Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Enchantment of the Seize
Fox reports that cocaine and heroin were found again on Royal Caribbean's cruise ship at the port. More from the Sun
Two more murders
in CHuM and Harlem Park, no suspects, no motive
Teen Ronald Johnson arrested for murder of marine
A vigil for nightclub shooting victims, meanwhile Select Lounge has a lawyer, and he's got no comment
PG County has also had 10 homicides in 10 days
Teen Ronald Johnson arrested for murder of marine
A vigil for nightclub shooting victims, meanwhile Select Lounge has a lawyer, and he's got no comment
PG County has also had 10 homicides in 10 days
Legal farce* drags on
Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Paul A. Hackner has said he will not delay the capital murder trial of prison-guard killer Lee Stephens. A pre-trial appeal on evidence in that case is still waiting before the Court of Appeals, but five years after the crime Judge Hackner is tired of all the delays.
* note this does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the blog administrator
* note this does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the blog administrator
Monday, January 10, 2011
Worst. 48 hours. Ever.
Bealefeld says 41 shots were fired by police in the Select Lounge gun battle, and witnesses say the slain officer was shot by police as he lay on the ground.
And "Pistol" Pete Welch was sworn in after only three council members, James B, Kraft, Bill Henry and Mary Pat Clarke, voted against him.
.. so what story did WBAL lead off the 11 o'clock news with? A flashing wanker, of course!
And "Pistol" Pete Welch was sworn in after only three council members, James B, Kraft, Bill Henry and Mary Pat Clarke, voted against him.
.. so what story did WBAL lead off the 11 o'clock news with? A flashing wanker, of course!
Tweet, tweet with Pistol Pete
You can now "follow" parody Pistol Pete Welch on Twitter.
.. only three hours til we're officially stuck with this guy forever, if you're not thrilled about that write or call your city council rep!
.. only three hours til we're officially stuck with this guy forever, if you're not thrilled about that write or call your city council rep!
Two more murders
Two men found shot dead in the laundry room of an apartment building in the 1700 block of Gwynns Falls Parkway
A suspiciously dead man in a car in the 1300 block of Bradford St
One of the brothers accused of setting fire to Phoenix the pit bull was arrested for attempted murder seven months after prosecutors dropped gun and drug charges
Relatives of the 22-year-old killed in the gun battle outside the Select Lounge say uniformed officers fired recklessly into the crowd
Phylicia Barnes is still missing, a prayer service was held and Nancy Grace put a little box on the bottom of her home page.
George Huguely to be arraigned on additional charges in Charlottesville today, by closed-circuit TV. Update: the Post reports the hearing was postponed
The NYT asks, "Is Law School a Losing Game?" (A: Yes. Yes it is.)
Page Croyder: "Bernstein should have picked his own spokesperson. He didn't need his wife to do it for him." Burn! .. for what it's worth, I do know Cheshire, I think he'll be committed to transparency and I don't see him caving into anybody. Though the SA being married to the mayor's liaison to the police is certainly a mighty cozy situation.
A suspiciously dead man in a car in the 1300 block of Bradford St
One of the brothers accused of setting fire to Phoenix the pit bull was arrested for attempted murder seven months after prosecutors dropped gun and drug charges
Relatives of the 22-year-old killed in the gun battle outside the Select Lounge say uniformed officers fired recklessly into the crowd
Phylicia Barnes is still missing, a prayer service was held and Nancy Grace put a little box on the bottom of her home page.
George Huguely to be arraigned on additional charges in Charlottesville today, by closed-circuit TV. Update: the Post reports the hearing was postponed
The NYT asks, "Is Law School a Losing Game?" (A: Yes. Yes it is.)
Page Croyder: "Bernstein should have picked his own spokesperson. He didn't need his wife to do it for him." Burn! .. for what it's worth, I do know Cheshire, I think he'll be committed to transparency and I don't see him caving into anybody. Though the SA being married to the mayor's liaison to the police is certainly a mighty cozy situation.
Gun-toting felon nominated
This is horrifying! On Friday, all but three city council members voted to nominate former gun-toting felon Pete Welch to his mom's old seat. The final vote is tonight, please take a few minutes to drop your city council rep a note letting him or her know what you think.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Two killed on N. Paca St., one on 33rd
Officer William H. Torbit Jr., 33, and 22-year-old Sean Gamble were killed and four others were shot in a melee outside of Select Nightclub at 415 N. Paca St.
A man was found shot almost-dead in a car on 33rd Street near Union Memorial, but was taken to Hopkins where he died.
29-year-old Marco Lomax and 28-year-old Ravanna Cornish were arrested after detectives saw them shoot an 18-year-old in the 2300 block of Harford Road.
Mighty strange details in the Glen Arm shooting: it sounds like the female homeowner fired at the alleged intruder and missed, then the guy retreated, drove his truck to the parking lot of Sanders' Corner Restaurant ("that dam place") and shot himself with an AK-47. (Reader comments [for what it's worth] identify the guy as "Scooby" and the woman as "lou the barbers wife" and his former employer)
Volunteers searched the ground for Phylicia Barnes yesterday; a prayer service is to be held at 6 p.m. tonight at Brown's Memorial Baptist Church, 3215 W. Belvedere Ave.
Also missing: the brother of Ravens safety Ed Reed, who jumped into the 40-degree waters of the Mississippi during a police chase.
A man was found shot almost-dead in a car on 33rd Street near Union Memorial, but was taken to Hopkins where he died.
29-year-old Marco Lomax and 28-year-old Ravanna Cornish were arrested after detectives saw them shoot an 18-year-old in the 2300 block of Harford Road.
Mighty strange details in the Glen Arm shooting: it sounds like the female homeowner fired at the alleged intruder and missed, then the guy retreated, drove his truck to the parking lot of Sanders' Corner Restaurant ("that dam place") and shot himself with an AK-47. (Reader comments [for what it's worth] identify the guy as "Scooby" and the woman as "lou the barbers wife" and his former employer)
Volunteers searched the ground for Phylicia Barnes yesterday; a prayer service is to be held at 6 p.m. tonight at Brown's Memorial Baptist Church, 3215 W. Belvedere Ave.
Also missing: the brother of Ravens safety Ed Reed, who jumped into the 40-degree waters of the Mississippi during a police chase.
Downtown shooting, police officer killed
multiple people shot and and some killed on Paca and Franklin streets downtown.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Party crasher, panty snatcher
Grab your junk, 2nd amendment fans: "A burglary suspect was shot by a homeowner in Parkville." Reports WBAL, the suspect dragged himself to his truck before expiring
Two men shot in city
Defrocked priest Laurence Brett, who taught at Calvert Hall & reportedly molested dozens of students, was found dead in Martinique. Said a victim, "He taught us a bunch of stuff that was way outside the box of Catholicism that I grew up with."
This just in: Nancy Grace is a big fat racist.
"Death penalty, gay marriage issues are back for Maryland lawmakers"
Crofton panty snatcher in custody
More on the barricade situation near UMBC yesterday
Two men shot in city
Defrocked priest Laurence Brett, who taught at Calvert Hall & reportedly molested dozens of students, was found dead in Martinique. Said a victim, "He taught us a bunch of stuff that was way outside the box of Catholicism that I grew up with."
This just in: Nancy Grace is a big fat racist.
"Death penalty, gay marriage issues are back for Maryland lawmakers"
Crofton panty snatcher in custody
More on the barricade situation near UMBC yesterday
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Avoid MLK & Howard
Word on the street is that area is also shut down as a suspicious package is under investigation at the Herbert O'Connor State office building at 201 W. Preston, though the building as not been evacuated. (update, the suspicious package was a box of laptop batteries)
4:28 p.m.: Fire trucks have also surrounded the Mitchell Courthouse and traffic is shut down on the west side of Calvert St. (update: the suspicious package was a box of toner cartridges)
4:45: Inside Charm City reports "Significant Police Activity on Linden Ave" as well (probably unrelated)-- update, a mere barricade situation
You can follow the Sun's story here
4:28 p.m.: Fire trucks have also surrounded the Mitchell Courthouse and traffic is shut down on the west side of Calvert St. (update: the suspicious package was a box of toner cartridges)
4:45: Inside Charm City reports "Significant Police Activity on Linden Ave" as well (probably unrelated)-- update, a mere barricade situation
You can follow the Sun's story here
Mail bombs!
Two packages have exploded today in two state government buildings ... the Jeffrey Building on Francis Street in downtown Annapolis and another at the Maryland Department of Transportation building in Hanover.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
... one shouldn't laugh
Karla Porter said she wanted her husband "hit," not killed
Have you seen these 20-something white guys, wanted for holding up the Wise pharmacy & a Subway?
Tough times: attempted theft of Irish Spring & stolen terlit paper in your local blotters
Bernstein tells WBAL he plans to set up databases to let the public follow cases
Retired Episcopal priest Donald Belcher indicted on child sex abuse charges
Have you seen these 20-something white guys, wanted for holding up the Wise pharmacy & a Subway?
Tough times: attempted theft of Irish Spring & stolen terlit paper in your local blotters
Bernstein tells WBAL he plans to set up databases to let the public follow cases
Retired Episcopal priest Donald Belcher indicted on child sex abuse charges
Leave the guns, bring the coffee
The Ink recaps the murders of 2010 and notes that people under 30 made up the majority. The Single Carrot Theatre reading is tonight.
Ow! Man shot in the scrotum
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said this morning that he will call for a committee vote on death penalty regulation.
Shut the front door! Bernstein's new communications director is former Daily Record editor Mark Cheshire.
You still can't take your guns to town: MD's handgun law ruled compatible with the scope of the Second Amendment by the Court of Appeals
Ow! County robber uses a hot coffee facial as a weapon. Police are also ISO these guys who robbed a Domino's, who wisely took the money and left the pizza (what's on smurfhat guy's crotch? Looks like a rectangular codpiece..).
More on the search for Phylicia Barnes; Barnes' mom is understandably livid that "20 different guys" were in and out of the apartment on the night 16-year-old Phylicia went missing. .... so Cham was the one who had them searching Leakin Park, which is a little funny in a macabre waste-of-your-tax-dollars sort of way (is the FBI also digging up your basement, Cham?). Groused Peter Hermann, "It took more than 100 cops seven hours to thoroughly search just the area that the poster directed them too. (sic) ... the written word is powerful, and shouldn't be written in haste."
Ow! Man shot in the scrotum
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said this morning that he will call for a committee vote on death penalty regulation.
Shut the front door! Bernstein's new communications director is former Daily Record editor Mark Cheshire.
You still can't take your guns to town: MD's handgun law ruled compatible with the scope of the Second Amendment by the Court of Appeals
Ow! County robber uses a hot coffee facial as a weapon. Police are also ISO these guys who robbed a Domino's, who wisely took the money and left the pizza (what's on smurfhat guy's crotch? Looks like a rectangular codpiece..).
More on the search for Phylicia Barnes; Barnes' mom is understandably livid that "20 different guys" were in and out of the apartment on the night 16-year-old Phylicia went missing. .... so Cham was the one who had them searching Leakin Park, which is a little funny in a macabre waste-of-your-tax-dollars sort of way (is the FBI also digging up your basement, Cham?). Groused Peter Hermann, "It took more than 100 cops seven hours to thoroughly search just the area that the poster directed them too. (sic) ... the written word is powerful, and shouldn't be written in haste."
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
...condemned to repeat it
The FBI has joined the search for missing NC teen Phylicia Simone Barnes, and detectives are searching Leakin Park. UPDATE: the search proved fruitless
Senator tells WBAL executions in MD won't resume any time soon
More on the mysterious murder of Hezikah Wilson III
Prosecutor tries, fails to keep renegade Shomrim member Eliyahu Eliezer Werdesheim from visiting Isreal
WTF? Douglas Lee Patrick, 39, posed online as an 18-year-old cancer-stricken lesbian named "Leah" to entice teenage girls into sending him crotch shots .. and it worked
SRB wants tougher gun laws, including a minimum 18-month sentence for illegal firearms.
Campaign finance report sheds light on the law's many, many loopholes
Former JZ reporter arrested again (!), this time for violating a protective order
Tort-ure: Writer & blogger Bruce Goldfarb fires an opening salvo in la guerre de les Hons, meanwhile, a third anti-hon protest is in the works for next Saturday. They are starting to scare me a little.
Senator tells WBAL executions in MD won't resume any time soon
More on the mysterious murder of Hezikah Wilson III
Prosecutor tries, fails to keep renegade Shomrim member Eliyahu Eliezer Werdesheim from visiting Isreal
WTF? Douglas Lee Patrick, 39, posed online as an 18-year-old cancer-stricken lesbian named "Leah" to entice teenage girls into sending him crotch shots .. and it worked
SRB wants tougher gun laws, including a minimum 18-month sentence for illegal firearms.
Campaign finance report sheds light on the law's many, many loopholes
Former JZ reporter arrested again (!), this time for violating a protective order
Tort-ure: Writer & blogger Bruce Goldfarb fires an opening salvo in la guerre de les Hons, meanwhile, a third anti-hon protest is in the works for next Saturday. They are starting to scare me a little.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Sun: Bernstein's being was sworn in
The Sun queerly reports: "Baltimore's new state's attorney was being officially sworn in Monday morning at the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse. Gregg L. Bernstein was scheduled to be sworn in about 7:45 a.m." .. here's a more readable story from the BBJ. Bernstein also announced some new staff members, including an executive state’s attorney for administration. And more details from the oddly age-obsessed Daily Record.
Ya think? Report says missing N.C. teen Phylicia Barnes "may have been abducted"
Shooting in Woodlawn last night & the 32-year-old victim left clothes behind. A witness reports the shooter was driving a white SUV.
Homicide victim #3 was ID'd as Hezikah Wilson, 38. Guy was out walking his damn dog. UPDATE: Fox reports that Wilson, left, was autistic and found shot around 6:30 p.m. last night on his front porch in the 1500 block of Plymouth Road.
Woman's body found on side of road in PGC
Who knew? "Baltimore Immigration Court is among the nation’s best"
Another attempted robbery stopped by a bad-ass officer at the right place at the right time, this one a U.S. Marshal in AAC who disarmed an 18-year-old about to rob the E Z Bee.
Retired bomb-sniffing dog & his Papillon pal are missing from Dundalk
Srsly? Hardcore hon-haters held a second protest at Roland & 36th (the story doesn't say when)
Says Anna Ditkoff, "Single Carrot Theatre is doing their annual reading of Murder Ink on Jan. 5 at 7 p.m. It will be outside their theater (120 W. North Avenue)." Bundle up, because that reading takes a long, long time...
Police Dept. press conference at 2 today to talk crime stats, you can watch it here
John Pontollilo invoked in Slate article entitled "Nerd Violence"
Ya think? Report says missing N.C. teen Phylicia Barnes "may have been abducted"
Shooting in Woodlawn last night & the 32-year-old victim left clothes behind. A witness reports the shooter was driving a white SUV.
Homicide victim #3 was ID'd as Hezikah Wilson, 38. Guy was out walking his damn dog. UPDATE: Fox reports that Wilson, left, was autistic and found shot around 6:30 p.m. last night on his front porch in the 1500 block of Plymouth Road.
Woman's body found on side of road in PGC
Who knew? "Baltimore Immigration Court is among the nation’s best"
Another attempted robbery stopped by a bad-ass officer at the right place at the right time, this one a U.S. Marshal in AAC who disarmed an 18-year-old about to rob the E Z Bee.
Retired bomb-sniffing dog & his Papillon pal are missing from Dundalk
Srsly? Hardcore hon-haters held a second protest at Roland & 36th (the story doesn't say when)
Says Anna Ditkoff, "Single Carrot Theatre is doing their annual reading of Murder Ink on Jan. 5 at 7 p.m. It will be outside their theater (120 W. North Avenue)." Bundle up, because that reading takes a long, long time...
Police Dept. press conference at 2 today to talk crime stats, you can watch it here
John Pontollilo invoked in Slate article entitled "Nerd Violence"
Three days, three homicides
The city's third murder victim of the year is a 38-year-old man who was shot on Sunday evening.
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