Police are seeking the person who fatally shot 25-year-old Gregory "Gotti" Ball at about 12:30am Tuesday in the 1300 block of Booth St.
The body of a 15-year-old boy from a North Baltimore group home was found in a railroad tunnel beneath the 2600 block of Greenmount. Vatell Antonio Murray was shot to death and had been dead for several hours when his body was found on Tuesday night. Police have no suspects or motive.
(For those of you who are counting, that makes six murders in the first three days of the year. It took us five whole days to kill six people last year.)
In the area's first shopping mall killing of 2006, 31-year-old Warren Fleming was fatally shot as he stepped out of his car at the Security Square mall in Baltimore County. Fleming was found near the Hecht's entrance at about 10:30 this morning. Police are searching for a silver 2002 Dodge Intrepid (Maryland tags MWH 755).
A 23-year-old pregnant woman who was shot early this morning has been taken to Shock Trauma in grave condition. Doctors are working to save the unborn child, who was due to be born in a few weeks. The woman was found in a car on an I-95 exit ramp after her boyfriend called police from a motel to report that they had been carjacked and he had been shot.
Identities of two New Year's Day murder victims in the Blotter: 16-year-old Ronny Martin was identified as the person found in a parked car on the 2600 block of Marbourne Ave. in Southwestern Baltimore, and 20-year-old Dahun Javon Jones is the man whose body was found in woods on the 3400 block of Spelman Rd. in South Baltimore's Cherry Hill. (Jones had been dead for 1 - 2 days, but his murder counts to the 2006 number.)
Also in the Blotter, a 22-year-old man was shot in the stomach, and a robber held a box cutter to the throat of a female clothing store employee in Canton.
Dan Rodricks profiles Alvester Rozier, the 79-year-old man who was shot to death because his son was involved in a drug dispute. Rodricks comes to an interesting conclusion for Baltimore: no one is to blame for Rozier's death "but punks from the drug life with guns."
Graham Buckmaster was captured as he drove through the Cumberland Gap into Tennessee. Buckmaster is charged with first- and second-degree murder in the New Year's Eve shooting death of 40-year-old Lisa Moore.
Ross Telp was sentenced to 33 years for stabbing his mother to death over an argument about scuffed hubcaps on her car.
The lawyers for dead convicted murderer Stefan Tyson Bell are trying to have his conviction overturned because he was waiting for an appeal when he died. Bell was sentenced to life for beating Joseph Demarest and then burying him alive.
The owner of Keeper's Market in Northeast Baltimore was shot during a robbery. He shot two of the three assailants, who are facing charges of attempted murder and armed robbery.
Police believe eight Harford County armed robberies might be connected.
In Frederick County, 51-year-old Patricia Nicholson was charged with 244 counts of animal abuse. 119 cats and three dogs were taken from her home, along with 184 dead cats. Contact the Frederick County animal control if you're interested in adopting.
In the "Stupid Companies who Make Identity Theft Really Easy" department, H&R Block sent out mailers that contained the recipient's name, address, and Social Security number on the outside of the envelope. The company played down their mistake by claiming it only happened on 3% of the mailings, and it won't happen again. No official word on whether it was "only" 3% of 10 envelopes or 3% of 6,000,000.
Michael Dronet was sentenced to 1 year and 1 day in prison for an illegal house-flipping business.
Air bags have been stolen from 16 Honda Civics between Ellicott City and Laurel.
And last but not least, there are some interesting comments under yesterday's post from Galt, who attended the public meeting on the BPD's arrest policies. The Sun also summarizes the meeting, stating Mayor O'Malley and Commissioner Hamm appeared before a "mostly defiant crowd".
Thursday, January 5, 2006
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
January 4
Sun columnist and longtime Baltimore writer Michael Olesker has resigned under suspicion of plagiarism. I'm usually infuriated by cases involving lying and/or inept journalists, but on the surface this looks like a witch hunt to me.
Kevin J. Johns Jr., the man accused of strangling Philip E. Parker Jr. on a prison bus travelling from Hagerstown to Baltimore, will be tried in Baltimore County. Johns' attorneys were hoping for a Howard County trial since prosecutors there don't seek the death penalty as often as those in Baltimore County.
Joseph John DiAngelo Jr. pleaded guilty to assault and witness intimidation charges after paying two men $50 each to beat witness Vincent Harmon with table legs. One of the attackers was fatally injured when Harmon fought back. The initial crime stemmed from a roofing dispute regarding a duplex that was owned by the DiAngelo and Harmon families.
A public hearing is scheduled at 4:30pm today regarding the Baltimore Police Department's policies of arresting people on minor offenses yet never charging them with a crime.
A look at "Justice Monday" and difficulties facing former inmates as they attempt to re-enter society.
Four BPD officers have been suspended after allegations about illegal drugs and sex in the Southwestern District.
Christopher Marshall pleaded not guilty to running a meth lab in Anne Arundel County. He has been released and must report to a 28-day drug program.
Information in the Sun on corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff's ties to a company founded by Gov. Ehrlich's Deputy Chief of Staff Edward Miller. (I originally listed the company as being founded by Gov. Ehrlich. My mistake.)
In the Sun's Metro Digest, a 24-year-old drunk driver hit an ambulance with her Honda Civic, and a 77-year-old woman was conned out of $1,400 in a phone scam.
Montgomery County Circuit Court judge John Debelius ruled yesterday that mooning people is not illegal. However, Debelius was quoted as saying the the trial could have gone differently had defendant Raymond McNealy been charged with "being a jerk."
"Murder Ink" is missing from this week's City Paper, but the editors promise it will be back next week.
Kevin J. Johns Jr., the man accused of strangling Philip E. Parker Jr. on a prison bus travelling from Hagerstown to Baltimore, will be tried in Baltimore County. Johns' attorneys were hoping for a Howard County trial since prosecutors there don't seek the death penalty as often as those in Baltimore County.
Joseph John DiAngelo Jr. pleaded guilty to assault and witness intimidation charges after paying two men $50 each to beat witness Vincent Harmon with table legs. One of the attackers was fatally injured when Harmon fought back. The initial crime stemmed from a roofing dispute regarding a duplex that was owned by the DiAngelo and Harmon families.
A public hearing is scheduled at 4:30pm today regarding the Baltimore Police Department's policies of arresting people on minor offenses yet never charging them with a crime.
A look at "Justice Monday" and difficulties facing former inmates as they attempt to re-enter society.
Four BPD officers have been suspended after allegations about illegal drugs and sex in the Southwestern District.
Christopher Marshall pleaded not guilty to running a meth lab in Anne Arundel County. He has been released and must report to a 28-day drug program.
Information in the Sun on corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff's ties to a company founded by Gov. Ehrlich's Deputy Chief of Staff Edward Miller. (I originally listed the company as being founded by Gov. Ehrlich. My mistake.)
In the Sun's Metro Digest, a 24-year-old drunk driver hit an ambulance with her Honda Civic, and a 77-year-old woman was conned out of $1,400 in a phone scam.
Montgomery County Circuit Court judge John Debelius ruled yesterday that mooning people is not illegal. However, Debelius was quoted as saying the the trial could have gone differently had defendant Raymond McNealy been charged with "being a jerk."
"Murder Ink" is missing from this week's City Paper, but the editors promise it will be back next week.
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
January 3
Work continues on a plan to imprison violent felons who carry guns in the city.
On that note, the Metro Digest reports a 20-year-old was shot in the stomach in Southwest Baltimore; his name and condition are unknown, and there is no known motive or suspect in the case. In the Blotter, an unidentified man in his mid-20s was in serious condition after being shot at 3:00pm on New Year's Day, and police are seeking information.
An officer at the Library of Congress shot his wife and was involved in a four-hour standoff with police in AccoKeek, MD.
Baltimore police have made four arrests in last week's home invasion and rape in Woodlawn.
ABC2 reports that Calvert County police are seeking a white GMC pickup (Maryland tags 85N235) owned by Graham Buckmaster in relation to the shooting death of Buckmaster's ex-girlfriend, Lisa Moore.
Montgomery county is working on legislation that will make driving without a license punishable by jail time. An advocate says the bill unfairly targets illegal immigrants.
Crimes against Annapolis' population of Hispanic immigrants appear to be on the rise.
Police continue to investigate the church robbery in Harford County, and a reward for information leading to an arrest has been established.
On that note, the Metro Digest reports a 20-year-old was shot in the stomach in Southwest Baltimore; his name and condition are unknown, and there is no known motive or suspect in the case. In the Blotter, an unidentified man in his mid-20s was in serious condition after being shot at 3:00pm on New Year's Day, and police are seeking information.
An officer at the Library of Congress shot his wife and was involved in a four-hour standoff with police in AccoKeek, MD.
Baltimore police have made four arrests in last week's home invasion and rape in Woodlawn.
ABC2 reports that Calvert County police are seeking a white GMC pickup (Maryland tags 85N235) owned by Graham Buckmaster in relation to the shooting death of Buckmaster's ex-girlfriend, Lisa Moore.
Montgomery county is working on legislation that will make driving without a license punishable by jail time. An advocate says the bill unfairly targets illegal immigrants.
Crimes against Annapolis' population of Hispanic immigrants appear to be on the rise.
Police continue to investigate the church robbery in Harford County, and a reward for information leading to an arrest has been established.
Monday, January 2, 2006
January 2
I just returned from vacation and will begin updating the site. Thanks for the offers to send me info. Chuck
A big start for 2006 with four murders between 1:45am and 9:30pm on January 1. 21-year-old Stephanie Mills was shot as she tried to break up a fight; 49-year-old Michelle Denton's throat was cut by her boyfriend; an unidentified man's body was found in Cherry Hill (it appears he was killed on Friday or Saturday, but his death will go on the record for 2006); and another unidentified man was shot and killed in Southwest Baltimore. It took four days for Baltimore City to reach four homicide victims last year.
The article above also mentions murder #269 for 2005: an unidentified taxi driver was fatally stabbed by two teenagers in West Baltimore on New Year's Eve.
It seems like the "Baltimore's Murder Rate Dropped!" articles are already starting to appear. I understand that nine less deaths is a big deal, but from the little I know of statistics, a 3% movement in either direction can be considered more of a statistical anomaly than a true change.
A 20-year-old man in Howard County killed his father, who was attacking the man's mother. The Sun's article briefly looks into gender issues in Chinese culture.
In Calvert County, 40-year-old Lisa Moore was shot to death by her 57-year-old ex-boyfriend, Graham Buckmaster. A protective order was in place, but Moore's family claim's police officers didn't enforce it since Buckmaster's family is prominent in Calvert County.
26-year-old Gerald Reed has been arrested for the attempted murder of 25-year-old Mathaddues Rozier and for the murder of Rozier's 79-year-old father.
New Year's day robbers in Harford County held about 50 attendees of a church service at gunpoint and stole their cash and valuables.
Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke is pushing for legislation that will allow police to close corner convenience stores in drug-infested neighborhoods for up to six hours each day. Dealing is usually heavy around the local stores, and the six-hour timeslot would be determined by when dealers are busiest in a neighborhood.
Two shootings and a whole lot of robbery in the Police Blotter.
An interesting article in the Sun about Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein and what his office is doing to combat crime in Baltimore.
A big start for 2006 with four murders between 1:45am and 9:30pm on January 1. 21-year-old Stephanie Mills was shot as she tried to break up a fight; 49-year-old Michelle Denton's throat was cut by her boyfriend; an unidentified man's body was found in Cherry Hill (it appears he was killed on Friday or Saturday, but his death will go on the record for 2006); and another unidentified man was shot and killed in Southwest Baltimore. It took four days for Baltimore City to reach four homicide victims last year.
The article above also mentions murder #269 for 2005: an unidentified taxi driver was fatally stabbed by two teenagers in West Baltimore on New Year's Eve.
It seems like the "Baltimore's Murder Rate Dropped!" articles are already starting to appear. I understand that nine less deaths is a big deal, but from the little I know of statistics, a 3% movement in either direction can be considered more of a statistical anomaly than a true change.
A 20-year-old man in Howard County killed his father, who was attacking the man's mother. The Sun's article briefly looks into gender issues in Chinese culture.
In Calvert County, 40-year-old Lisa Moore was shot to death by her 57-year-old ex-boyfriend, Graham Buckmaster. A protective order was in place, but Moore's family claim's police officers didn't enforce it since Buckmaster's family is prominent in Calvert County.
26-year-old Gerald Reed has been arrested for the attempted murder of 25-year-old Mathaddues Rozier and for the murder of Rozier's 79-year-old father.
New Year's day robbers in Harford County held about 50 attendees of a church service at gunpoint and stole their cash and valuables.
Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke is pushing for legislation that will allow police to close corner convenience stores in drug-infested neighborhoods for up to six hours each day. Dealing is usually heavy around the local stores, and the six-hour timeslot would be determined by when dealers are busiest in a neighborhood.
Two shootings and a whole lot of robbery in the Police Blotter.
An interesting article in the Sun about Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein and what his office is doing to combat crime in Baltimore.
Thursday, December 29, 2005
December 29
Early this week, says Gus, was one of the deadliest 24-hour periods of the year, bringing the murder total to 267 (and if it's really that low, it's not from a lack of trying). Fatalities included Alvester Rozier, 79 and Travis Harris, 15.
The man on fire on Christmas Eve on 83 in Hereford been identified as Wesley Cleon Person, 26, of PA.
WJZ: "Croften" teen Thomas Reimann opened fire on parents with semiautomatic.
Dennis "Shabba" Burke, aka Tyrone Blackwell, was arrested in Baltimore for the 1994 murder of 22-year-old Richard Jones of Oak Hill, WVa.
In Columbia, a man named Harsh Thakkar was shot in the parking lot of Bennigan's.
A 24-year-old woman was sexually assaulted during a home invasion in Woodlawn.
An 18-year-old is being charged with manslaughter after a drunk driving wreck that killed teens Zachary Ondrish and Keith Flem.
A man was arrested for running a meth lab in the 'deener
A variegated plethora of east-side criminal activity in the Dundalk Eagle "Crime and Punishment 2005" feature.
Post: Crime reduction is "O'Malley's biggest accomplishment". Mmmkay... well... anyway... the story does go on to have some interesting tidbits: more than four-fifths of the year's murder victims had criminal records, and the victims had been arrested on drug charges an average of 3.5 times. And for some reason Doug Duncan passed out a flier about the guy who was beaten to death with a cane (most smacked-out city in America, indeed).
The man on fire on Christmas Eve on 83 in Hereford been identified as Wesley Cleon Person, 26, of PA.
WJZ: "Croften" teen Thomas Reimann opened fire on parents with semiautomatic.
Dennis "Shabba" Burke, aka Tyrone Blackwell, was arrested in Baltimore for the 1994 murder of 22-year-old Richard Jones of Oak Hill, WVa.
In Columbia, a man named Harsh Thakkar was shot in the parking lot of Bennigan's.
A 24-year-old woman was sexually assaulted during a home invasion in Woodlawn.
An 18-year-old is being charged with manslaughter after a drunk driving wreck that killed teens Zachary Ondrish and Keith Flem.
A man was arrested for running a meth lab in the 'deener
A variegated plethora of east-side criminal activity in the Dundalk Eagle "Crime and Punishment 2005" feature.
Post: Crime reduction is "O'Malley's biggest accomplishment". Mmmkay... well... anyway... the story does go on to have some interesting tidbits: more than four-fifths of the year's murder victims had criminal records, and the victims had been arrested on drug charges an average of 3.5 times. And for some reason Doug Duncan passed out a flier about the guy who was beaten to death with a cane (most smacked-out city in America, indeed).
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
December 28
Murder Ink notes that the man shot to death at Old Town Mall December 15 was identified as 32-year-old Stacy McDonald.
The Maryland Court of Appeals refused to take on the $691 million Allfirst (AIB) case and sent it to Ireland, ending all American involvement in the scandal.
A Baltimore City firefighter was critically injured by a bomb in Iraq.
Michael J. McMullen is a member of the Baltimore-based 243rd Engineering Company.
Police have released sketches of Al Jolson and Jimbo Jones, wanted in an Essex home invasion.
OpEd Watch:
Post: geographic disparities are much more significant than racial ones when it comes to crime, death penalty issues.
Sun: black men need hobbies, mentors.
Don't laugh coffee out of your nose as you check out your choices for the best of WJZ's Top Stories of 2005, an all-too brief overview of JZ's cream-of-the-crop investigative news stories. Some months the best story is obvious, but then there are months like June where there's so many to choose from...
January: Fish with human face, vs. it snowed vs. a woman had a baby vs. Marty Bass jumped in water
Feb: It snowed vs. police chase
March: Miss USA vs. police chase
April: Police chasing a car vs. police chasing a buffalo
May: Two county-music related features vs. an inmate was killed at central booking
June: A two-headed cat vs. a dolphin having a dolphin baby vs. Tom Cruise squirted with a watergun
July: Marlin Attack Of f Coast Of Panama!
August: Police chase!
September: 'Chico' The Dog Reunited With His Family!. vs. Howard County 'massage parlors' offer happy endings vs. a woman who had babies
October: Police chase #1 vs. police chase #2
November: Mammoth Manic Monday Meltdown!.
December: Too early to say...
Which rocked your world the hardest? Oh to be getting a happy ending on the Panamainian f Coast, away from this snowy, fertile, 'ho-hating town...
The Maryland Court of Appeals refused to take on the $691 million Allfirst (AIB) case and sent it to Ireland, ending all American involvement in the scandal.
A Baltimore City firefighter was critically injured by a bomb in Iraq.
Michael J. McMullen is a member of the Baltimore-based 243rd Engineering Company.
Police have released sketches of Al Jolson and Jimbo Jones, wanted in an Essex home invasion. OpEd Watch:
Post: geographic disparities are much more significant than racial ones when it comes to crime, death penalty issues.
Sun: black men need hobbies, mentors.
Don't laugh coffee out of your nose as you check out your choices for the best of WJZ's Top Stories of 2005, an all-too brief overview of JZ's cream-of-the-crop investigative news stories. Some months the best story is obvious, but then there are months like June where there's so many to choose from...
January: Fish with human face, vs. it snowed vs. a woman had a baby vs. Marty Bass jumped in water
Feb: It snowed vs. police chase
March: Miss USA vs. police chase
April: Police chasing a car vs. police chasing a buffalo
May: Two county-music related features vs. an inmate was killed at central booking
June: A two-headed cat vs. a dolphin having a dolphin baby vs. Tom Cruise squirted with a watergun
July: Marlin Attack Of f Coast Of Panama!
August: Police chase!
September: 'Chico' The Dog Reunited With His Family!. vs. Howard County 'massage parlors' offer happy endings vs. a woman who had babies
October: Police chase #1 vs. police chase #2
November: Mammoth Manic Monday Meltdown!.
December: Too early to say...
Which rocked your world the hardest? Oh to be getting a happy ending on the Panamainian f Coast, away from this snowy, fertile, 'ho-hating town...
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
December 27
A 25-year-old suspect, Alvin Williams, left has been arrested in connection with the Nov. 12 murder of Brian Jones. Jones was 33, a father of three and a basketball coach at Cardinal Gibbons. Williams was a pro armed robber.Corpsewatch: Shot hot cop Adam Vasquez returned to Brooklyn. The viewing of Leslie Holiday's 34-years-alive, six-days-dead body will be today from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the William C. Brown Funeral Home in Abderdeen.
Jason Chen, 20, is charged with stabbing his father, Yun Sen, on Webbed Foot Way.
Worcester County police are looking for three men who assaulted a 40-year-old woman in her home for three days.
Liquor board corrupt!
O'Malley asks Ehrlich for $9.3 million to fight crime. That sounds like big money but is really not: it's about $6 million less than what the state spends on its stop-smoking campaign.
Editor & Publisher deems our gov. 2005's "Crybaby of the Year."
A fifth police dog has died, this one from a stomach tumor.
Monday, December 26, 2005
December 26
Howard County Dead Body
The main suspect in the homicides of officers Leslie Holliday and Adam Vazquez, Eugene Victor Perry Jr., had tried to apply to both the city and county police forces.
Annapolis police: crimes against Hispanic immigrants are rising.
Rodricks on the MD criminal justice system:
"[Ehrlich] has made a fix a priority." Read your own paper much?
Like the thing about the City having to sue our own State for witholding a public report about Central Booking... that tax dollars paid for? The one about when Ehrlich announced they'd closed down the Hickey school, leaving nowhere to send juvenile offenders but adult jail or shady group homes? Hey did we ever get those 9,800 treatment slots announced two years ago?
The main suspect in the homicides of officers Leslie Holliday and Adam Vazquez, Eugene Victor Perry Jr., had tried to apply to both the city and county police forces.
Annapolis police: crimes against Hispanic immigrants are rising.
Rodricks on the MD criminal justice system:
"[Ehrlich] has made a fix a priority." Read your own paper much?
Like the thing about the City having to sue our own State for witholding a public report about Central Booking... that tax dollars paid for? The one about when Ehrlich announced they'd closed down the Hickey school, leaving nowhere to send juvenile offenders but adult jail or shady group homes? Hey did we ever get those 9,800 treatment slots announced two years ago?
Sunday, December 25, 2005
December 25
Top-10 Northern-district first-degree murder suspect Lester Lewis Talley Jr., 30, was arrested in Manchester, Pennsylvania. <-perfect AP style!.
Police are looking for clues as to who was set on fire on the shoulder of 83, and why.
A bullet in the hip and and a metal cane in the eye: popular Bmore Xmas gifts.
Police are looking for clues as to who was set on fire on the shoulder of 83, and why.
A bullet in the hip and and a metal cane in the eye: popular Bmore Xmas gifts.
Friday, December 23, 2005
December 23
The 15-year-old girl who stabbed 15-year-old Kanisha Neal to death outside a MoCo football game in September was convicted of second-degree murder and weapons charges.
More on the case against and the arrest of alleged serial rapist Reginald Williams.
Who are the nine "gang members" arrested for "crimes"?
In Chase, Md. (wherever that is) a woman was shot in a home invasion.
Another "incident" at Towson Town Center! This time a man was robbed in the bathroom.
Michelle Dohm, a scary-looking Hagerstown middle school teacher, is accused of stalking and threatening students.
Yeech, a 44-year-old school administrator is charged with sending sexy text messages to a 17-year-old student.
A drug arrest, robbery etc from the blotter. From the CP archives: Blotteratio Dick Irwin enjoys mustard, puppets.
More on the case against and the arrest of alleged serial rapist Reginald Williams.
Who are the nine "gang members" arrested for "crimes"?
In Chase, Md. (wherever that is) a woman was shot in a home invasion.
Another "incident" at Towson Town Center! This time a man was robbed in the bathroom.
Michelle Dohm, a scary-looking Hagerstown middle school teacher, is accused of stalking and threatening students.
Yeech, a 44-year-old school administrator is charged with sending sexy text messages to a 17-year-old student.
A drug arrest, robbery etc from the blotter. From the CP archives: Blotteratio Dick Irwin enjoys mustard, puppets.
Thursday, December 22, 2005
December 22
More information on the shooting of officers Leslie Holiday and Adam Vasquez. She was a mother of three, and he had a dog named Peanut. (Poor Gus et al must have been up all night...)
Offensive holiday greeting dept: 83 homeless people have died of hypothermia this year in the city!
Reginald Williams, the rape and robbery suspect who has been assaulting women in the Central, was shot by police.
An assault with a syringe, a rape on N. Port street, burglary, and an old man mugged at gunpoint at White Marsh in the Dick Irwin special.
Ai Papi: A Columbia (MD) man, Elmer Antonio Galvan-Giron, got 35 years for stabbing his roommate Rigoberto Zavala. Two other Honduran immigrants had been previously sentenced for their involvement.
Metro Digest: Baltimoreans, they loves some drugs.
BoCo police are looking for two guys who robbed a Royal Farms store.
Watch out, WMDs: 69-year-old Sister Ardeth Platte, right, is back on the streets.
Two newborn twins, a boy and girl, were found inside of North Austin Lutheran Church on the West side.
This guy is Blowing the Whistle on gansta culture. Unfortunately, though the word Sisyphean does come up a lot, not a story about the Down Low.
Offensive holiday greeting dept: 83 homeless people have died of hypothermia this year in the city!
BC: lynn, was this just in the city?
l: hi - that was only in the city. i hope this answers your question.
happy holidays! - lynn
BC: "happy holidays?" How awful! We can't spend what it takes as a city to keep these people in a heated room? That is repulsive! Don't we have a place for these people? We can't find them a gym somewhere?! Yikes!
lynn: i couldn't agree more. sorry if my holiday greeting offended you. it was not meant to.
Reginald Williams, the rape and robbery suspect who has been assaulting women in the Central, was shot by police.
An assault with a syringe, a rape on N. Port street, burglary, and an old man mugged at gunpoint at White Marsh in the Dick Irwin special.
Ai Papi: A Columbia (MD) man, Elmer Antonio Galvan-Giron, got 35 years for stabbing his roommate Rigoberto Zavala. Two other Honduran immigrants had been previously sentenced for their involvement.
Metro Digest: Baltimoreans, they loves some drugs.
BoCo police are looking for two guys who robbed a Royal Farms store.
Watch out, WMDs: 69-year-old Sister Ardeth Platte, right, is back on the streets.Two newborn twins, a boy and girl, were found inside of North Austin Lutheran Church on the West side.
This guy is Blowing the Whistle on gansta culture. Unfortunately, though the word Sisyphean does come up a lot, not a story about the Down Low.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
December 21
Two police officers, Adam Vasquez and Leslie Holliday, were shot and killed in Pikesville. A suspect, reportedly a male city employee who reportedly worked for the state Department of General Services (DGS) guarding state office buildings, surrendered in Woodlawn.
The man shot to death at Greenmount and 27th was a 50-year-old cab driver. The murder rate is now at 262.
The Ink is back, cataloguing the deaths of Rashard Thomas, 19; Talib Damon, 21; Timothy Ford Jr., 23; Damian Mitchell, 28; Brian Keith Jones, 18; Mohamed Abukar Barre, 26; Jonathan Coles, 23; Byron Lee Bell, 24; William Lowe, 43; and an unidentified person; but oddly, not Troy Marine or Raphael Grady.
Judge Charlotte M. Cooksey ordered Raymont Hopewell held without bail this morning following a bail review hearing. Hopewell was charged with three counts of first-degree murder on Tuesday. The court set a preliminary hearing date of January 19, 2006 in Wabash District Court. The Sun reports that Hopewell is also now charged with the September 2 rape of a 63-year-old woman. Amelia Tabron, an elderly survivor of an (alleged) attack by Hopewell recounts her struggle in the Sun.
What the?! According to this CP story, plainclothes police broke into David Scheper's house without a warrant, ate three pizzas, left the boxes, took $1,440 and some antique guns that they later used as props in an unrealted case, did $3,700 of damage and arrested him and his female roommate for discharging a gun when they mistook the detectives for home invaders.
A traffic stop at North Chester and Lafayette ended with a 33-year-old suspect shot in the jaw and arm.
Following the Supreme Court decision, charges were officially dropped against Leeander Blake.
Girl-on-girl carjacking action in Lothian.
In Parkville, police raided the Let's Play arcade and removed 20 poker machines.
The blotter is rife with theft.
In an Op-Ed in the Post from Sunday, former Governor Parris Glendening discusses the racial and geographic disparities of Maryland's death penalty, and calls Ehrlich's reinstating of executions "simply wrong."
The man shot to death at Greenmount and 27th was a 50-year-old cab driver. The murder rate is now at 262.
The Ink is back, cataloguing the deaths of Rashard Thomas, 19; Talib Damon, 21; Timothy Ford Jr., 23; Damian Mitchell, 28; Brian Keith Jones, 18; Mohamed Abukar Barre, 26; Jonathan Coles, 23; Byron Lee Bell, 24; William Lowe, 43; and an unidentified person; but oddly, not Troy Marine or Raphael Grady.
Judge Charlotte M. Cooksey ordered Raymont Hopewell held without bail this morning following a bail review hearing. Hopewell was charged with three counts of first-degree murder on Tuesday. The court set a preliminary hearing date of January 19, 2006 in Wabash District Court. The Sun reports that Hopewell is also now charged with the September 2 rape of a 63-year-old woman. Amelia Tabron, an elderly survivor of an (alleged) attack by Hopewell recounts her struggle in the Sun.
What the?! According to this CP story, plainclothes police broke into David Scheper's house without a warrant, ate three pizzas, left the boxes, took $1,440 and some antique guns that they later used as props in an unrealted case, did $3,700 of damage and arrested him and his female roommate for discharging a gun when they mistook the detectives for home invaders.
A traffic stop at North Chester and Lafayette ended with a 33-year-old suspect shot in the jaw and arm.
Following the Supreme Court decision, charges were officially dropped against Leeander Blake.
Girl-on-girl carjacking action in Lothian.
In Parkville, police raided the Let's Play arcade and removed 20 poker machines.
The blotter is rife with theft.
In an Op-Ed in the Post from Sunday, former Governor Parris Glendening discusses the racial and geographic disparities of Maryland's death penalty, and calls Ehrlich's reinstating of executions "simply wrong."
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
December 20
Mohamed Abukar Barre, 26, was shot in the head on E. Belvedere Avenue. Also a 13-year-old assaulted a woman in the Eastern.
Raymont Hopewell has been charged in the murders of five senior citizens between 1999 and August 2005: Sadie Mack, 78, Carlton Crawford, 82, Constance Willis, 60, Sarah Shannon, 88 and Lydia Wingfield, 78, are all believed to be his victims. Correction to the Sun report, he was charged with three counts of murder (not five) overnight (he was charged with two Friday). Hopewell appeared before a court commissioner and was held without bail today. A bail review hearing before a District Court judge is expected to be scheduled for tomorrow.
A 45-year-old man got 15 1/2 years in federal prison for selling harerwin.
A 14-year-old admitted to the murder of Jerrod Hamlett, 23, and will serve a seven-year-sentence. The victim was killed after complaining that the boy was throwing bottles. The boy was a member of the "Cutthroat" gang, selling crack out of the Oswego Mall apartments.
More info on the Johnanthan Luna case: apparently the federal prosecutor was asked to take a poygraph over some missing cash soon before he was found dead.
In Glen Burnie, a man was charged with traffic violations in an accident that cost an offier his leg.
Dude. More than 100 pot plants were found in the woods near Wheaton. Who knew they could even tolerate this clime? (Grammar school: when a paper gets stories from the AP, all an editor has to do is write a headline. Still, this WJZ headline contains two violations of AP style. Can you spot them?)
Thank God: Intelligent Design has been thrown out of PA biology classes.
Galt, I can't find anything about the Greemount & 27th shooting, let me know if you hear anything...
Raymont Hopewell has been charged in the murders of five senior citizens between 1999 and August 2005: Sadie Mack, 78, Carlton Crawford, 82, Constance Willis, 60, Sarah Shannon, 88 and Lydia Wingfield, 78, are all believed to be his victims. Correction to the Sun report, he was charged with three counts of murder (not five) overnight (he was charged with two Friday). Hopewell appeared before a court commissioner and was held without bail today. A bail review hearing before a District Court judge is expected to be scheduled for tomorrow.
A 45-year-old man got 15 1/2 years in federal prison for selling harerwin.
A 14-year-old admitted to the murder of Jerrod Hamlett, 23, and will serve a seven-year-sentence. The victim was killed after complaining that the boy was throwing bottles. The boy was a member of the "Cutthroat" gang, selling crack out of the Oswego Mall apartments.
More info on the Johnanthan Luna case: apparently the federal prosecutor was asked to take a poygraph over some missing cash soon before he was found dead.
In Glen Burnie, a man was charged with traffic violations in an accident that cost an offier his leg.
Dude. More than 100 pot plants were found in the woods near Wheaton. Who knew they could even tolerate this clime? (Grammar school: when a paper gets stories from the AP, all an editor has to do is write a headline. Still, this WJZ headline contains two violations of AP style. Can you spot them?)
Thank God: Intelligent Design has been thrown out of PA biology classes.
Galt, I can't find anything about the Greemount & 27th shooting, let me know if you hear anything...
Monday, December 19, 2005
December 19
A hearing has been rescheduled for 8:30 tomorrow morning for Heather Mink, 22, at the District Court on Wabash Avenue. Court documents allege that on September 10 Mink did by corrupt means/threat/force, endeavor to influence/intimidate/impede a juror/witness/court officer, in the discharge of his duty. The witness reports that Mink threatened an officer with bodily harm if he testified in court in an assault case.
Shooting victims (of two separate incidents) were identified yesterday as Stacy McDonald, 32, and William Lowe, 43. Also, in Woodlwan, two men were stabbed outside the bowling alley.
In Germantown, 25-year-old nutjob Roxanna Benavides is charged with arson and reckless endangerment after getting pissed at her boyfriend and setting "personal items" on fire. Seventy-five people were displaced, it took 100 firefighters to extinguish the blaze and damages are estimated at $2.5 million.
Intriguing item among the usual stuff stolen in the Northern District, "sensitive papers were stolen from Johns Hopkins University." For what it's worth, JHU was recently declared the main Homeland Security Center of Excellence and given $15 million to study disaster readiness. The Quaker-founded U also develops missles and other WMDs (though not at the Homewood campus).
Citizens beware dept: pugalistic drunk Sidney Ponson is back on the streets after serving five days in protective custody for this third DUI. Also, the are cat burglar(s) on the loose in Howard County, particularly active in the Ellicott City area.
Nineteen-year-old Johnathan Myers was shot in the hand in Crofton, and in Annapolis, an iPod was stolen from a police car.
Shooting victims (of two separate incidents) were identified yesterday as Stacy McDonald, 32, and William Lowe, 43. Also, in Woodlwan, two men were stabbed outside the bowling alley.
In Germantown, 25-year-old nutjob Roxanna Benavides is charged with arson and reckless endangerment after getting pissed at her boyfriend and setting "personal items" on fire. Seventy-five people were displaced, it took 100 firefighters to extinguish the blaze and damages are estimated at $2.5 million.
Intriguing item among the usual stuff stolen in the Northern District, "sensitive papers were stolen from Johns Hopkins University." For what it's worth, JHU was recently declared the main Homeland Security Center of Excellence and given $15 million to study disaster readiness. The Quaker-founded U also develops missles and other WMDs (though not at the Homewood campus).
Citizens beware dept: pugalistic drunk Sidney Ponson is back on the streets after serving five days in protective custody for this third DUI. Also, the are cat burglar(s) on the loose in Howard County, particularly active in the Ellicott City area.
Nineteen-year-old Johnathan Myers was shot in the hand in Crofton, and in Annapolis, an iPod was stolen from a police car.
Sunday, December 18, 2005
December 18
Two men were fatally shot last night: Byron Lee Bell, 24, and an as-yet-unidentified man who was shot at Belnord Avenue and Orleans Street.
Twenty-five-year-old Jermaine Bailey was shot to death in Laurel.
Twenty-five-year-old Jermaine Bailey was shot to death in Laurel.
Saturday, December 17, 2005
December 17
Matthew "Little Troy" Johnson, now 15, was acquitted for the December 2004 murder of 19-year-old Flenall Carter III.
Murder charges were dropped against Rodney Addison after he spent seven years in prison for the 1996 shooting of Lewis Jackson.
The Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence of drug kingpin Anthony Grandison, left. Grandison and Vernon L. Evans Jr. were convicted and sentenced to death for the April 1983 killing of David Scott Piechowicz and Susan Kennedy, who were witnesses in the drug case against him.
Nineteen-year-old David Ernesto Maradiaga was shot to death in Bladensburg, PG County.
It seemed like charges were dropped against everyone in that Owl's Nest poker raid, but turns out gambling-related changes were filed against co-managers Joseph A. Cary and Gerald C. Dickens, and 13 other suspects. All 15 defendants were summoned to appear at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at the District Court at 700 E. Patapsco Ave.
Assistant Princeton U. lax coach Greg P. Raymond, 23, right, is charged with drunken driving after an accident on the Guilford exit of 83 that killed his passenger, Matthew Stoffel, left. I don't even want to think about what "massive puncture injury to [the] head" means, or why he was not charged with vehicular homicide a la Maricela Knight.
Wasn't that a John Cusak movie? The owner of a Baltimore County assisted living facility is charged with stealing $4,000 from a resident.
Murder charges were dropped against Rodney Addison after he spent seven years in prison for the 1996 shooting of Lewis Jackson.
The Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence of drug kingpin Anthony Grandison, left. Grandison and Vernon L. Evans Jr. were convicted and sentenced to death for the April 1983 killing of David Scott Piechowicz and Susan Kennedy, who were witnesses in the drug case against him.Nineteen-year-old David Ernesto Maradiaga was shot to death in Bladensburg, PG County.
It seemed like charges were dropped against everyone in that Owl's Nest poker raid, but turns out gambling-related changes were filed against co-managers Joseph A. Cary and Gerald C. Dickens, and 13 other suspects. All 15 defendants were summoned to appear at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at the District Court at 700 E. Patapsco Ave.
Assistant Princeton U. lax coach Greg P. Raymond, 23, right, is charged with drunken driving after an accident on the Guilford exit of 83 that killed his passenger, Matthew Stoffel, left. I don't even want to think about what "massive puncture injury to [the] head" means, or why he was not charged with vehicular homicide a la Maricela Knight. Wasn't that a John Cusak movie? The owner of a Baltimore County assisted living facility is charged with stealing $4,000 from a resident.
Friday, December 16, 2005
December 16
A man was shot and killed in East Baltimore on Preston street.
Baltimore police are investigating four suspicious deaths. The homicide rate is currently at 259 (or 260, unless the guy shot on Preston, above, was an accident).
Late yesterday afternoon, in the trial of David Ellerby, the jury returned not guilty verdicts on all counts, including first-degree murder and handgun violations. In July, Ellerby was also with felony narcotics counts and found not guilty. On April 14, 2003 Ellerby allegedly attempted to murder Jammar Jones, and in August he was found not guilty of that. This time, Ellerby allegedly shot and killed Reginald Tyler, 27, in the 300 block of E. Lafayette Avenue on September 10, 2002. And now he's a free man.
Yick, a probable murder-suicide in Anne Arundel County.
Tyree White, 23, was arrested for the murder of Tavon Antwan Granger, 20. Also in the blotter, a man stabbed in the arm with a knife, and plenty of stolen stuff, of course.
In Cambridge, a 14-year-old girl was stabbed in the stomach with a screwdriver.
Gregory Kane writes about Jeryl Anthony Singleterry Jr., who was kidnapped and killed even after family members paid $10,000 in ransom.
Police raided a meth lab in Millersville. A man was arrested and a Rottweiler was shot.
Itchy Man need Prozac to stay out the butt naked room. Tell me about it.
A 13-year-old in Annapolis got arrested after he tried to recruit other students to help him re-create Columbine.
In Chesapeake City, 17-year-old Jason Sweetman got 50 years for the murder of 22-year-old Ross Jones.
Obijah Bushae Robinson, the gap-toothed rapist, was arrested.
An Anne Arundel County science teacher pled guilty to possessing child pornography.
In Columbia, 31-year-old Maricela Knight was indicted for vehicular homicide for a drunk-driving accident that killed her husband, Andrew.
In Frostburg, an elementary-school principal is accused of stealing $18,000 from her school.
Kudos to the Sun for exceptional crime reporting today-- this is the first day since the blog started that they had all the major stories covered.
Baltimore police are investigating four suspicious deaths. The homicide rate is currently at 259 (or 260, unless the guy shot on Preston, above, was an accident).
Late yesterday afternoon, in the trial of David Ellerby, the jury returned not guilty verdicts on all counts, including first-degree murder and handgun violations. In July, Ellerby was also with felony narcotics counts and found not guilty. On April 14, 2003 Ellerby allegedly attempted to murder Jammar Jones, and in August he was found not guilty of that. This time, Ellerby allegedly shot and killed Reginald Tyler, 27, in the 300 block of E. Lafayette Avenue on September 10, 2002. And now he's a free man.
Yick, a probable murder-suicide in Anne Arundel County.
Tyree White, 23, was arrested for the murder of Tavon Antwan Granger, 20. Also in the blotter, a man stabbed in the arm with a knife, and plenty of stolen stuff, of course.
In Cambridge, a 14-year-old girl was stabbed in the stomach with a screwdriver.
Gregory Kane writes about Jeryl Anthony Singleterry Jr., who was kidnapped and killed even after family members paid $10,000 in ransom.
Police raided a meth lab in Millersville. A man was arrested and a Rottweiler was shot.
Itchy Man need Prozac to stay out the butt naked room. Tell me about it.
A 13-year-old in Annapolis got arrested after he tried to recruit other students to help him re-create Columbine.
In Chesapeake City, 17-year-old Jason Sweetman got 50 years for the murder of 22-year-old Ross Jones.
Obijah Bushae Robinson, the gap-toothed rapist, was arrested.
An Anne Arundel County science teacher pled guilty to possessing child pornography.
In Columbia, 31-year-old Maricela Knight was indicted for vehicular homicide for a drunk-driving accident that killed her husband, Andrew.
In Frostburg, an elementary-school principal is accused of stealing $18,000 from her school.
Kudos to the Sun for exceptional crime reporting today-- this is the first day since the blog started that they had all the major stories covered.
Thursday, December 15, 2005
December 15
A Baltimore City jury convicted Brent Ross, 22, for the first-degree murder of Gwendolyn Boykins, 45. The jury also convicted Ross of attempted robbery with a deadly weapon, first-degree assault and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. Judge Paul E. Alpert scheduled sentencing for January 25, 2006. Shortly after midnight on July 11, 2004, Ross and Antonio Smith entered the home of Ms. Boykins, in the 100 block of North Ellwood Avenue, to rob her. Ross and Smith searched the home for money. When they did not find any money, Smith fled the scene and Ross forced Ms. Boykins into the basement of her home, where he shot her once in the back of the head. Ms. Boykins' three children were home at the time. Antonio Smith pled guilty on September 19 to second-degree murder. 
ED's note: if this was 50's Kansas, this story would be national news, followed by a true-crime novel, then a movie with Robert Blake and some other guys, and then 48 years later a tedious movie-about-a-book. But this story has appeared nowhere but here and the "Murder Ink." Why? Reporters from every network have so much spare time they can spend all day in front of the Royal Farm Store to inform the public it's snowing. Why is there not 15 seconds for such a tragic, horrible story as this?
In the blotter, Oman Hernandez of Honduras was arrested in Houston on a warrant charging him with first-degree murder in the stabbing of Blanca Dubon, 15, who was found with her throat slashed in a car on Loch Raven Boulevard September 12. Also an attempted murder arrest, a rape in the Southeastern, and plenty of robbery and burglary.
A shortish smallish black man has robbed and raped at least eight women in the Western and Central districts.
The murder conviction of Frederick Moore was upheld by the Court of Appeals. Moore was convicted of stabbing and strangling 14-year-old Ashley Mason behind a Pizza Hut in Columbia in 2000.
In Denton, two people have been arrested for the murder of Glenn Killen, 26, of Goldboro. Also on the Eastern shore, investigators believe that Jose Tellez, the 15-year-old stabbed in Crisfield, was armed and trying to break in to a house.
The gun incident on Saturday at Towson Town Center apparently began with a fight over a parking place.
Quote du jour: "Police officers should not be in the business of groping citizens." The Court of Appeals disagreed, as do I-- that would make a great fundraiser, especially if some of the younger, more strapping officers were involved.
Speaking of inappropriate touching, a second religious leader at the Redemption Christian Fellowship in Woodlawn has been charged with sexually abusing a teenager. Even weirder, the congregation raised the $600k for bail for the first groper, Gerald Griffith, who was arrested while attempting to flee to England.
ED's note: if this was 50's Kansas, this story would be national news, followed by a true-crime novel, then a movie with Robert Blake and some other guys, and then 48 years later a tedious movie-about-a-book. But this story has appeared nowhere but here and the "Murder Ink." Why? Reporters from every network have so much spare time they can spend all day in front of the Royal Farm Store to inform the public it's snowing. Why is there not 15 seconds for such a tragic, horrible story as this?In the blotter, Oman Hernandez of Honduras was arrested in Houston on a warrant charging him with first-degree murder in the stabbing of Blanca Dubon, 15, who was found with her throat slashed in a car on Loch Raven Boulevard September 12. Also an attempted murder arrest, a rape in the Southeastern, and plenty of robbery and burglary.
A shortish smallish black man has robbed and raped at least eight women in the Western and Central districts.
The murder conviction of Frederick Moore was upheld by the Court of Appeals. Moore was convicted of stabbing and strangling 14-year-old Ashley Mason behind a Pizza Hut in Columbia in 2000.
In Denton, two people have been arrested for the murder of Glenn Killen, 26, of Goldboro. Also on the Eastern shore, investigators believe that Jose Tellez, the 15-year-old stabbed in Crisfield, was armed and trying to break in to a house.
The gun incident on Saturday at Towson Town Center apparently began with a fight over a parking place.
Quote du jour: "Police officers should not be in the business of groping citizens." The Court of Appeals disagreed, as do I-- that would make a great fundraiser, especially if some of the younger, more strapping officers were involved.
Speaking of inappropriate touching, a second religious leader at the Redemption Christian Fellowship in Woodlawn has been charged with sexually abusing a teenager. Even weirder, the congregation raised the $600k for bail for the first groper, Gerald Griffith, who was arrested while attempting to flee to England.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
December 14
A man was shot on Bayview and Eastern.
The City is now suing the state prison system to get an uncensored report about the problems at the state-run Central Booking facility. You'll recall that the report was submitted with half of the material redacted. A sentence they didn't censor: "No one was in charge."
Meanwhile, another detainee has died at Central Booking: James Pugh Jr., 41, was pronounced dead at Hopkins Hospital on Monday.
There's a rabbit-toothed rapist named Obijha Bushae Robinson (left) on the loose on the East side.
An arraignment hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. tomorrow for Afiba Roebuck, 27, before Judge Lynn Stewart. Court documents allege that on September 25 through October 20 of this year Roebuck engaged in a harassing course of conduct, repeatedly made threatening phone calls to several of the witnesses, their family members and friends in an endeavor to intimidate the witnesses in his pending 2nd-degree assault trial.
Two years later, the murder of federal prosecutor Johnathan Luna remains unsolved, and a PA representitive Mark Cohen is calling for Congressional hearings.
In the great Republican tradition of McCarthyism and the Enemies List, Ehrlich's administration is accused of not just firing employees for being Democrats, but making a "Death List" of Republicans who were friends with Democrats.
A Carroll County teacher was acquitted of second-degree assault. She was accused of abusing a student with Down's syndrome.
CP's Stephen Janis doesn't think it's worthwhile for the City Council to investigate adding State Troopers to the streets of Baltimore City, because "adding more police power to the streets doesn't address the underlying causes of crime."
The City is now suing the state prison system to get an uncensored report about the problems at the state-run Central Booking facility. You'll recall that the report was submitted with half of the material redacted. A sentence they didn't censor: "No one was in charge."
Meanwhile, another detainee has died at Central Booking: James Pugh Jr., 41, was pronounced dead at Hopkins Hospital on Monday.
There's a rabbit-toothed rapist named Obijha Bushae Robinson (left) on the loose on the East side.An arraignment hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. tomorrow for Afiba Roebuck, 27, before Judge Lynn Stewart. Court documents allege that on September 25 through October 20 of this year Roebuck engaged in a harassing course of conduct, repeatedly made threatening phone calls to several of the witnesses, their family members and friends in an endeavor to intimidate the witnesses in his pending 2nd-degree assault trial.
Two years later, the murder of federal prosecutor Johnathan Luna remains unsolved, and a PA representitive Mark Cohen is calling for Congressional hearings.
In the great Republican tradition of McCarthyism and the Enemies List, Ehrlich's administration is accused of not just firing employees for being Democrats, but making a "Death List" of Republicans who were friends with Democrats.
A Carroll County teacher was acquitted of second-degree assault. She was accused of abusing a student with Down's syndrome.
CP's Stephen Janis doesn't think it's worthwhile for the City Council to investigate adding State Troopers to the streets of Baltimore City, because "adding more police power to the streets doesn't address the underlying causes of crime."
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