
... and the "hontroversy" rages on, that never-ending intellectual-property "uproar" that "casts unflattering light on the priorities of people ... who have spent their time on this subject in a city with bigger problems." Nevertheless, good readin' from Ed Ericsson.
Fabulousness! Charles Village residents (or mostly Stephen Gewirtz) form "Court Watch" to track cases. Says Gewirtz, "I get the sense it's really been a revolving door downtown." ...so wonder what happened with Thomas Meighan Jr.? Every court reporter in town (that is to say, Tricia Bishop) was at the dog trial. Almost makes me miss old Joe Sviatko. He would know!
And urBanite asks, "Is there hope for quality local news after all?"
$15,000 for three tons of rockfish? Those poachers really should get into drug dealing.
A septuagenarian hit with a brick, sisters who whacked their mom's boyfriend with a bicycle tire pump and a golf club and couples fighting over cold food and who should make the bed in the "Baltimore Guide" blotter.
In the Catonsville Times blotter, an attempted carjacking at the WalMart parking lot and other teenage misbehavior.
... and the "hontroversy" rages on, that never-ending intellectual-property "uproar" that "casts unflattering light on the priorities of people ... who have spent their time on this subject in a city with bigger problems." Nevertheless, good readin' from Ed Ericsson.
Justified
Please note that the deaths of Sean Gamble and Officer William Torbit Jr. are considered justified until determined otherwise. Baltimore city has had 15 official homicides so far this year.
Thanks,
Mgmt.
Thanks,
Mgmt.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Meanwhile...
The man shot on Pratt St on Friday (homicide #16) was id'd as Raynard Benjamin, 30
Court of Appeals throws out a murder conviction obtained by a detective telling the suspect, "This is between you and me, bud."
Tooty-two years for Manny, the coke dealer who tried to intimidate a witness. And up in Gettysburg, PA, trial for a grandma accused of bringing Baltimorean white drugs up from the KMart parking lot to sell in the TGI Fridays parking lot.
A witness out to "get paid" says she saw the Johnson boys running away from the scène du pit bull flambee, and jurors watched the crime camera video. And then there's the two teens arrested for the burning of Mittens the cat.
Police and fire unions plan to picket the June Mayor's conference, and members from other states are invited. Maybe they can stay at the city-owned Hilton, plenty of empty rooms there ....
A Daily Record investigation reveals that when it comes to East Baltimore development, "Elected officials short on financial details"
In the crime beat blog, police appeal for the public's help to solve the Jan 2. murder of autistic Hezikah Wilson, the mayor introduces new legislation that includes a mandatory-minimum illegal-firearm sentence. Meanwhile, in South Dakota, legislation to require gun ownership.
and on this blog, a new comment in the self-defense vs murder debate
Court of Appeals throws out a murder conviction obtained by a detective telling the suspect, "This is between you and me, bud."
Tooty-two years for Manny, the coke dealer who tried to intimidate a witness. And up in Gettysburg, PA, trial for a grandma accused of bringing Baltimorean white drugs up from the KMart parking lot to sell in the TGI Fridays parking lot.
A witness out to "get paid" says she saw the Johnson boys running away from the scène du pit bull flambee, and jurors watched the crime camera video. And then there's the two teens arrested for the burning of Mittens the cat.
Police and fire unions plan to picket the June Mayor's conference, and members from other states are invited. Maybe they can stay at the city-owned Hilton, plenty of empty rooms there ....
A Daily Record investigation reveals that when it comes to East Baltimore development, "Elected officials short on financial details"
In the crime beat blog, police appeal for the public's help to solve the Jan 2. murder of autistic Hezikah Wilson, the mayor introduces new legislation that includes a mandatory-minimum illegal-firearm sentence. Meanwhile, in South Dakota, legislation to require gun ownership.
and on this blog, a new comment in the self-defense vs murder debate
Alleged serial killer convicted in 1st trial
William Vincent Brown is convicted in 1st of 3 trials of raping and then strangling a woman who survived to testify against them.
15
An unidentified 51-year-old man was fatally shot in the head while sitting in the driver's seat of a car in the 5700 block of Eastbury Ave.
Segregation-a-licious
City that Breeds on the un-diversifying of city council districts
Says "Pistol Pete" Welch, "I hope that we can one day select a council person via Facebook"
in other neighborhood news, a Hopkins consultant opines that the Middle East neighborhood needs to be "rebranded"
Says "Pistol Pete" Welch, "I hope that we can one day select a council person via Facebook"
in other neighborhood news, a Hopkins consultant opines that the Middle East neighborhood needs to be "rebranded"
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Your tax dollars at work Vol. 34
DPW employee to co-worker who was caught drinking in an Eastern Avenue deli by an IG investigator while on the clock: “What the f**k do you do all day besides stand behind that f**kin’ counter?
14
Unidentified man, age 30, shot multiple times, 6:35 p.m. last night in the 800 block of West Pratt Street
Fenton tells the tragic tale of two brothers named Curtis
Court of Appeals: waistband adjustment and fidgeting isn't reasonable enough suspicion to merit a pat-down (aka 'Terry stop')
Fenton tells the tragic tale of two brothers named Curtis
Court of Appeals: waistband adjustment and fidgeting isn't reasonable enough suspicion to merit a pat-down (aka 'Terry stop')
Friday, January 28, 2011
Yes, we have no abortions today ...
U.S. District Judge Marvin Garbis just shot down the "pregnancy disclaimer law" on account of it being "unconstitutional" and "unenforceable". Well, duh. No one could see that coming? And George Nilson will advise the Mayor to appeal? It's all very strange. Doug Gansler doesn't seem to have done anything all week but issue one single totally obvious press release, doesn't he have a buddy in the FTC he could call or something?
and legislation for direct wine shipments was introduced (again) today in the House & Senate. Last year Joan Carter Conway allowed a similar bill to die in committee.
and legislation for direct wine shipments was introduced (again) today in the House & Senate. Last year Joan Carter Conway allowed a similar bill to die in committee.
Lost and found
WBAL's Barry Simms reports that Judge Charles Peters sentenced "demons made me do it" dad Stephen Nelson to 50 years for throwing his 3-year-old son Turner off the Francis Scott Key Bridge, no word yet if any of that is suspended. Judge George Russell had previously rejected a deal that would have given Turner 30 years.
Three union timekeepers were sentenced for wire fraud in a scheme to defraud the terminal operator at the Port of Baltimore
Another day, another BPD lawsuit: three men arrested without charges or explanation outside of the liltlingly named Don't Know? what you are doing tonight? Tavern are suing for $420,000.
Crazy story down in Takoma Park: police shot a robbery suspect who used a bank teller as a human shield after he slipped on some ice, and it was all caught on tape
O'Malley's budget contains some massive new fees for speeding tickets and DUIs
A suspicious brown paper bag downtown. Don't stomp on it if it's flaming!
Update on Solothia Thomas: she was found with friends in a fast-food restaurant in Rosedale about 90 minutes after the police posted the bulletin, though no explanation as to why police waited more than a day to tell the public that.
Today's the one-month-aversiary of the day Phylicia Barnes went missing, and the police posted a video update that makes you watch a crappy movie preview before you can see it. Interesting tidbit on Nancy Grace: her dad said that Phylicia's half-sister's ex-boyfriend was the last person to see her alive, and said half-sister's ex-boyfriend has now lawyered up.
And Rachel Reilly, 16, another one of Maryland's missing teens, was found in San Antonio, Texas
From JHU security:
Three union timekeepers were sentenced for wire fraud in a scheme to defraud the terminal operator at the Port of Baltimore
Another day, another BPD lawsuit: three men arrested without charges or explanation outside of the liltlingly named Don't Know? what you are doing tonight? Tavern are suing for $420,000.
Crazy story down in Takoma Park: police shot a robbery suspect who used a bank teller as a human shield after he slipped on some ice, and it was all caught on tape
O'Malley's budget contains some massive new fees for speeding tickets and DUIs
A suspicious brown paper bag downtown. Don't stomp on it if it's flaming!
Update on Solothia Thomas: she was found with friends in a fast-food restaurant in Rosedale about 90 minutes after the police posted the bulletin, though no explanation as to why police waited more than a day to tell the public that.
Today's the one-month-aversiary of the day Phylicia Barnes went missing, and the police posted a video update that makes you watch a crappy movie preview before you can see it. Interesting tidbit on Nancy Grace: her dad said that Phylicia's half-sister's ex-boyfriend was the last person to see her alive, and said half-sister's ex-boyfriend has now lawyered up.
And Rachel Reilly, 16, another one of Maryland's missing teens, was found in San Antonio, Texas
From JHU security:
Arrest of Student – Malicious Destruction (Alcohol Related) – 300 Blk. E. University Parkway – On Jan. 28th at 2:33 AM, a senior undergraduate was arrested by Baltimore Police for breaking a window in a non- affiliate’s front door and then entering the non-affiliate’s residence. The student who was intoxicated thought he was entering his own residence which is actually across the street. Baltimore Police transported the student to Union Memorial for treatment of minor cuts. The student was charged with malicious destruction of property.
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