City lawyers and now the mayor insist it was the non-molesting Shapiro who insisted on secrecy in that $200k mistaken-identity case, but Shapiro's lawyer and the Daily Record have letters and e-mails that certainly "suggest otherwise"
The Milton Tillmans plead guilty, with the elder Tillman poignantly prepared to serve time so his son can go free.
Mustafa Malik, 43, was shot to death in the 2900 block of Mathews St.
Police are ISO "a pair of black males between the ages of 25 and 30" in connection with robberies and two murders last week near Patterson Park
Three teens shot on the West side, including a 14-year-old shot in the head
An arrest for the shooting of Coppin State track start Dale Dunn
A rather unusual 14 years for a drug dealer who sold heroin that led to overdose
Baltimore Charlie Brown's cubed goat meat is gone or perhaps never was, and the CP asks, what happened to all of Baltimore's "stimulus money"?
Seasonal: "Culprits Adorn Man's Yard With Stolen Decorations"
...that Peter Hermann,
orange shirt and a snifter of bourbon
tossed back the booze
and said "have yer year's crime news
in long, awkward sets of couplets."
Friday, December 24, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Ho ho ho!
"A man dressed in a Santa suit told police that a suspect in her 50s had approached him and said, 'I always wanted to hug Santa.' She held him very close, rubbing herself against him, and picked his pocket."
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Our bad...
Eyebrow-raising story from TDR's Danny Jacobs reveals the details behind a mysterious $200,000 settlement from the city: police picked up the wrong guy on child molestation charges, in spite of the fact he'd never lived or worked in Baltimore and didn't live in the country until five years after the alleged abuse took place. Adding insult to injury, city lawyers also apparently flat-out lied that it was the victim who wanted to keep the story quiet. But as Rikki Spector surely taught at Talmudical Academy, time wounds all heels.
Man shot to death in the 3700 block of Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Arson killing may have followed an "altercation" at the New Haven Lounge where the victim was a bartender
Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke is soliciting donations to help with Karen Ferrell's funeral. The victim was a mom of three, found dead and entombed in plastic in her own basement.
The CP has details on last week's five murders (two of them in CHuM, the city's most murderiffic neighborhood). Also the death of 10-month-old Micha Crane has been added to the toll.
Man shot to death in the 3700 block of Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Arson killing may have followed an "altercation" at the New Haven Lounge where the victim was a bartender
Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke is soliciting donations to help with Karen Ferrell's funeral. The victim was a mom of three, found dead and entombed in plastic in her own basement.
The CP has details on last week's five murders (two of them in CHuM, the city's most murderiffic neighborhood). Also the death of 10-month-old Micha Crane has been added to the toll.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Shooty weekend continues
- unid'd 42-year-old man, 3700 block of Ravenwood Avenue;
- unid'd woman, 38, 4:30 a.m. in the 3100 block of East Monument Street;
- unid'd person, first block of N. Lakewood Ave. at 6:16 a.m.;
- and an un-id'd 23-year-old killed in the 600 block of Evesham Avenue .
.. and in York, PA, Baltimorean and twice-convicted murderer Kevin Mattison was sentenced to death for the December 2008 murder of Christian Agosto. Mattison just got out of jail in June after serving less than two years for 1st-degree rape, assault, sex and weapons offenses, and is due in back in a Baltimore court in February on burglary charges.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Violent night
Three killed, two injured last night in spate of violence, and a suspicious death: "a 42-year-old woman's body found wrapped in plastic in the 1800 block of E. 29th St." Shootings mapped by SpotCrime
Drug arrest thrown out due to issues with an officer's "past transgressions"
Media blabber: Not-so-shocking U of MD study finds Fox News viewers have a "higher level of misinformation" (though MSNBC, PBS & network news viewers got stuff wrong too)
Drug arrest thrown out due to issues with an officer's "past transgressions"
Media blabber: Not-so-shocking U of MD study finds Fox News viewers have a "higher level of misinformation" (though MSNBC, PBS & network news viewers got stuff wrong too)
Friday, December 17, 2010
Robo call raid
The home of Julius Henson, the admitted perpetrator of the election night robo calls, was raided by detectives working for state prosecutors.
Tragedy, stupidity abounds
Friends gather to remember slain Cherrie Gammon, likely killed over a drug debt
"Man suffers graze wound after shooting," which kind of makes it sound like he'd been chewed on by some sheep
A computer glitch lets scores of parking tickets get dismissed. The moral of the story: so long as your time is worth less than the price of the ticket, it's worthwhile request a hearing.
Lead-paint landlord jailed over violations
Holabird high student encounters pervert lurking in the boys' room, who stuffed a sock in his mouth and kicked him in the nads
A Hagtown inmate who mailed white powder to a judge "to bring attention to a motion to modify his 50-year sentence for first-degree murder" got five more years tacked onto his time
Lawyer warns that toning shoes won't shape your buns and may break your legs
"Man suffers graze wound after shooting," which kind of makes it sound like he'd been chewed on by some sheep
A computer glitch lets scores of parking tickets get dismissed. The moral of the story: so long as your time is worth less than the price of the ticket, it's worthwhile request a hearing.
Lead-paint landlord jailed over violations
Holabird high student encounters pervert lurking in the boys' room, who stuffed a sock in his mouth and kicked him in the nads
A Hagtown inmate who mailed white powder to a judge "to bring attention to a motion to modify his 50-year sentence for first-degree murder" got five more years tacked onto his time
Lawyer warns that toning shoes won't shape your buns and may break your legs
Thursday, December 16, 2010
4 Aces
.. beats the government's royal flush. Milton Tillman Jr. and Milton Tillman III, charged with multiple counts of tax, insurance and wire fraud, are reportedly making a deal with the government that will let Milton Tillman the Jr., serve no time. Tillman the IIIrd, aka "the Emperor," and "citizen of the year" is a prolific political contributor who owns a oodles of real estate in the metro area and allegedly has "close proximity" to the drug world.
'Tis the season
.. for home invasions. Police are investigating two unrelated armed invasions.
Tomorrow is ladies' day at the BPD: "BPD Recruiting Event: Women's Hiring Event 12/17/10 @ 12 PM, BPD HQ (601 E Fayette Street) Info Session & Written Test"
Tomorrow is ladies' day at the BPD: "BPD Recruiting Event: Women's Hiring Event 12/17/10 @ 12 PM, BPD HQ (601 E Fayette Street) Info Session & Written Test"
Bodymore is Burning
In yet another incident of a severe fire in Baltimore a homeless man was found burning behind a Canton Safeway.
Fire officials officially believe that the fire on the Block was set by "human hands." how they know that I will not pretend to know.
We are officially pansies; A christmas ornament causes the shutdown of the Pentagon train station.
24 Years in federal prison for a man who shot at city cops.
Ending on a happier note, The Sun gives us an uplifting/slightly depressing story about a child shooting victim.
Fire officials officially believe that the fire on the Block was set by "human hands." how they know that I will not pretend to know.
We are officially pansies; A christmas ornament causes the shutdown of the Pentagon train station.
24 Years in federal prison for a man who shot at city cops.
Ending on a happier note, The Sun gives us an uplifting/slightly depressing story about a child shooting victim.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
The unbearable whiteness of being
The CP's Van Smith interviews the new white guy, details his fondness for Elvis Costello & 'Mad Men' & asks, "What kind of challenges does you being a white guy present?"
A dispute between tenants led to a barricade situation in West Baltimore, which ended peacefully with the arrest of a suspect.
Source tells WBAL that fire on The Block was arson
"A tearful Benjamin L. “Bennie” King Jr. apologized to his family and former employer Legal Aid before being sentenced to 30 months in prison Tuesday for embezzling more than $1 million from the organization over a decade."
Last week's four murders in the Ink: Dante Sweeney, David Carter, Travis Baltimore (reported as Travis Alexander by WBAL) and "an unidentified Caucasian woman." ... (srsly, the CP just way too obsessed with race ... ok, it's an important detail, but is it so important that must be reported in the first sentence in every single case?)
Creditors to Tribune Co. executives: bitch better have my money
A dispute between tenants led to a barricade situation in West Baltimore, which ended peacefully with the arrest of a suspect.
Source tells WBAL that fire on The Block was arson
"A tearful Benjamin L. “Bennie” King Jr. apologized to his family and former employer Legal Aid before being sentenced to 30 months in prison Tuesday for embezzling more than $1 million from the organization over a decade."
Last week's four murders in the Ink: Dante Sweeney, David Carter, Travis Baltimore (reported as Travis Alexander by WBAL) and "an unidentified Caucasian woman." ... (srsly, the CP just way too obsessed with race ... ok, it's an important detail, but is it so important that must be reported in the first sentence in every single case?)
Creditors to Tribune Co. executives: bitch better have my money
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Narcojacking
A pharmaceutical delivery employee was abducted and his truck full of narcotics stolen in the 2000 block of W Pratt St
County police are ISO the guy who robbed the Columbia Bank on York Rd.
... and a federal judge declares that the "Affordable Care Act" is unconstitutional
County police are ISO the guy who robbed the Columbia Bank on York Rd.
... and a federal judge declares that the "Affordable Care Act" is unconstitutional
enjoy your crime news, hon!
A woman was shot to death in the 1400 block of Franklintown Road at about 5 a.m. yesterday morning
The city jail is on lockdown after "a series of violent incidents," but nevertheless, a guy somehow escaped from the Pre-Release Unit on Saturday night (and was found loving that chicken at a Popeye's in PA.)
"there is a growing consensus" that the case of George Huguely V, accused of killing former NDP student Yeardley Love, will be settled in a plea deal before trial
Ye olde loophole: Convicted felon Thomas Royal got 188 months for possessing ammo, but no time for the gun he was carrying as it was manufactured before 1899.
Gee, rilly? After the second escape in a year from the Hickey school, a report issued by the Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit floats the notions of equipping juvenile facilities staff with radios and transporting the l'il hoodlums in secure vehicles.
In Annapolis, a 60-year-old genius was arrested after running over a guy he'd just had a fistfight with.
Interesting read from the Post: "What the Assange case reveals about rape in America"
ps. ... what kind of rich freaknut would pay $700,000 for a Nazi baton?
The city jail is on lockdown after "a series of violent incidents," but nevertheless, a guy somehow escaped from the Pre-Release Unit on Saturday night (and was found loving that chicken at a Popeye's in PA.)
"there is a growing consensus" that the case of George Huguely V, accused of killing former NDP student Yeardley Love, will be settled in a plea deal before trial
Ye olde loophole: Convicted felon Thomas Royal got 188 months for possessing ammo, but no time for the gun he was carrying as it was manufactured before 1899.
Gee, rilly? After the second escape in a year from the Hickey school, a report issued by the Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit floats the notions of equipping juvenile facilities staff with radios and transporting the l'il hoodlums in secure vehicles.
In Annapolis, a 60-year-old genius was arrested after running over a guy he'd just had a fistfight with.
Interesting read from the Post: "What the Assange case reveals about rape in America"
ps. ... what kind of rich freaknut would pay $700,000 for a Nazi baton?
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Gory stories
So much for pot being the drug of peace and groovy love.... investigators believe that missing Michael Paul Knight, 50, was "beaten, tied up, and murdered, and his body was then dismembered 'with a power-type saw'" in Rosedale after he ran afoul of a national weed-smuggling operation.
Another homicide: Travis Baltimore, 24, 3400 block of Virginia Avenue
Another homicide: Travis Baltimore, 24, 3400 block of Virginia Avenue
Friday, December 10, 2010
Likely stories
A "flurry of shootings" near Leakin Park
Crack reporter Melody Simmons lands an interview with the ousted mayor, who says "hopefully people realize that I am sorry for some of my decisions,” and that she might possibly write a book.
... but according to WBAL, there wont be much of a market for it, as "in Baltimore ... only one in 300 kids [as in, .003%, or about 2,100] has even a single book in their home." sounds rather implausible.. but I'm sure they wouldn't report it if it wasn't scrupulously fact-checked, right?
Crack reporter Melody Simmons lands an interview with the ousted mayor, who says "hopefully people realize that I am sorry for some of my decisions,” and that she might possibly write a book.
... but according to WBAL, there wont be much of a market for it, as "in Baltimore ... only one in 300 kids [as in, .003%, or about 2,100] has even a single book in their home." sounds rather implausible.. but I'm sure they wouldn't report it if it wasn't scrupulously fact-checked, right?
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Horribly depressing stories you should not read
Andre Clay Russell Jr. got 55 years for beating his girlfriend's three-year-old son to death. Says the mom who left her son with the convicted sex offender, "there is not a day that I don't second-guess myself."
and "calm, peaceful, respectful" Brian Maurice Savage, 22, is on trial starting today for allegedly beating his girlfriend's 15-month-old toddler to death.
and in Hagerstown, a 23-year-old man got 35 years for "fatally abusing" his girlfriend's five-month-old daughter.
A 65-year-old man pled guilty for the robbery that led to the death of Constantine Frank last year. Frank died of a brain hemmorhage after being restrained.
The 4th circuit has ruled that "allowing the indefinite confinement of 'sexually dangerous' federal inmates after their prison terms end does not violate their due process rights"
"Fatal shooting [of Dante Sweeny, 22] in Northeast Baltimore could be drug-related robbery"
"Baltimore police say the death of [Tammy Madison, 45] who was pushed in front of a truck in February is being classified as a homicide, but the man who shoved her will not face criminal charges."
a Baltimore man has been arrested for attempting to blow up a military recruitment center in Catonsville with a fake bomb
City paper's top 10 news stories include the Dixon sentencing, the Sun's story on rape reports being marked unfounded, and "Pat Jessamy loses, some guy wins." Also last week's three murders in the Ink.
and "calm, peaceful, respectful" Brian Maurice Savage, 22, is on trial starting today for allegedly beating his girlfriend's 15-month-old toddler to death.
and in Hagerstown, a 23-year-old man got 35 years for "fatally abusing" his girlfriend's five-month-old daughter.
A 65-year-old man pled guilty for the robbery that led to the death of Constantine Frank last year. Frank died of a brain hemmorhage after being restrained.
The 4th circuit has ruled that "allowing the indefinite confinement of 'sexually dangerous' federal inmates after their prison terms end does not violate their due process rights"
"Fatal shooting [of Dante Sweeny, 22] in Northeast Baltimore could be drug-related robbery"
"Baltimore police say the death of [Tammy Madison, 45] who was pushed in front of a truck in February is being classified as a homicide, but the man who shoved her will not face criminal charges."
a Baltimore man has been arrested for attempting to blow up a military recruitment center in Catonsville with a fake bomb
City paper's top 10 news stories include the Dixon sentencing, the Sun's story on rape reports being marked unfounded, and "Pat Jessamy loses, some guy wins." Also last week's three murders in the Ink.
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