Tweets Fenton, "Chase St homicide victim identified as Joseph Alexander Ulrich, known as Alex. From Smithsburg, was living in 900 block of N Calvert St." Ulrich was 41*. The owner of the Empire House Inn, Lawrence Peterson, was also shot in the chest in the incident.
A 68-year-old woman on Hickory Ave in Hampden was injured by a shard of metal after someone shot into her house at 3 in the afternoon.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
Think of the invisible children!
Damn, domestic assailants! A Baltimorean who held a gun to his babymom's head and kidnapped their child was shot to death in Columbia.
Fifteen federal years for a cocaine dealer who helped bring product to MD from CA in a shipment of strawberries.
A teacher who taught at Towson's Carver Center for Arts and Technology was indicted for assault; he allegedly pointed a gun at workers removing trees near his Carney home.
Think of the (invisible) children! Five new speed cameras are up and running in the county, supposedly to protect schoolchildren. Never mind that the one "near" Stoneleigh school is actually five blocks away, or that the school is currently closed for renovations. According to the Patch, the county got an even worse deal than the city's 48%-of-revenue kickback, in 2010 paying the camera co. 81 cents of every dollar collected in camera revenue. Fun bonus fact: in D.C. in 2008 ACS, now a subsidiary of Xerox and operator of city and county cameras, was accused of vandalizing speed cameras by cutting wires after losing the contract to a competitor.
The MD political process has hit a new low with the "Special Session"-- an *emergency* meeting of the legislature in the middle of summer. And what's the emergency, you out-of-state readers might wonder? The state's poor preparedness for a natural disaster, terrorist attack or outbreak of infectious disease? The closing of fire stations or post offices? Schools that are falling apart? Ho, ho, ho. No, dear reader, the gambling industry is apparently having a money emergency and needs some tax breaks this minute*. One sliver of good's come out of it though, a senate panel has advanced nixing that goofy pit-bull law in favor of a bill that makes dog owners responsible for their own pets.
Thought-provoking Google ad of the day (from this page*): "Do you need to be on House Arrest? Inexpensive & No Ankle Bracelets www.shadowtrack.com" Can I take this ad to imply that if you're on house arrest you have to buy your own ankle bracelet? Notes the ad, "ShadowTrack has been helping individuals with their house arrest needs for over 10 years."
Fifteen federal years for a cocaine dealer who helped bring product to MD from CA in a shipment of strawberries.
A teacher who taught at Towson's Carver Center for Arts and Technology was indicted for assault; he allegedly pointed a gun at workers removing trees near his Carney home.
Think of the (invisible) children! Five new speed cameras are up and running in the county, supposedly to protect schoolchildren. Never mind that the one "near" Stoneleigh school is actually five blocks away, or that the school is currently closed for renovations. According to the Patch, the county got an even worse deal than the city's 48%-of-revenue kickback, in 2010 paying the camera co. 81 cents of every dollar collected in camera revenue. Fun bonus fact: in D.C. in 2008 ACS, now a subsidiary of Xerox and operator of city and county cameras, was accused of vandalizing speed cameras by cutting wires after losing the contract to a competitor.
The MD political process has hit a new low with the "Special Session"-- an *emergency* meeting of the legislature in the middle of summer. And what's the emergency, you out-of-state readers might wonder? The state's poor preparedness for a natural disaster, terrorist attack or outbreak of infectious disease? The closing of fire stations or post offices? Schools that are falling apart? Ho, ho, ho. No, dear reader, the gambling industry is apparently having a money emergency and needs some tax breaks this minute*. One sliver of good's come out of it though, a senate panel has advanced nixing that goofy pit-bull law in favor of a bill that makes dog owners responsible for their own pets.
Thought-provoking Google ad of the day (from this page*): "Do you need to be on House Arrest? Inexpensive & No Ankle Bracelets www.shadowtrack.com" Can I take this ad to imply that if you're on house arrest you have to buy your own ankle bracelet? Notes the ad, "ShadowTrack has been helping individuals with their house arrest needs for over 10 years."
Thursday, August 9, 2012
City Surveillance Being... Useful
The honorable judge Barry G. Williams handed down a life plus 20 sentence to Anayah B. Miles, 33, for non-fatally shooting one of his baby-mama's pals.
Homicide detectives are probing the "suspicious death" of a 3-month-old child, the family of whom are giving very conflicting reports as to what exactly happened to the baby boy.
Two seperate incidents have put two city criminals prematurely on the streets. 26-year-old Robert Aaron was accidentally released from a city courthouse Tuesday, while Deandre Scott, 28, is wanted after removing his ankle bracelet and absconding from home detention.
An alarming number of car larcenies continue to plague North Baltimore.
A drug deal goes south (Shocking!), and ends with balding Dundalkian Thomas Schnople, 24 (Pictured Right), firing almost a half dozen shots at his drug dealers, missing the man but striking his car. A 2008 County murder case has finally been resolved, with 33-year-old Antoine Reed, Jr. being being convicted for the shooting death of Hunter's Crossing Apartments manager Milton Barnes.
The family of 17-year-old Christopher Brown feel the manslaughter charges against Officer James Laboard are not severe enough.
Finally, the latest Baltimore Guide Crime Blotter, this one recounting crimes in South Baltimore, includes a line cutter cutting someone, a stolen shitzu, and a “Boh Knows Football” paraphernalia caper.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
This is Baltimore. This is what's happening.
After a rash of killings, several recent homicide victims have been identified by The Sun.*
Fells Point's residents are on edge thanks to a string of armed robberies, including one that included the classic line "This is Baltimore. This is what's happening" followed by a pistol whipping.
A 25-year-old serial traffic infractor is in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm. Tavon Williams attempted to run down an officer while fleeing the Borgerding District Court Building. The officer has not been identified and Williams is recovering in the hospital.
Police have arrested face-tat-rocking Maurice Lonan, 26, (Pictured Right) for a triple shooting/home invasion in the 5500 block of Lothian Road that left 35-year-old Quinton Winder dead.
Afro has an interesting article regarding the still-unsolved February murder of 22-year-old Jerry Isaac, believed to have been killed after breaking up a fight.
Get caught with a .22, get 15 years in the federal pen. So was the fate of 36-year-old Joseph Bassett, a Baltimore resident with six prior drug convictions to his name.
Have you seen the man sketched to the right? Whomever he is, City popo say he's the man responsible for killing Lance "Tracey" Johnson (#105) on July 5. The BPD says Johnson was 40 years old and "a transgender."
City Paper has a more detailed account of the now federally convicted former wiener-lady Shanel Stallings, convicted of offering up mustard, relish and heroin to go along with her frankfurters.
A peaceful demonstration inside City Hall Monday night lead to the arrest of two protestors.
Drug trafficker Howard Drummond Jr., 26, was exiled for the next 12-plus years by federal authorities. Drummond has a long criminal past including a separate 10-year state sentence for similar charges, as well as having been previously charged alongside now 26-year-old Joel Ugah for the 2008 murder of Sandy Howard. Both men were eventually acquitted, and Ugah is now facing an August trial related to his own drug distribution charges. It is unknown whether the state and federal charges will run concurrently or consecutively.
A human head was found in Pasadena.
Finally, racist spree killer Wade Michael Page, the perpetrator of the Wisconsin Sikh Temple shooting had apparently been signed to local white supremacist record label "Label 56." Page at one point played a local racist music festival during his time with the label.
Fells Point's residents are on edge thanks to a string of armed robberies, including one that included the classic line "This is Baltimore. This is what's happening" followed by a pistol whipping.
A 25-year-old serial traffic infractor is in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm. Tavon Williams attempted to run down an officer while fleeing the Borgerding District Court Building. The officer has not been identified and Williams is recovering in the hospital.
Afro has an interesting article regarding the still-unsolved February murder of 22-year-old Jerry Isaac, believed to have been killed after breaking up a fight.
Get caught with a .22, get 15 years in the federal pen. So was the fate of 36-year-old Joseph Bassett, a Baltimore resident with six prior drug convictions to his name.
City Paper has a more detailed account of the now federally convicted former wiener-lady Shanel Stallings, convicted of offering up mustard, relish and heroin to go along with her frankfurters.
A peaceful demonstration inside City Hall Monday night lead to the arrest of two protestors.
Drug trafficker Howard Drummond Jr., 26, was exiled for the next 12-plus years by federal authorities. Drummond has a long criminal past including a separate 10-year state sentence for similar charges, as well as having been previously charged alongside now 26-year-old Joel Ugah for the 2008 murder of Sandy Howard. Both men were eventually acquitted, and Ugah is now facing an August trial related to his own drug distribution charges. It is unknown whether the state and federal charges will run concurrently or consecutively.
A human head was found in Pasadena.
Finally, racist spree killer Wade Michael Page, the perpetrator of the Wisconsin Sikh Temple shooting had apparently been signed to local white supremacist record label "Label 56." Page at one point played a local racist music festival during his time with the label.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
122
A man was shot to death in the 3000 block of Garrison Blvd.
The protagonist of "The Corner," DeAndre McCullough, has died of an apparent drug overdose at age 35.
I like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my chicken restaurants flaming.
The officer involved in the Medfield shooting was named as John Hanyok, the man who threatened an officer with a knife and was shot was named as Jonathan Blankenship, 40. According to the JIS, Blankenship (or another guy of the same name and age) is a WHITE, CAUCASIAN, ASIATIC INDIAN, ARAB with an extensive 'rap sheet' that includes charges for second-degree assault, first-degree assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence, carrying a concealed weapon, resisting arrest, endangering a vulnerable adult (one Michael J. Morris, who was also granted "peace orders" against him), reckless endangerment and nonpayment of child support.
The protagonist of "The Corner," DeAndre McCullough, has died of an apparent drug overdose at age 35.
I like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my chicken restaurants flaming.
The officer involved in the Medfield shooting was named as John Hanyok, the man who threatened an officer with a knife and was shot was named as Jonathan Blankenship, 40. According to the JIS, Blankenship (or another guy of the same name and age) is a WHITE, CAUCASIAN, ASIATIC INDIAN, ARAB with an extensive 'rap sheet' that includes charges for second-degree assault, first-degree assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence, carrying a concealed weapon, resisting arrest, endangering a vulnerable adult (one Michael J. Morris, who was also granted "peace orders" against him), reckless endangerment and nonpayment of child support.
Friday, August 3, 2012
121, 15, 41
A man was shot to death and a woman wounded on the 3000 block of Rosedale Court in the SW at about 1:30 am.
Cal Ripken Jr. confirms that his mother's kidnapping was "bizarre"
A string of robberies in Fell's Point (what else is new?)
This terrifying man terrified moviegoers in Annapolis by pretending he had a gun, ranting and swearing.
135 months for serial sex offender Brian Netzer of Hagtown.
Lots of cars need towing in the city, and tow truck drivers charge crazy amounts, knowing drivers will be in no position to comparison shop. Shouldn't some of that money go to the hardworking men of the BPD? That's what the owners of Majestic Auto Repair thought, but the story came to an ignoble end today as the 15th and final officer, Kelvin Manrich, sentenced to 41 months for "committing extortion under color of official right."
Speaking of color of official right, Shomrim's posting of a suspected bike thief on their FB page led to some "is that racist?" talk on another local blog. ("If I wasn't busy controlling the media and making money I would comment on your racist stereotyping and the damage it does.")
Cal Ripken Jr. confirms that his mother's kidnapping was "bizarre"
A string of robberies in Fell's Point (what else is new?)
135 months for serial sex offender Brian Netzer of Hagtown.
Lots of cars need towing in the city, and tow truck drivers charge crazy amounts, knowing drivers will be in no position to comparison shop. Shouldn't some of that money go to the hardworking men of the BPD? That's what the owners of Majestic Auto Repair thought, but the story came to an ignoble end today as the 15th and final officer, Kelvin Manrich, sentenced to 41 months for "committing extortion under color of official right."
Speaking of color of official right, Shomrim's posting of a suspected bike thief on their FB page led to some "is that racist?" talk on another local blog. ("If I wasn't busy controlling the media and making money I would comment on your racist stereotyping and the damage it does.")
Thursday, August 2, 2012
4th Circuit Grants Stay
... until a Federal Appeals Court can rule on the legality of overturning MD's current concealed-carry law.
An FBI sting caught a hit man* who calls himself "Tony Montana."
Gun-toting pot dealer Zegory Chambers got 10 years
A 26-year-old Jade Jackson got 57 months in the pen for the PCP-fueled driving moves that led to him crashing and killing a motorist on the BW Parkway
A city officer was indicted on wiretap and misconduct charges after secretly taping a judge. Wonder what the judge was saying that was so interesting? Something filthy, I hope.
A Glen Burnie family was awarded $21 million in a lawsuit against Harbor Hospital, alleging that the hospital failed to perform a timely c-section, leading to their son's cerebral palsy.
An FBI sting caught a hit man* who calls himself "Tony Montana."
Gun-toting pot dealer Zegory Chambers got 10 years
A 26-year-old Jade Jackson got 57 months in the pen for the PCP-fueled driving moves that led to him crashing and killing a motorist on the BW Parkway
A city officer was indicted on wiretap and misconduct charges after secretly taping a judge. Wonder what the judge was saying that was so interesting? Something filthy, I hope.
A Glen Burnie family was awarded $21 million in a lawsuit against Harbor Hospital, alleging that the hospital failed to perform a timely c-section, leading to their son's cerebral palsy.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Leave the vacuum, take the chicken box
It's officially Fred Bealefeld's last day (!) I think we can all agree he's the best commissioner we've had in the last 40+ years, no? No domestic-violence scandals or taxpayer-funded mistress panties, and ps crime went wayway down under his tenure. Well, murders did, anyway. Acting commissioner Anthony Barksdale is the replacement for now (and is his last name just a coincidence? Cursory Googling would have it seem so.)
Police shot and killed a man yesterday evening at 1402 Weldon Place in Medfield. Police say that the man attacked an officer with a knife, the officer called for backup, backup arrived.
Fourteen federal years for 24-year-old RoFo robber Gregory Graham, who threatened an Essex store clerk with a vacuum cleaner tube. And the Evergreen RoFo was robbed (again), for cash and cigarillos.
Ever get carjacked and wonner where your car done got at? Maybe Africa!
Patch: drug dealer strikes man with brick.
Three residents were robbed at gunpoint in Remington.
Police shot and killed a man yesterday evening at 1402 Weldon Place in Medfield. Police say that the man attacked an officer with a knife, the officer called for backup, backup arrived.
Fourteen federal years for 24-year-old RoFo robber Gregory Graham, who threatened an Essex store clerk with a vacuum cleaner tube. And the Evergreen RoFo was robbed (again), for cash and cigarillos.
Ever get carjacked and wonner where your car done got at? Maybe Africa!
Patch: drug dealer strikes man with brick.
Three residents were robbed at gunpoint in Remington.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
115-120
120 - An as of yet unidentified man was beaten to death, possibly with a wrench found nearby, Monday in the 1800 block of West North Ave.*
119 - 30-year-old Jermaine Devon Blue died from after being shot multiple times in the 1400 block of Poplar Grove Street. Online court records show he had prior arrests for Rape, and Distribution of Narcotics, as well as a conviction for Assault.
118 - Derian Hampton, a 21-year-old was shot to death in the 1200 block of North Caroline Street, located in the small but very deadly Oliver area. Online court records have show that Hampton had prior arrests for Arson, Robbery, Distribution of Narcotics, Att. Murder, and Burglary. Hampton was facing Drug Possession and Assault charges at the time of his death.
117 - This weeks Murder Ink has more information on the death of Herman Regis, 67. Regis was found decomposing in the inside of a home in the 5900 block of Eurith Ave, located in the Northeast portion of Baltimore. Regis had a minor criminal history.
116 - Hamin Bridges, a 34-year-old Coppin State alum and Philly native was shot and killed in the 1000 block of Evesham Avenue. You can read more about him in previous posts.
115 - Franklin Edward Morris Jr., a 34-year-old man* was shot dead by men waiting for him in his own home in the 1600 block of Smallwood Street. Court records indicate that Morris had a lengthy criminal record dating back to the mid 90's that included arrests for Distribution of Narcotics, Carjacking, and Att. Murder, as well as several convictions for Gun Possession and Assault, as well as a conviction for Armed Robbery.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Two more murders, a strange corpse,
a kidnapped senior citizen
A man shot to death in the 300 block of Charles St, either inside or near the Holiday Inn Inner Harbor, and one Derian Hampton was shot to death in the 1200 block of N. Caroline Street.
Fenton reports conditions facing youth in the city jail include lack of medical care or air conditioning, violent fights and sleeping in poo*.
A sexagenarian was kidnapped by two well-dressed men (one in a plaid suit, the other in a polka-dot tie) in Catonsville and forced to drive to ATMs.
A peculiar corpse was found near the harbor Saturday, Police don't know if the deceased jumped or fell off of a nearby building, or something else*.
In offensive-sex news, Baltimorean Andrew Sterling Dash traveled to Frostburg, where he then allegedly raped a woman then fired a gun at her friends; Ocean City police have warned residents about a would-be sex assailant targeting drunk female victims walking alone; loose peen on parade in Crofton.
Bottles, bats and rocks: stuff flying last week in South Baltimore.
Vandals Freedom-loving revolutionary cadres attacked a speed camera in Catonsville, pushing it off of its pedestal and, best of all, ripping its money-grubbing guts out. Nice work there comrades!
Ps. the WaPo claims that the photo-blocker sprays actually work (sometimes), but Amazon product reviewers say otherwise. This license-plate cover got good reviews,
but is illegal under MD law, says el WaPo.
Fenton reports conditions facing youth in the city jail include lack of medical care or air conditioning, violent fights and sleeping in poo*.
A sexagenarian was kidnapped by two well-dressed men (one in a plaid suit, the other in a polka-dot tie) in Catonsville and forced to drive to ATMs.
A peculiar corpse was found near the harbor Saturday, Police don't know if the deceased jumped or fell off of a nearby building, or something else*.
In offensive-sex news, Baltimorean Andrew Sterling Dash traveled to Frostburg, where he then allegedly raped a woman then fired a gun at her friends; Ocean City police have warned residents about a would-be sex assailant targeting drunk female victims walking alone; loose peen on parade in Crofton.
Bottles, bats and rocks: stuff flying last week in South Baltimore.
Ps. the WaPo claims that the photo-blocker sprays actually work (sometimes), but Amazon product reviewers say otherwise. This license-plate cover got good reviews,
but is illegal under MD law, says el WaPo.Friday, July 27, 2012
115, 116?*
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| Hamin Bridges, from Facebook |
Franklin Morris Jr., 34, was shot multiple times at his home in the 1600 block Smallwood Street. Morris had served time for attempted armed robbery.
Remember when Goucher college accidentally hired an accused Rwandan genocidaire to teach a French class? In this week's New York Magazine, college president Sanford J. Ungar gives backstory with a side of hand-wringing, and reveals that Leopold Muntayakzi is still living in an apartment in Towson.
Outgoing head of the Baltimore branch of the FBI Richard McFeely chatted with Fenton* about his big cases, says Baltimore BP isn't systematically corrupt.
Speaking of the offensively sexual, Reddit posted a very enlightening thread in which rapists explain themselves.
Gregg Bernstein has created a Special Victims Unit to deal with victims of sex offenders and domestic violence, headed by Lisa Phelps. Thought this was just made up for TV, but no, the NYPD really does have an "SVU," or rather a Special Victims Division, as does Bergen County NJ, San Francisco, Miami, Providence and a bunch of other places.
Police have released pictures of Vi Ripken's abductor and his car. The kidnapper requested no ransom and apparently had no idea that his victim was Cal Ripken's mom.
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| Neil Prescott, via BaltimoreOrLess |
In PGC, police say they prevented a workplace massacre at Pitney Bowles by a disgruntled employee, Neil Prescott, left, who called himself "the Joker" and had a crazy huge arsenal.
An educational read: Reddit has a thread for rapists to explain their motives (also here) - via Jezebel.
*Fenton points out that our count is off and we are only up to 115 homicides so far... trying to get to the bottom of it.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Butterfingers!
In the county, Steven Podles, a 30-year-old man was charged with sex offenses against a 13-year-old... and Podles is HIV positive.
Another prisoner accidentally set free from Central Booking.
A cop against the drug war wants* to be commissioner; that would be interesting..
And have you seen any of these five missing sex offenders?
Another prisoner accidentally set free from Central Booking.
A cop against the drug war wants* to be commissioner; that would be interesting..
And have you seen any of these five missing sex offenders?
48 Percent?!?!
Luke Broadwater reports that the Dallas-based private company that operates the city's speed cameras, whose contract was due to expire, instead of getting rightfully run out of town with torches and pitchforks will instead get 48 percent of the city's revenue for at least the next five months*. $19.20 of every ticket. Hey all you firearms fans who claim you need your guns to fight some hypothetical corrupt regime-- said regime has arrived. Please put those hand cannons to good use and shoot those damn things down!
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Cal Ripken's mom?!
Cal Ripken's mom Violet was kidnapped from her home at gunpoint, duct-taped, driven around for hours and later found safe.
Van Smith has more on the Brown Organization, a pot-dealing concern that stretched from Jamaica to California and across the country to Baltimore and included its own trucking companies, including one headquartered in Catonsville. The group reportedly grossed $1-2 million a month by selling weed at $1,000 a pound (such a deal!) and killing and/or dismembering anyone who got in the way.
Van Smith has more on the Brown Organization, a pot-dealing concern that stretched from Jamaica to California and across the country to Baltimore and included its own trucking companies, including one headquartered in Catonsville. The group reportedly grossed $1-2 million a month by selling weed at $1,000 a pound (such a deal!) and killing and/or dismembering anyone who got in the way.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
115
Brandon Spruill, 23-year-old basketball player, shot to death during a robbery Monday* in the 2300 block of McKean Ave.
Good news, firearms fans, a federal judge has lifted his stay on our state's concealed carry laws, and at long last you could be packing heat in your pants in two weeks. So says our friend Buz, if you happen to be packing in a dark crowded theater when some homicidal maniac opens fire, aim for the flash. Or just do like this dad and drop your baby, abandon your wife and toddler and drive off. My plan is to just wear this every time I leave the house.
A year after the execution-style murders of 58-year-old Billy Ray Lovitt, 36-year-old daughter Tanyika Gibbs and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Michael Jones, no leads.
So, future robbery victims, I'd always assumed iPhones were un-stealable because of the 'find my iPhone' feature, but not so, as I learned from a friend who had her iPhone snatched out of her hand as she was walking and talking upon the streets of our fair city. Apparently all it takes to subvert all that trackin' technology is a tiny screwdriver and a $3 SIM card, readily found on the Internet. A fix: a Tungsten etching pen, available for $6 including shipping on eBay. Which means it probably also fell off a truck, but, well, anyway, with that you can skritch your land-line phone number or whatever on the back case, so that even if you don't get your phone back, at least you have the semi-comfort of knowing the fudgeface who robbed you won't be able to easily sell it on eBay.
British tourist comes to town to see the spots made famous by "The Wire," instead discovers AVAM's bumptious bottom-burp machine. (Via Fenton) Oh, those whingey Brits with the bollocks journalism. Quips Scott Calvert, "Interesting to read that a dying Poe made it to the steps of Hopkins Hospital a good 40 years before it came into being."
Monday, July 23, 2012
Kids these days
A detective's smarts nab Corey McLary, a 16-year-old serial robber* (assume he's being charged as an adult, else his name would not be released).
The former CEO of Wings to Go pleaded guilty to embezzling $88k to use on hookers and phone sex.
According to the Daily Record, the Daily Record trivialized the accomplishments of female judges with the headline "Girl Power on the Bench" (er, ew) for a story about the rising number of female judges and has since apologized. Ah, takes us back to when editor Keith Gerard made the art department photoshop a picture of Hitler in front of the Alex. Brown building and was fired soonafter, those were the days..
The former CEO of Wings to Go pleaded guilty to embezzling $88k to use on hookers and phone sex.
According to the Daily Record, the Daily Record trivialized the accomplishments of female judges with the headline "Girl Power on the Bench" (er, ew) for a story about the rising number of female judges and has since apologized. Ah, takes us back to when editor Keith Gerard made the art department photoshop a picture of Hitler in front of the Alex. Brown building and was fired soonafter, those were the days..
Stash busted
Creepy and creepier
Two female corpses were found over the weekend. The badly decomposed body of a 41-year-old woman was found at the Wyman House in the 100 block of West 29th street, and the man in the apartment with her body was taken into custody. And a 60-year-old woman found on West 20th street.
A 21-year-old man was shot in the face in Park Heights.
Hopkins hospital has begun contacting patients who may have been infected with Hepatitis C by creepy lab tech David Kwiatkowski. Says a statement from the hospital, "Johns Hopkins is in the process of contacting these patients and offering them free testing for hepatitis C." So generous!
In Remington a man was robbed at gunpoint of a leather bag, $50 and some empty prescription bottles
A man was arrested for stealing two beers from the Kent House on York Rd and is being held on $50,000 bond.
Burglars in Pikesville did $200 worth of damage to two pool chairs. Also, if your pool chairs cost $100 each, you're a wiener.
Fishy, fishy.. SRB's office won't turn over emails and other records from former IT Chief Rico Singleton*. According to allegations, Singleton's ethical lapses at his previous job in New York cost the city $1.5 million.
A reader from Colombia took issue with Al Jazeera's assertion that Baltimore is "more deadly than Bogotá," but actually Al Jazeera is correct, at least when it comes to official numbers. Bogotá's homicide rate is 21 per 100,000 people, Baltimore's is 34.8. Of course we don't have vigilante groups that round up poor people and kill them (and I seriously doubt the official rate includes these limpiezas).
A 21-year-old man was shot in the face in Park Heights.
Hopkins hospital has begun contacting patients who may have been infected with Hepatitis C by creepy lab tech David Kwiatkowski. Says a statement from the hospital, "Johns Hopkins is in the process of contacting these patients and offering them free testing for hepatitis C." So generous!
In Remington a man was robbed at gunpoint of a leather bag, $50 and some empty prescription bottles
A man was arrested for stealing two beers from the Kent House on York Rd and is being held on $50,000 bond.
Burglars in Pikesville did $200 worth of damage to two pool chairs. Also, if your pool chairs cost $100 each, you're a wiener.
Fishy, fishy.. SRB's office won't turn over emails and other records from former IT Chief Rico Singleton*. According to allegations, Singleton's ethical lapses at his previous job in New York cost the city $1.5 million.
A reader from Colombia took issue with Al Jazeera's assertion that Baltimore is "more deadly than Bogotá," but actually Al Jazeera is correct, at least when it comes to official numbers. Bogotá's homicide rate is 21 per 100,000 people, Baltimore's is 34.8. Of course we don't have vigilante groups that round up poor people and kill them (and I seriously doubt the official rate includes these limpiezas).
Saturday, July 21, 2012
'One does not bear arms against a rabbit.'
Worthwhile read from the NYker archives, a history of American gun laws
Friday, July 20, 2012
Another Barbershop Shooting
A 39-year-old man was shot at the Cutz for Kingz barbershop* in Belair-Parkside
Stabbings, threatened stabbings, a guy shot by a pool table and a guy shot near Joe's Tavern in the Baltimore Guide Southeast blotter, a woman punched on the Charm City Circulator in the South
WBAL: Because of conflicts of interest, City Council President Jack has only voted on 28% of business before the city council in the past five months. And the point of him is what, again? (And did we ever see those damned underpants*?)
After Colorado shooting, MD police are putting extra patrols near movie theaters.
Stabbings, threatened stabbings, a guy shot by a pool table and a guy shot near Joe's Tavern in the Baltimore Guide Southeast blotter, a woman punched on the Charm City Circulator in the South
WBAL: Because of conflicts of interest, City Council President Jack has only voted on 28% of business before the city council in the past five months. And the point of him is what, again? (And did we ever see those damned underpants*?)
After Colorado shooting, MD police are putting extra patrols near movie theaters.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Perps and crazies
What the heck? A guy on York Road woke up to find himself being stabbed.
This just in: having the same name and birthdate as Russian fugitive David Levin is a huge asspain. Here's more on "Russian Dave"'s "super dollars," produced by the North Korean government both for profit and destabilize the U.S. economy (allegedly).
A fake cop arrested in the 'Deener
Forty-one months in prison for Keith Eugene Daughtry for his role in stealing more than $1.3 million from the Baltimore Housing Authority
This just in: having the same name and birthdate as Russian fugitive David Levin is a huge asspain. Here's more on "Russian Dave"'s "super dollars," produced by the North Korean government both for profit and destabilize the U.S. economy (allegedly).
A fake cop arrested in the 'Deener
Forty-one months in prison for Keith Eugene Daughtry for his role in stealing more than $1.3 million from the Baltimore Housing Authority
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
20 Years for Pervy Pastor
Convicted of sexual assault in April, Pastor Leon Jones, left, was sentenced to 20 years, with another 25 suspended, and if you want the dirty details of what he and his accomplice did to their teenage victim, here you go. According to his web site, Pastor Leon is the father of eight, and his church just hosted a "mother and daughter luncheon." Uhm...Roberts: DNA Collection can Resume
Chief Justice Roberts has issued an order for warrant-less DNA collection from suspects to resume.
113, 114
WBAL reports that the two other victims of last night's three shootings have both died, victims were all male and found on Ravenwood Avenue, Laurens and McCulloh and the 2300 block of Eutaw Place, respectively.
The gas-station murder of cross-dressing Desean "Lola Bee" Bowman is raising awareness of homophobia in the black community, says WBALTV
Baltimore Police who worked night shifts are set to get $477 k in back pay from the board of estimates
Brew: Wells Fargo's ghetto-loan holders are waiting for their money
The gas-station murder of cross-dressing Desean "Lola Bee" Bowman is raising awareness of homophobia in the black community, says WBALTV
Baltimore Police who worked night shifts are set to get $477 k in back pay from the board of estimates
Brew: Wells Fargo's ghetto-loan holders are waiting for their money
Another Roland Park Creeper
From the Roland Park listserv, two girls were followed on the Stony Run trail by a thin older white guy with grey hair in a polo shirt, possibly driving a "champagne" - colored four-door Toyota or Honda sedan, who was later spotted masturbating by the Roland Park pool's basketball hoop.
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Two separate but likely related shootings in Baltimore's Brooklyn neighborhood put two men in the hospital and another in the morgue. In the first incident a 19-year-old male was shot and injured. Several hours later two men, 35 and 32 respectively, were shot. The 35-year-old received a gunshot wound to the head and died not long after. He is this year's 112 murder.
Two men are in custody after bar patrons detained a gunman following a brazen shooting. Alberto Ramos, 30, and Erasmo Sandobal, 32, (both pictured right) face attempted murder charges after shooting a 32-year-old man at the Rancho Blanco Bar located on 100 South Fagley St.
Can't just shoot a man... A man was forced by gunmen to strip before being shot in an ally off of the 4100 block of Newton Ave. early Saturday.
This week's Murder Ink has more details on the officer-involved killing of 20-year-old Devonte Bowman, as well as announcing the arrest of Kenneth Jackson, 23, for the July 5th murder of 27-year-old Andrew Davis.
New details regarding the County police-involved shooting of a sword wielding man have come to light, including the identification of the officer involved, and the reason for the warrant. Officer Carlos Artson, a 17-year vet who had shot and killed Dundalk native Cheryl Lynn Noel, 44, back in 2005, has been identified as the officer who fired the fatal shots. Ronald Melvin Cox Jr., was killed as police attempted to execute a search warrant related to the execution-style attempted murder of a 15-year-old in Howard County.
Arrested for the above-mentioned attempted execution were Donald George Peoples Jr., 21, Laura Christian Karr, 24, and Chiquita Sketers, 21, all charged with several counts, including attempted first- degree murder.
Two men are in custody after bar patrons detained a gunman following a brazen shooting. Alberto Ramos, 30, and Erasmo Sandobal, 32, (both pictured right) face attempted murder charges after shooting a 32-year-old man at the Rancho Blanco Bar located on 100 South Fagley St. Can't just shoot a man... A man was forced by gunmen to strip before being shot in an ally off of the 4100 block of Newton Ave. early Saturday.
This week's Murder Ink has more details on the officer-involved killing of 20-year-old Devonte Bowman, as well as announcing the arrest of Kenneth Jackson, 23, for the July 5th murder of 27-year-old Andrew Davis.
New details regarding the County police-involved shooting of a sword wielding man have come to light, including the identification of the officer involved, and the reason for the warrant. Officer Carlos Artson, a 17-year vet who had shot and killed Dundalk native Cheryl Lynn Noel, 44, back in 2005, has been identified as the officer who fired the fatal shots. Ronald Melvin Cox Jr., was killed as police attempted to execute a search warrant related to the execution-style attempted murder of a 15-year-old in Howard County.
Arrested for the above-mentioned attempted execution were Donald George Peoples Jr., 21, Laura Christian Karr, 24, and Chiquita Sketers, 21, all charged with several counts, including attempted first- degree murder. Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Not BMore, but BadAzz
Bath salts present a challenge to drug-testing companies
Also, HoCo patrol captures 10 wannabe johns
Locally, 10 years in jail for Ronald Brady, who pointed a gun at a crowd outside of a bar last Christmas.
Remington burglar to resident, after pushing in his air conditioner to break in: "I have the wrong house." Also from the Patch, Tuscany/Canterbury burglar stole sympathy cards, Toyota.
Oh, cram it, Julius Henson's lawyer, your client won't be able to afford an appeal anyway considering he'll never work in this state again (one hopes). Just be glad your client got out early, k?
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| From ModifiedK9 |
Old, but just found it and worth a watch: Al Jazeera English did a "Frontline USA" episode on Baltimore, "the toughest and grittiest of U.S. cities ... gutted by circumstances beyond its control." Did you know our city is "more deadly than Bogotá"? There's also an episode on our drug addicts. And here's a show, not Russell Crowe's Fightin' Around the World, but one with some English soccer player named Vinnie Jones in some ITV4 show called "Toughest Cops of the USA," with an episode filmed in our fair city.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Have you Seen This Rabbi?
A Good Scrubbing
Three were shot and one killed this morning in a drug-related home invasion on Lothian Rd in the NW, and Fenton published a photo of blood spatters. Said a resident, "This ain't no robbery. This was something else. This was personal."
An armed, dangerous suspect, Tuan Minh Pham, 35, is on the loose after ignoring a protective order, storming into the Richards Valley Road Nail & Hair Care Spa in Ellicott City and (allegedly) shooting his babymother of his two kids and her male friend. So if you see this wild-haired, wild-eyed 35-ish man of Vietnamese descent in a 1998 tan or gold four-door Honda Accord with the license plate number 2AK0291, call 911. Update: Derek Valcourt says his car has been found, but Pham still has not.
An Ottobar employee was beaten and robbed behind the venue at 10:45 p.m. two Fridays ago, as a burlesque show went on inside.
Hellz 2 the ys, "Baltimore’s finances need a good scrubbing."
Also from the Brew (but on the Brew blog, where there are exclamation points in subheads), Fern Shen takes a trip to Baltimore Data Day, wherein Baltimore Slumlord Watch elicited a rare gasp from NPR's Sheilah Kast describing how a box cutter figures in to her blogging routine.
Twenty years for 39-year-old heroin dealer Michael Felton, a member of the Gettis drug organization. Twenty-seven defendants have already pleaded guilty in the case, including "Cutty Rock" “Captain” and “Beloved.”
Georgian buttocks-injector Kimberly Smedley, left, got three years in the federal slammer for injecting a Block stripper's dumb ass with a black-market brew of industrial-grade chemicals in a room at the Renaissance Hotel. The victim wound up at the hospital with silicone inside of her lungs. If hotel records are any indication, Smedley may have hundreds of victims and earned $1 mil or more from her traveling medicine show.
A week of hearings for the Bradley Manning case, though trial isn't scheduled to start til September.
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| Tuan Minh Pham, from JZ |
An Ottobar employee was beaten and robbed behind the venue at 10:45 p.m. two Fridays ago, as a burlesque show went on inside.
Hellz 2 the ys, "Baltimore’s finances need a good scrubbing."
Also from the Brew (but on the Brew blog, where there are exclamation points in subheads), Fern Shen takes a trip to Baltimore Data Day, wherein Baltimore Slumlord Watch elicited a rare gasp from NPR's Sheilah Kast describing how a box cutter figures in to her blogging routine.
Twenty years for 39-year-old heroin dealer Michael Felton, a member of the Gettis drug organization. Twenty-seven defendants have already pleaded guilty in the case, including "Cutty Rock" “Captain” and “Beloved.”
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| 'booty therapist' Kim Smedley, from NewsOne |
A week of hearings for the Bradley Manning case, though trial isn't scheduled to start til September.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
I always feel like somebody's watching me...
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| Flaming drone near Salisbury, from CNN |
And, yet, the one instance where the violation of someone's privacy could seriously protect citizens' life and limbs from psycho killers, and also potentially exonerate people -- by which I mean the DNA swabbing of suspects-- the MD court won't allow that. Gives one no doubts about whose interests are really being served by MD's courts, no?
In other news of Baltimore denizens getting boned by The Man, go get those big banks, George Nilson.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Old Shootings, COMSTAT Stats, and a Bevy of Wanted Criminals
Eleven years after being shot, 43-year-old Vernonda Fenner has been added to this year's homicide tally. Fenner was shot in the stomach on May 18, 2001. Fenner never fully recovered from the wound and died on May 4th of this year.
The latest Murder Ink has updates on several recent city homicides, giving information on victims 104-109.
Christmas is here for Baltimore residents who are fascinated by both statistics and crime, as the BPD has released COMSTAT data for all to enjoy.
Police have released a composite sketch of a man (Pictured Right), wanted in an attempted rape in the 2500 block of Edgecombe Circle North.
A man shot in the leg Saturday night in the 500 block of W. Lanvale St. decided to wait two hours until he finally checked himself into the hospital.
Two suspects, Mikris Jamaal Jackson, 19 (Pictured right, below), and Lawrence Paul Mayo, 19 (Pictured Far Right), are being sought by County police for raping a 13-year-old girl in the woods near Chris Ct. in Randallstown.
Speaking of wanted men, police have released a sketch of a man wanted for shooting woman in the Brookeshire Hotel in the 100 block of East Lombard St. during a suspected robbery attempt.
Me-ow, the City Fraternal Order of Police took their claws out recently, describing the Police administration as being "outdated" and "ineffective", among other choice comments.
The internet can breath a collective sigh of relief, as case of the video-taped assault and robbery of an intoxicated man on St. Patrick's day has come closer to a conclusion. Aaron Parsons, 20, the man identified by several people as having thrown a punch during the incident received one year in jail. Two others, Deangelo Carter, 19, and Shayona Davis, 20, were both sentenced to probation. Shatia Baldwin, 21, awaits sentencing.
The three men charged in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Sean Johnson have plead not guilty. 21-year-old Antwan Mosely, 17-year-old Derrick Brown, and 29-year-old Danyae Robinson are facing an August trial date for the mistaken-identity murder.
If criminals weren't aware they could sell any car to a scrap yard with no identification or papers showing ownership, they sure know now.
The man shot this past weekend in the 4900 block of Gunther St. in Parkville has been identified as 31-year-old Derrick Gamble. Gamble had been arrested for Attempted Murder twice, having received a conviction related to the second Att. Murder charge. Gamble was also a convicted drug dealer.
50 years in prison for Robert T. Buck, 48, convicted of the 2010 murder of Dundalk resident Leslie Jo Rasmussen.
A round-up of crime in the County includes racist graffiti in Lutherville, yet another armed robbery at the supposedly lucky 7-11 on Liberty Rd., a Dundalk Dunkin Doughnuts gets knocked over, a rash of burglaries in the Owings Mills/Reisterstown area, and an uptick in armed robberies in Catosville.
Amid a scandal AAC police Chief James Teare has stepped down in disgrace to avoid any further criminal investigation.
Finally, 24 years in the Federal pen for heroin wholesaler Charles Leonard Galloway, 46. Galloway was convicted of dealing kilogram amounts of heroin while working with the Mexican Cartels.
The latest Murder Ink has updates on several recent city homicides, giving information on victims 104-109.
Christmas is here for Baltimore residents who are fascinated by both statistics and crime, as the BPD has released COMSTAT data for all to enjoy.
Police have released a composite sketch of a man (Pictured Right), wanted in an attempted rape in the 2500 block of Edgecombe Circle North.
A man shot in the leg Saturday night in the 500 block of W. Lanvale St. decided to wait two hours until he finally checked himself into the hospital.
Two suspects, Mikris Jamaal Jackson, 19 (Pictured right, below), and Lawrence Paul Mayo, 19 (Pictured Far Right), are being sought by County police for raping a 13-year-old girl in the woods near Chris Ct. in Randallstown. Speaking of wanted men, police have released a sketch of a man wanted for shooting woman in the Brookeshire Hotel in the 100 block of East Lombard St. during a suspected robbery attempt.
Me-ow, the City Fraternal Order of Police took their claws out recently, describing the Police administration as being "outdated" and "ineffective", among other choice comments.
The internet can breath a collective sigh of relief, as case of the video-taped assault and robbery of an intoxicated man on St. Patrick's day has come closer to a conclusion. Aaron Parsons, 20, the man identified by several people as having thrown a punch during the incident received one year in jail. Two others, Deangelo Carter, 19, and Shayona Davis, 20, were both sentenced to probation. Shatia Baldwin, 21, awaits sentencing.
The three men charged in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Sean Johnson have plead not guilty. 21-year-old Antwan Mosely, 17-year-old Derrick Brown, and 29-year-old Danyae Robinson are facing an August trial date for the mistaken-identity murder.
If criminals weren't aware they could sell any car to a scrap yard with no identification or papers showing ownership, they sure know now.
The man shot this past weekend in the 4900 block of Gunther St. in Parkville has been identified as 31-year-old Derrick Gamble. Gamble had been arrested for Attempted Murder twice, having received a conviction related to the second Att. Murder charge. Gamble was also a convicted drug dealer.
50 years in prison for Robert T. Buck, 48, convicted of the 2010 murder of Dundalk resident Leslie Jo Rasmussen.
A round-up of crime in the County includes racist graffiti in Lutherville, yet another armed robbery at the supposedly lucky 7-11 on Liberty Rd., a Dundalk Dunkin Doughnuts gets knocked over, a rash of burglaries in the Owings Mills/Reisterstown area, and an uptick in armed robberies in Catosville.
Amid a scandal AAC police Chief James Teare has stepped down in disgrace to avoid any further criminal investigation.
Finally, 24 years in the Federal pen for heroin wholesaler Charles Leonard Galloway, 46. Galloway was convicted of dealing kilogram amounts of heroin while working with the Mexican Cartels.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Ladywives and man husbands
Speaking of our fair state's fine Federalist heritage, I'm sure it comes as news to no one that there are officially at least 55,736 petitioning citizens opposed to what the WaPo calls "the gay nuptials law." Uh, what is the law actually called, again? Ah yes, The Civil Marriage Protection Act. Thnx Wikipedias. And hold on now, are we for or against this bill? Because the language is mega confusing:
establish that only a marriage between two individuals who are not otherwise prohibited from marrying is valid ...? parse, plz: ... not otherwise prohibited by existing law-- so not currently married, siblings, underage, non-human or dead, okay, but then there's the word "only"... take out the middle matter... only a marriage between two individuals is valid in this State. So in other words, no coming here to try to file jointly thrice with your burka wives, sheiks of Araby, and don't come here to divorce Kody and try to get alimony, Sister Wives #s two and three. And should Mitt Romney come out after the election a la Bill Hendrickson with a few extra wives up his sleeve, then try to force us all to get fundamentalist-Mormon-plural-spiritual-sealed-married, this will stop that business right at the border. So, to clarify, against the initiative that is against the bill, and for the bill, which is for civil marriage, which is pro couple marriage and against plural marriage. Good.
And also, rather quietly in Port v. Cowan in May, the Court of Appeals affirmed that MD will perform same-sex divorces, even if the petitioners married in other states. So it's nice that the right of children to have support of both parents is protected no matter what and ... hey, who assigns those case numbers? Ahem...?!
Altering a provision of law to establish that only a marriage between two individuals who are not otherwise prohibited from marrying is valid in this State; prohibiting an official of a religious order or body authorized to perform a marriage ceremony from being required to solemnize or officiate a particular marriage or religious rite of a marriage in violation of the constitutional right to free exercise of religion; etc.
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| No four-way will for you! |
establish that only a marriage between two individuals who are not otherwise prohibited from marrying is valid ...? parse, plz: ... not otherwise prohibited by existing law-- so not currently married, siblings, underage, non-human or dead, okay, but then there's the word "only"... take out the middle matter... only a marriage between two individuals is valid in this State. So in other words, no coming here to try to file jointly thrice with your burka wives, sheiks of Araby, and don't come here to divorce Kody and try to get alimony, Sister Wives #s two and three. And should Mitt Romney come out after the election a la Bill Hendrickson with a few extra wives up his sleeve, then try to force us all to get fundamentalist-Mormon-plural-spiritual-sealed-married, this will stop that business right at the border. So, to clarify, against the initiative that is against the bill, and for the bill, which is for civil marriage, which is pro couple marriage and against plural marriage. Good.
And also, rather quietly in Port v. Cowan in May, the Court of Appeals affirmed that MD will perform same-sex divorces, even if the petitioners married in other states. So it's nice that the right of children to have support of both parents is protected no matter what and ... hey, who assigns those case numbers? Ahem...?!
Burning Ring of Fire
"A Baltimore firefighter has been charged with running an online prostitution ring and an unlicensed after-hours club in a city warehouse, less than two years after he received probation in Baltimore County in a similar sex trafficking case. The prior arrest didn’t end the city employment of Jamar Marvin Simmons, 29, who continued to work as a firefighter/paramedic out of a firehouse in the Roland Park neighborhood." ~ Fenton
Monday, July 9, 2012
Criminally Insane
Accused cannibal killer Alexander Kinyua has been indicted and moved to Clifton T. Perkins hospital for the criminally insane.
You may have seen Dean "Journey" Myrie on "America's Most Wanted," last June, and soon you'll be able to see him co-starring live at the Garmatz courthouse with his co-defendants from the Brown Organization including, "Doc, " (left) "Dollar Bill" and "The Russian." The defendants are from Jamaica, California and Florida and charged with pot dealing and racketeering, and also kidnapping, murdering and dismembering Michael Knight, 50, of Woodlawn. "Doc" Downer is also charged with firearms violations, and with illegally re-entering the United States after having been deported after a felony conviction.
Cell phone carriers reported a massive uptick of law enforcement requests for subscriber information to Congress.
And the local branch of the Federalist Society would like to invite you, yes you, to lunch and discussion with Heritage Foundation fellow Hans von Spakovsky, "The Unpersuasive Case Against Voter Identification," Thursday July 19 at noon at the offices of Miles & Stockbridge, 10 Light St. Spakovsky was a lawyer in Fulton County, GA, then for Bush during the 2000 Florida recount and was later appointed to the Justice Department, where he worked to pass a voter ID law that was later overturned by a Federal judge. The Heritage Foundation is perhaps best known for promoting the Gulf Wars, denying global warming, raging against Obamacare and for its prominent members, which include Joseph Coors, John Ashcroft and Rush Limbaugh. The lunch 'n' learn is free, but email Brian Fish at asabrianfish@earthlink.net if you plan to attend.
... speaking of people who might have a hard time finding an ID, the CP drops in on Baltimore's decade-old shantytown.
A happier shelter is this home in the 800 block of Caroline Street*, formerly a vacant where a 13-year-old was raped, now being turned into $150k-180k 'workforce housing.'
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| Michael Knight, from Inside Charm City |
Cell phone carriers reported a massive uptick of law enforcement requests for subscriber information to Congress.
And the local branch of the Federalist Society would like to invite you, yes you, to lunch and discussion with Heritage Foundation fellow Hans von Spakovsky, "The Unpersuasive Case Against Voter Identification," Thursday July 19 at noon at the offices of Miles & Stockbridge, 10 Light St. Spakovsky was a lawyer in Fulton County, GA, then for Bush during the 2000 Florida recount and was later appointed to the Justice Department, where he worked to pass a voter ID law that was later overturned by a Federal judge. The Heritage Foundation is perhaps best known for promoting the Gulf Wars, denying global warming, raging against Obamacare and for its prominent members, which include Joseph Coors, John Ashcroft and Rush Limbaugh. The lunch 'n' learn is free, but email Brian Fish at asabrianfish@earthlink.net if you plan to attend.
... speaking of people who might have a hard time finding an ID, the CP drops in on Baltimore's decade-old shantytown.
A happier shelter is this home in the 800 block of Caroline Street*, formerly a vacant where a 13-year-old was raped, now being turned into $150k-180k 'workforce housing.'
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