Saturday, January 1, 2011

2010 homicides

223-- an amazingly low number. Not only that, but Fenton reports that police have arrested 40,000 fewer people than they did in 2005, the heyday of "zero tolerance"

Last year we had 238 homicides,
2008 was 234;
2007 was 291;
2006 was 274;
2005 was 269.
We've blogged 1,291 murders.

  • 223. Bernard Clowney, 50, Montford and McElderry St. (12/31)

  • 222. David King, 25, 5503 Richard Ave. (12/29)

  • 221. Raymond Woodland, 20, 2100 block of Boyd St. (12/26)

  • 220. Keith Robinson, 23, 4100 block of Ridgewood Ave. (12/25)

  • 219. Issac Joyner, 14, 1000 block of Ashburton St. (12/23)

  • 218. Mustafa Malik, 43, 2900 Mathews St. (12/22)

  • 217. Juan Carlos Santos-Hernandez, 29, 3700 block of Mt. Pleasant Ave. (12/22)

  • 216. Micha Crane, 10 Months, 1900 block of W. North Ave. (Died: September 2010)(Added: 12/20)

  • 215. Ellison McCall, 30, 1400 block of Homestead Ave. (12/18)

  • 214. Brian Taylor, 23, 6000 block of Marjorie Lane (12/18)

  • 213. Ramon Uceda, 26, N. Lakewood Ave. (12/18)

  • 212. Alethia Harris, 38, 3100 block of E. Monument St. (12/18)

  • 211. Karen Ferrell , 42, 1800 block of E. 29th St. (12/18)

  • 210. Cherrie Gammon, 25, 1400 block of Franklintown Rd. (12/12)

  • 209. Travis Baltimore, 24, 3400 block Virginia Ave. (12/10)

  • 208. David Carter, 20, 2800 block of Westwood Ave. (12/08)

  • 207. Dante Sweeney, 22, 5300 block of Loch Raven Bvd. (12/07)

  • 206. Tammy Madison, 45, 2400 Greenmount Ave. (Died: 2/16/10)(Added: 12/03)

  • 205. Troy Thomas, 26, ‎1900 block of East 30th St. (12/03)

  • 204. Raquan Campbell. 15, S. Payson St. and W. Pratt St. (12/02)

  • 203. Robin Patterson, 51, 4400 block of Belvieu Ave (11/25)

  • 202. Davon Douglas, 28, ‎1839 Eagle St. (11/24)

  • 201. Derrick Cross, 29, 4406 Plainfield. (11/24)

  • 200. Patrick Dolan, 19, 3500 Juneway. (11/23)

  • 199. Wilbur Street, 52, 4700 block of Haldane Rd. (Shot: 08/29/82)(Died: 11/21)

  • 198. Charles Burrell, 24, 400 block of N. Loudon Ave. (11/22)

  • 197. Sharon Jones, 28, 1700 block of Aisquith St. (11/21)

  • 196. Carlton Sellman, 19, 400 block of South East Ave. (11/20)

  • 195. Jerry Thomas, 29, 1500 block of Poplar Grove Rd. (11/19)

  • 194. Marcus Brown, 20, West Lanvale St. and North Payson St. (11/16)

  • 193. David Hopkins, 19, 400 block of South East Ave. (11/13)

  • 192. Sherrod Mason, 25, 1900 block of W. Baltimore St. (11/13)

  • 191. Eric Dozier, 25, 1500 block of Roundhill Rd. (11/09)

  • Suspicious Death, Unidentified Male, 900 block of N. Broadway. (11/09)

  • 190. Derrius Currie, 21, 800 W. Lexington St. (11/06)

  • 189. Winslow Thomas, 44, 2200 Kloman St. (Assaulted: 10/22/10)(Died: 11/03)

  • 188. Edwin Green Jr., 43, 3600 block of Fairview Ave. (10/29)

  • 187. Kevin Anderson, 31, South Woodyear St. (11/04)

  • 186. Jerry Harden, 21, 7000 block of McClean Bvd. (11/04)

  • 185. Malcolm Hill, 53, 2500 block of Robb St. (11/02)

  • 184. Andrew Joyce, 23, 500 block of Mosher St. (11/01)

  • Suspicious Death, Unidentified Male, 3600 block of Fairview Ave. (10/29)

  • 183. Jovanna Mitchell, 20, 2300 block of Braddish Ave. (10/31)

  • Suspicious Death, Unidentified Male, 500 block of North Luzerne Ave. (10/30)

  • 182. Dobia Wright, 46, 400 block of South Vincent St. (10/28)

  • 181. Ronald Clark, 18, 3500 Carsdale Ave. (10/26)

  • 180. William Spears, 63, 1700 block of McKean Ave. (10/25)

  • 179. Durrell Buroughs, 19, 1200 block of N. Milton Ave.(10/25)

  • 178. Alan Chavis, 16, 4000 block of Barrington Rd. (10/26)

  • 177. Mary Williams, 48, 2000 block of E. Oliver St.(10/25)

  • 176. Calvin McNair, 20, 2100 block of East Monument St. (10/23)

  • 175. Monta Hunt, 25, 2100 block of West Fayette St. (10/23)

  • 174. Brian Stevenson, 38, 2800 block Hudson St. (10/17)

  • 173. Khloe Lewis, 6 Months, 3800 block of Glengyle Ave. (10/13)

  • 172. Sherman Payne, 56, 800 block of N. Brice St. (10/13)

  • 171. Harvey McCall, 42, 2600 block of Shirley Ave. (10/11)

  • Suspicious Death, Unidentified Male, 800 block of North Fremont Ave. (10/10)

  • 170. Dennis Waddell, 33, 1600 block of Warwick Ave. (10/10)

  • 169. James Ingram, 46, 3000 block of Presbury St. (10/10)

  • 168. Travis Lane, 19, 3500 block of N. Calvert St. (10/09)

  • 167. Daryll Hood, 4700 block of Shamrock Ave. (10/09)

  • 166. Michael Morrell, 51, 3100 block of Grantley Ave. (10/09)

  • 165. Sterling Palmer, 78, 2600 block of Edison Highway. (10/09)

  • 164. Kirk Carter, 22, 2300 block of Sidney Ave. (10/05)

  • 163. Randol Buncombe, 24, 2700 block of Claflin Court . (10/05)

  • 162. Arthur Peacock, 34, 800 W. Lexington St. (9/30)

  • 161. Ardrey Murphy, 28, 5500 Bowleys Lane. (9/29)

  • 160. Yassmin Lindo, 36, 1900 block of McKean Ave. (9/28)

  • 159. Donnie Martin, 38, 3100 block of Chelsea Terrace (9/25)

  • 158. James Schools, 31, 1500 block of N. Broadway St. (9/23)

  • 157. Sean Cooper, 20, 3200 block of Belair Rd. (9/22)

  • 156. George Lewis, 25, 1200 block of Bonaparte Ave. (9/19)

  • 155. Isaiah White, 28, 2900 block of Edgewood St. (9/19)

  • 154. Cecelia Mitchell , 66, 1500 block of North Stricker St. (9/17)

  • 153. Jean Davis, 84, 600 N. Wolfe St. (9/16)

  • 152. Willie Johnson, 30, 1700 Kane St. (9/13)

  • 151. Marcel Burton, 33, 2600 Baker St. (9/09)

  • 150. Robert Lockett, 48, 2630 Quantico Ave. (Assaulted: 6/22/10)(Died: 8/04)

  • 149. Thomas Vas, 35, 800 block of Allendale St. (9/08)

  • 148. Levern Domneys, 20, 2000 block of Baker St. (9/03)

  • 147. Ankush Gupta, 22, 330 S. Calvert St. (Died: 8/27/08)(Added: 8/30)

  • 146. Datea Scott-Smith, 30, 500 block of East Lynne Ave. (9/02)

  • 145. Nathaniel Santiago, 31, 5200 block of Harris Ave. (8/31)

  • 144. John Lemon Jr, 44, 2600 block of Reisterstown Rd. (8/30)

  • 143. Louis Scott, 29, 2700 block of Parkwood Ave. (8/30)

  • 142. Carrington McNutt, 23, Patapsco Arena on Annapolis Rd. (8/28)

  • 141. Albert Bethea, 57, 700 block of E. Eager St. (8/26)

  • 140. Contray Merchant, 29, 5100 block of Queensberry Ave. (Assaulted: 8/6/07)(Died: 5/17)

  • 139. Jose Rodolfo Gonzalez-Coreas, 43, 100 block of N. Linwood. (8/22)

  • 138. Martin Reyes, 51, 200 block of North Kenwood Ave. (8/21)

  • 137. Franklin Spencer, 39, 1500 W. Lanvale St. (Died: 2004)(Added: 8/16)

  • 136. Donald Carter, 39, 700 W. Franklin St. (8/16)

  • Suspicious Death, Unidentified, 35, 100 block of E. Fayette St. (8/17)

  • 135. Isaiah Gordon, 20, 400 block of E. Chase St. (8/15)

  • 134. Andre Graham, 28, 3500 block of Horton Ave. (8/13)

  • 133. Westley Lewis, 19, 2000 block of Robb St. (8/13)

  • Suspicious Death, Harsh Kumar, 30, 200 block of N. Charles. (8/12)

  • 132. Gerald Gray, 35, 3100 Edison Highway. (8/12)

  • 131. Shelred Carr, 58, 3400 block of Garrison Blvd. (8/12)

  • 130. Shawn Wright, 30, 1600 block of N. Broadway. (8/11)

  • 129. Tavon Caldwell, 25, 2200 Germania Ave. (8/08)

  • 128. Theodore Corwin, 30, 1900 McHenry St. (8/07)

  • 127. Christopher Miller, 24, 700 block of Lennox St. (8/07)

  • 126. Martin York, 45, Shipley St. (8/07)

  • 125. Jarrod Covel, 20, 2800 Clifton Park Terrace. (8/06)

  • 124. Dionndra Dugger, 20, 2600 block of Quantico Ave. (8/01)

  • 123. Milton Hill, 70, 1200 E North Ave. (7/30)

  • 122. Shawn Crawford, 36, 5200 block of Florence Ave. (7/30)

  • 121. Steven Harris, 38, 4200 block of Pimlico Rd. (7/22)

  • 120. Emmanuel Thomas, 21, 200 E. Fafayette Ave. (7/29)

  • 119. Corey Sims, 19, 5100 Harford Rd. (7/27)

  • 118. Jermaine Parker, 24, 5100 Williston St. (7/27)

  • 117. John Hall, 30, 1500 block of Lanhorne Ct. (7/25)

  • 116. Stephen Pitcairn, 23, 2600 block of St. Paul St. (7/25)

  • 115. Juan Hernandez, 27, 6900 block of McClean Bvd. (7/24)

  • 114. Justin Kendrick, 24, 300 block of E. Lafayette St. (7/24)

  • 113. Jamison Ford, 30, 6900 block of McClean Bvd. (7/23)

  • 112. Curtis Williams, 26, 4200 block of 10th St. (7/22)

  • 111. Lonnie Howie Jr., 42, 300 block of N. Schroeder St. (7/20)

  • 110. Jovon Perry, 27, 3800 block of Park Heights Ave. (7/17)

  • 109. John Sandy, 73, 3500 block of Elm Ave. (7/13)

  • 108. Yolanda Howard, 35, 100 block of West 22nd St. (7/07)

  • 107. Ramah Reid, 26, 5200 block of Cuthbert Ave. (7/07)

  • 106. Vance Williams, 19, E. Hoffman and N. Caroline St. (7/06)

  • 105. John Crowder, 17, 2600 Garrett Ave. (7/05)

  • 104. Antwan Pullen, 23, 2000 N. Wolfe St. (6/28)

  • 103. Jason Rogers, 30, 1000 block of N. Patterson Park Ave. (7/04)

  • 102. Warren Mitchell, 24, 1600 block of N. Port St. (7/03)

  • 101. Raynard Johnson, 24, 2400 block of Druid Hill Ave. (6/20)

  • 100. Chase Love, 26, 200 block of E. Baltimore St. (7/02)

  • 99. Renardo Broom, 16, 700 block of W. North Ave. (7/01)

  • 98. Phillip Bundy, 28, 1500 block of Carswell St. (6/29)

  • 97. Gloria Harrod, 47, 5200 block of Saint Charles Ave. (6/26)

  • Suspicious Death, Michael Artis, 43, 2800 block of Rockrose Ave. (6/27)

  • 96. Eric Williams, 28, 2600 block of W. Fayette St. (6/27)

  • 95. Evando Minor, 23, 3300 block of Noble Ave. (6/26)

  • 94. Wesley Lashley, 29, 3100 block of Woodland Ave. (6/21)

  • Suspicious death, Unidentified, 1200 block of W. Cross St. (6/23)

  • 93. Tyree Page, 34, 500 block of McMechen St. (6/21)

  • 92. Larry Griffin, 25, 2900 block of Spelman Rd. (5/22)

  • 91. Durell Cartwright, 30, 400 N. East Ave. (6/21)

  • 90. Daniel Payne, 55, 2500 Winchester St. (6/20)

  • 89. Marquell Turner, 19, 1900 block of Washington St. (6/19)

  • 88. Derrick Pinkney, 33, 700 block of N. Fulton Ave. (6/15)

  • 87. Avon Beasley, 25, 200 N. Rose St. (6/13)

  • 86. Spencer Williams, 22, 1100 New Hope Circle. (6/11)

  • 85. Tyrone Brown, 32, East Eager St. (6/04)

  • 84. Matthew Martin, 31, 1300 Richardson St. (4/09)

  • 83. Glennie Reid, 83, 1200 block of N. Augusta Ave. (6/07)

  • 82. Mark Zimmerman, 44, 6000 block of Moravia Park Drive (6/04)

  • 81. Israel Johnson Jr, 19, 1600 Block of Bruce Ct. (6/01)

  • 80. Deandre Leeper, 27, 500 block of North Fulton St. (6/01)

  • 79. Kevin Belton, 44, 4800 block of Truesdale Ave. (5/31)

  • 78. Don Rice, 59, 3900 block of Loch Raven Bvd. (5/31)

  • 77. Michael Hatch, 32, First block of South Pulaski St. (5/30)

  • 76. Damon Chase, 30, First block of South Pulaski St. (5/30)

  • 75. Alvin Martin, 28, 2100 block of Ramsay St. (5/30)

  • 74. Ronald Anderson, 30, 4000 block of Pennington Ave. (5/29)

  • 73. Davon Dorsey, 18, 400 block of N. Rose St. (5/29)

  • 72. Timothy Gaskins, 22, East Monument St and North Luzeme Ave. (5/29)

  • 71. Donte Vandiver, 19, 900 block of N. Belnord Ave. (5/24)

  • 70. Jimmy Elton, 19, 3000 block of W. North Ave. (5/21)

  • 69. Jamie Hilton-Bey, 35, 2300 block of Lauretta Ave. (5/20)

  • 68. Mark Crockett, 34, 200 block of S. Spring Ct. (5/15)

  • 67. Michael Pryor, 32, 2800 Harford Rd. (5/15)

  • 66. Jerome Booze Jr., 30, 3313 block of Paton Ave. (5/14)

  • 65. Michael Carroway, 49, West Cold Spring Ln. and Daytona Ave. (5/12)

  • Suspicious death, Unidentified, 441 Nicoll Ave. (5/11)

  • 64. Betsy Riggin, 29, Hanover St. and Washburn Ave. (5/06)

  • 63. George Toe, 30, 900 block of North Hill St. (5/08)

  • 62. Jerome Simmons, 35, 900 block of North Hill St. (5/08)

  • 61. Anthony Crist, 42, 500 block of North Collington Ave. (5/08)

  • 60. David Beers, 49, 1000 W. Lexington St. (5/05)

  • 59. Wayne Clark, 36, Hanover St. and Washburn Ave. (5/06)

  • 58. Jonathan Byrd, 26, 2100 block of Frederick Ave. (5/04)

  • 57. Andrew Copeland, 16, 1500 block of W. Fayette St. (5/03)

  • 56. David Mitchell, 16, 800 block of W. Lexington St. (4/29)

  • 55. Dwayne Majett, 30, 500 block of Chateau Ave. (4/27)

  • 54. David Woods, 31, 1100 block of Bayard St. (4/25)

  • 53. Ramie Mays, 18, 4800 block of Liberty Heights Ave. (4/25)

  • Suspicious death, Unidentified Man, 6000 block of Park Heights Ave. (4/26)

  • 52. Kevin Hyslop, 33, 1800 block of N. Fulton Ave. (4/20)

  • 51. Melonie Hamber, 2, 2000 block of East Hoffman St. (4/18)

  • 50. Sean Johnson, 40, 5400 block of Narcissus Ave. (4/18)

  • 49. Branden Bowser, 23, 1200 Block of East North Ave. (4/17)

  • 48. Jamal Thomas, 30, 1100 block of North Milton St. (4/17)

  • 47. Gavin Campbell, 24, 4100 block of Kershaw Ave. (4/17)

  • Suspicious death, Jose Portillo, 36, 1700 block of Thames St. (4/15)

  • 46. Anthony Walker, 36, 5300 block of Denmore Ave. (4/11)

  • 45. Nelson Armstrong, 20, 1100 block of E. North Ave. (4/11)

  • 44. Damon Minor, 21, Greenmount Ave. and 33rd St. (4/10)

  • Suspicious death, Unidentified Woman, 418 Gusryan St. (4/08)

  • 43. Sean Ramseur, 40, Glenwood Ave and York Rd. (4/08)

  • 42. Charles Bowman, 72, 2900 block of Greenmount Ave. (4/08)

  • 41. Raymond Langford Jr., 25, 2200 Fleetwood Ave (4/06)

  • 40. Michael Thomas, 27, 1900 Eagle Dr. (3/29)

  • 39. Antonio Wilson, 28, 1st block of N. Calverton Rd. (3/28)

  • 38. Charles Bowman, 16, 1400 block of North Luzerne Ave (3/27)

  • 37. Phillip Holmes, 22, 2200 block of Roselawn Ave. (3/23)

  • 36. Michael Holt, 20, 2600 block of Grogan Ave. (3/23)

  • 35. Darron Dorsey, 27, 3424 Park Heights Ave. (3/21)

  • 34. Carlos Williams, 50, 1900 block of Boone St. (3/21)

  • 33. Donte Gee, 25, 3200 block of Belair Rd. (3/18)

  • 32. Asia Carter, 37, North Howard St. and West 25th St. (3/15)

  • 31. Daniel C. Dixon, 25, Frankford Ave and Moravia Park Dr. (3/15)

  • 30. Rajahnthon Haynie, 2 months, Druid Hill Park (3/14)

  • Suspicious death, Unidentified Man, W. Mulberry and N. Greene St. (3/13)

  • 29. Donatello Fenner, 22, 2600 block of N. Calvert St. (3/11)

  • 28. Lee McCoy, 44, 200 block of South Arlington Ave. (3/03)

  • 27. Jamal Rogers, 20, 2100 block of W. Fayette St. (3/05)

  • 26. Alvin McMiller, 23, 4300 block of Belair Rd. (3/04)

  • 25. Kenly Wheeler, 29, 1400 block of N. Caroline St. (3/04)

  • 24. Dejuan Green, 23, 1500 block of N. Fulton Ave. (2/25)

  • Suspicious death, Unidentified Man, 24, Lovegrove St.(2/24)

  • 23. Timothy Chase, 35, 1400 block of N. Dukeland St. (2/23)

  • 22. Leonard Gee, 28, 3500 block of Cliftmont Ave. (2/21)

  • 21. James Ball, 38, 10 Light St. (2/20)

  • Suspicious death, Unidentified Woman, 45, 2400 block of Greenmount Ave.(2/17)

  • 20. David Scott, 35, Ruxton Ave. and Presbury St. (2/17)

  • 19. Adam Couther, 27, 700 block of N. Lakewood Ave. (2/17)

  • 18. Daron Howard, 21, 3200 block of Woodland Ave. (2/16)

  • 17. Rodney Stephens, 38, 1200 block of Bentalou St. (2/07)

  • 16. Damien Osacoca, 24, 4000 block of Massachusetts Ave. (2/06)

  • 15. Shaun Henderson, 30, 2400 block of Loyola Southway (2/05)

  • 14. Juan Tucker, 34, 2100 block of Edmondson Ave. (2/03)

  • 13. John England, 27, 2200 block of N. Monroe St. (2/01)

  • 12. Kevin Davis, 31, 851 West Fayette St. (1/28)

  • 11. Michael Manning, 35, 1900 block of Aisquith St. (1/25)

  • 10. Darius Ray, 20, 6900 McClean Blvd (1/23)

  • 9. Raymond Gibson, 21, 1700 block of N. Caroline St. (1/19)

  • 8. Darius Goines, 19, 1000 block of Pennsylvania Ave. (1/18)

  • 7. James Jackson, 27, West Franklin St. at Paca St. (1/18)

  • 6. Darnell Taylor, 48, 2300 block of W. North Ave. (1/16)

  • 5. Sean Johnson, 41, 1300 N. Milton Ave. (1/07)

  • 4. Derrick Taylor, 20, 3900 block of Eierman Ave.(1/10)

  • 3. Darel Alston, 38, 900 block of N. Glover St. (1/10)

  • 2. Antonio Lashley, 21, 100 block of North Franklintown Rd. (1/6)

  • 1. Marcal Walton, 33, Reisterstown Rd and Ocala Ave. (1/3)
  • Wednesday, December 29, 2010

    Some enchanted evening...

    222 = man shot to death in the 5500 block of Richard Ave. in front of the Visions Banquet Hall, a block away from Clementine.

    A retired officer shot a would-be robber at Judy's Island Grill & Bake Shop on Park Heights, and the suspect is not expected to be irie.

    Enchantment of the Seas indeed! Cruise ship crew busted with cocaine and heroin

    Shirley Watts appointed to the Court of Special Appeals

    Owners of Club Reality complain of police harassment (reality.. who wants to go to a club for that?!)

    Tuesday, December 28, 2010

    Secure your weapons!

    A 13-year-old Charles Diesmesor died after he and his friend were playing with a gun

    More details on the story of Ellison McCall, the New Haven lounge bartender allegedly killed by some rowdy patrons he'd ejected

    Four years for Tomeka V. Harris, a former mortgage broker turned credit-card-fraudster and prison-contraband-smuggler. More details from the DOJ

    Harford county settles case of pro-life protestors who were strip-searched. Related: the Post reports that "Tests of 'Roe' more frequent since justices upheld late-term abortion ban in '07"

    History corner: 10 years ago in the City Paper Lee Gardner wrote about Baltimore's first killing of the new millennium. "If the current rate holds out through the end of 2000, the number of homicides in Baltimore will drop below 300 for the first time in 11 years ... a major victory for Mayor Martin O'Malley, who was swept into office in 1999 on the strength of his vow to stem the bloodshed, and for police Commissioner Edward Norris."

    Can a new mayoral candidate pull a Bernstein?

    Maybe...

    Saturday, December 25, 2010

    Issac in heaven

    Relatives mourn 14-year-old fatally shot Thursday

    ‎Police tweet, "2:40 am, Officers are on the scene of a shooting in the 4400 blk of Granada Ave. Adult male shot at location. Homicide Det's called to scene"

    Friday, December 24, 2010

    B*tch better have my goat meat

    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."

    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.

    Sunday, December 19, 2010

    Shooty weekend continues

    Four Five murders this weekend so far:Also three more six more shootings, and then there's the mighty "suspicious" 42-year-old woman's body found wrapped in plastic in the 1800 block of E. 29th St. UPDATE: Fox reports that this death has been ruled a homicide, and the victim was Karen Ferrell, 42

    .. 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)

    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

    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"

    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.

    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

    Deputy speaks out

    Shot in the line of duty, they're now saying he lied.

    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

    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?

    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

    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?

    Another perk for citty employees

    Jail pay OK.

    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.

    Tuesday, December 7, 2010

    ATF to investigate fires

    reports the Deuce

    ..and anti-abortion protestors have descended on Germantown. QTD from activist Patrick Mahoney: "I'm thrilled with all this police tape. Let's say you're an orthodontist and your little sixth-grader comes with her mom and sees all this. That's exactly what we want."

    Burning house of love

    New hires at chez Bernstein. Wonder who wrote the press releases?

    Two five-alarm fires downtown = mighty suspicious.
    QTD: "Girls tryin ta get dressed in the street, I mean, runnin across the street butt naked just tryin to get their clothes on..."

    Update on missing senior Lola Louise Brant: she was found in a clearing in the PA woods by a hunter, alive and confused.

    Saturday, December 4, 2010

    Stay in School

    In the second case of students gone wild this week, a 15 year old is facing attempted murder charges after beating and strangling a fellow classmate.

    City paper, who first broke the story in June, give more information on the Federal indictment for the murder of Kareem Kelly Guest.

    A 26 year old man was shot and killed last night on E. 30th St.

    Police have made arrests in two separate homicides, including one where two October killings may be linked. The other case involved the arrest of Mark Winchester, 31, for the 2007 murder of Yemel McMillan, 23.

    Finally, a Snow Hill man was sentenced to a year in jail for possession of over 75 pounds of pot.

    Best sighting ever

    Rod J. Rosenstein in the front row of "Annie" at the Olney Theater (with his children, TG.)

    .. if anyone deserves a chorus of singing orphans it's RJR, whose past week at the office included indicting Antonio “Mack” Hall for the murder of federal witness Kareem Kelly Guest, convicting "L'il Mama" of racketeering, and a guilty plea from "Mrs. T" of 420 Income Tax Services, who stole children's identities and their parents' refunds, and a whole bunch of other assorted Roosters and Lily St. Regises.

    anyway, Lola Brant... keep an eye out for Lola Brant, who left Bel Air in her tan Mercedes yesterday and never came back.
    UPDATE: she was found in PA

    Friday, December 3, 2010

    Social studies

    More on the Snowden drunk-driving case. Was his PBJ a simple mistake.. or something back-scratchier?

    A 14-year-old student at Baltimore Community High School beat the dickens out of a social studies teacher

    LOLZ, check out these winners arrested on drug charges in the Deener

    Crown Heights it's not (sorry, NAACP), but tensions are up in the NW after the beating & wrist breakage of a teen by 23-year-old neighborhood watcher Eliyahu Werdesheim. Indeed Wedesheim's story sounds none too Kosher: if the kid was trespassing, why not call actual police? If his stick/plank was so threatening, why not just get back in the car? In better news, apparently another Shomrim member helped the beaten boy while Werdesheim fled.

    Three people pled guilty to smuggling knockoff Coach handbags through the Port of Baltimore. Remember when Coach bags used to be un-tawdy and non-shiteous, and made in America out of nice, thick leather?

    Alleged crack dealer Terrell Rogers got 292 months in prison for a rolling gun battle near the Bloody Bucket and attempting to trade crack for evidence-tampering services.

    Former Republican committee treasurer gets three years for embezzlement

    Other Baltimoreiana: The NYT has a glowing profile of Andres Alonso

    Wednesday, December 1, 2010

    It may cost only $100 to double park in Bmore

    Council committee approved by the bill to end the $250 I'm dropping off groceries ticket, but the Mayor has said if she will support it.

    15-year-old killed

    Reports Fox: "Police say the victim of a deadly shooting in southwest Baltimore earlier this evening was a 15-year-old boy. The teen died at Shock Trauma after he was shot multiple times at S. Payson and W. Pratt Streets. Detectives have no suspect or motive at this time."

    Last of the 28 Tree Top Piru defendants plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute the crack

    Bad boys, bad boys...

    A member of the Jewish neighborhood watch group Shomrim is accused of attacking a 15-year-old and breaking his wrist

    Last week's five murders in the Ink, including the guy who stabbed his brother to death on Thanksgiving

    "Poor man's Puffy" and others indicted in scheme to ship "hundreds of pounds of cocaine on chartered jets from Los Angeles to Baltimore."

    BPD unravel the case of stolen metal worth $2.6 million

    Fenton: why was Pippi Longstocking (aka Franklin Gross Sr.) out of jail?

    Video-poker executive-cum-developer John Vontran -- owner of the much-torched Seagram's distillery-- forced to liquidate

    Pizza-shop owner fights off gun-toting robber with a spatula, and JZ has the high-larious video

    Tuesday, November 30, 2010

    Demons and Spirits

    Stephen Todd Nelson, who claimed "demons" forced him to throw his 3-year-old son off the Key Bridge, dropped his NCR plea to plead guilty today to second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death.

    Man who shot uniformed city officer on Calvert St sports adorable Pippi-Longstockingesque pigtails

    Twin brothers in custody for shooting a dancer and her swain near the Block

    You have until 5 p.m. Thursday to stock up/savor the flavor of "prison wine made from Fruity Pebbles."

    and County police want to know who keeps setting fire to the Seagrams plant

    Sunday, November 28, 2010

    Thanksgiving Weekend Crime Recap

    The Sun gives more details on the weekend running gun battle on a busy city street that left a City police officer in critical condition.

    The Grinch struck a little early this year, when scowling sexagenarian Harry Patterson Jr. decided to stab his younger brother in the neck on Thanksgiving day. His younger brother, ID'd as Robin Patterson age 51, was stabbed while trying to intervene in a fight between Harry and his wife.

    One man is in custody and three are in the hospital after a triple shooting outside an Odenton bar.

    The hunt is on for a Wicomico County teen accused of firing shots at police.

    Two more Homicide victims have been identified. Patrick Dolan, 19, who was stabbed at the 3500 block of Juneway during a suspected robbery attempt, and Davon Douglas, 28, also stabbed, at the 1800 block of Eagle St. on Wednesday.

    Finally, the MD USDOJ released their annual Criminal Prosecution Totals showing a sharp rise in prosecutions this year.

    Officer shot on North Calvert Street

    Wednesday, November 24, 2010

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    Tweets the BPD: "‎1839 EAGLE ST,ADULT MALE STABBED IN THE NECK WAS TRANSPORTED TO SHOCK TRAUMA AND PRONOUNCED." (Dead, one assumes)

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    and HOMICIDE, 4406 PLAINFIELD, ADULT MALE STRUCK WITH BLUNT OBJECT IN HEAD. HOMICIDE HANDLINIG

    and SHOOTING, 601 N BROADWAY, ADULT MALE WALK IN AT HOPKINS.

    and SHOOTING/1500 N. ELLAMONT ST: ADULT MALE SHOT SEVERAL TIMES IN THE CHEST, VICTIM TRANSPORTED TO SHOCK TRAUMA.

    and STABBING - 3500 JUNEWAY ADULT MALE STABBED. HOMICIDE NOTIFIED

    and another victim added to the tally this week, Wilbur Street, 52

    Judges declare days leading up to holiday "Misdemeanor Blast." Whee!

    Van Smith: Federal prosecutions in MD reach all-time high

    Lots of questions after three-time drunk driver Carl O. Snowden, current director of the civil rights office in the state attorney general's office, gets yet another peanut butter & jelly. Snowden also made headlines when his son Kojo Lummuba Malik was arrested for gun and drug charges.

    Bernstein to Jessamy staff: Beat it

    Writes our former friend Joe Sviatko:
    "Thought you would like to know that my last day in the SAO is January 3, 2011. Your SA-Elect has told me there is no place for me in his administration. ... HR woman gone. Financial guy retired. Deputies gone. Joe and Marty gone. Should be fun for continuity. But he won thanks to you. :) Good luck! No more Joe and Marty to kick around."

    Tuesday, November 23, 2010

    Do Not Call

    The "Do Not Call" list may soon be tossed, according to new SA Greg Bernstein.

    Monday, November 22, 2010

    Lunch with the Federalists

    The Federalist Society is hosting a lunch chat at noon December 7: "a panel discussion on the First Amendment and how it is coming into conflict with a nationwide trend towards mandating pregnancy clinics to disclose their policies on abortion and birth control." For more info see flier here.

    "Blood on the door-- that's a sign something's bad behind it."

    Three homicides this weekend:
    Carlton Sellman, 19, shot in the stomach on Route 40 near Swann Avenue

    Correctional officer Sheron/Sharon Jones, 28, shot in the 1700 block of Aisquith Street. Blood on the door of a suspect's home led to a SWAT-team swoop-in at the Coldspring Station apartments, but turns out the blood may be linked to a different homicide. Reckons the Dooce's Jamie Costello: "Blood on the door-- that's a sign something's bad behind it."

    Jerry Thomas, 29, 1500 block of Poplar Grove Road

    Saturday, November 20, 2010

    West side stories

    "Three men shot, one fatally, in West Baltimore"

    The Deuce has a new Cold Case feature, employing handwriting and typewriter fonts to tell the tale of Jennifer Claybrook, killed at age 15 in 1983.

    a 16-year-old stabbed in the back at Douglass High yesterday

    "Juveniles arrested in Remington, Charles Village carjackings"-- how pissed would you be to get jacked by some teenager while you're coming home from work?

    CCBC to veteran: it's cool to go kill Iraqis, but it's not cool to like it.

    PBJ for officer who shot Bear-Bear the husky

    Friday, November 19, 2010

    Remember this totally awesome family?

    The first verdict in the Towson Hess station murder of William Porter-- a guilty verdict for the victim's sister in law for using a handgun in a crime of violence and of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. The County intends to seek the death penalty against Porter's wife Karla and the gunman, Walter Bishop.

    A box, a ring and one crazy-booting byatch

    An 8-year-old boy survives parents' murder-suicide in Randallstown

    Missing man found in a box on route 70, and police are looking for a grey minivan with the license plate "PALNCIA"

    Dogfighting ring busted on the West side

    The Baltimore Guide is publishing a blotter, with tidbits such as: "A street fight broke out, and a woman stabbed another woman in the right leg, stabbed a man in the back, struck another woman with her boot, punched a fourth woman and stabbed a fifth."

    Baltimore county circuit court gets a new place for eff-up parents to visit their kids

    Daily Record editorial: "Mr. Bernstein must tread carefully and respectfully as a white lawyer"

    Today in bullcrap:
    Five years for Hagtown bridal-veil breakin

    justice for Bear Bear!!

    Thursday, November 18, 2010

    Roland Park Car Fire

    Reports SpotCrime,
    On Tuesday night, November 16, at 11:45 PM persons unknown set ablaze a stolen car in the 200 block of Oakdale.  Some form of incendiary was apparently used as the car was engulfed in a ball of orange flame and then began to roll downhill.  The crew of Baltimore Fire Department Engine 44 were on the scene within 2 minutes of the 911 call, and quickly doused the flames before anyone was hurt or further property damage was inflicted.

    Everything but the Kitchen Sink...

    A Mitchellville drug dealer received a 10-year sentence after being arrested with, but not limited to: Cocaine, Crack, a Loaded .38, a Scale, Pyrex Cups, Ziploc® Bags, Boxes of Baking Soda, a Stolen .22, a Semi-Auto .45, a Bulletproof Vest, 35 grand, Assorted Ammunition, Weed, and Two Counterfeit $100 Bills.

    An Unidentified 20 year old was shot to death Wednesday afternoon.

    A Baltimore DJ was indicted in L.A. for his role in massive L.A.-to-Baltimore drug trafficking operation.

    The sun tells a bleak story of a Baltimore resident getting doubly screwed over by Baltimore's criminals, and then Baltimore's criminally obnoxious parking officials.

    Mostly a crime against taste-buds, but Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot announced the discontinuation of alcoholic energy drinks.

    Monday, November 15, 2010

    Put it in your bra...

    Homeless man arrested for stabbing his teenage nephew, David Lawrence Hopkins, to death.

    And in the city another teenager was shot in the stomach near St. Paul and Lexington streets, right next to the courthouse.

    The man killed on West Baltimore St. ID'd as Sherrod Mason, and WBAL has more on the violent weekend

    Admitted baby-killer Tanea Bullock resentenced.. to the same sentence, but at Patuxent.

    Also horribly depressing: Erie PA murder victim ID'd as former Reisterstown resident Jamie Malanowski.

    Car windows shot out at Loch Raven reservoir

    "Need for pro bono legal services rises as economy sags"

    ... It's not Baltimore, but who can resist the goofy appeal of the Jack Johnson story -- even Jayne Miller's trying not to laugh as she says "'put it in your bra'." Now three police officers have been arrested, buttlegging and booze-tax evasion is somehow involved, and the story has 'musical theater' written all over it ("Put it in your bra.. in your motherscratchin' bra... or you can flush it down... just don't leave it lyin' round...") Question though: why was Jack Johnson being pursued by the Feds, but Sheila Dixon was charged by the state? And how can this motherflusher be back at work today?

    Illegal dirt bike riding next B-more cultural export?

    Riding dirt bikes in the city not a crime but an an art form, says a newly formed group of riders called Raise It Up.

    Sunday, November 14, 2010

    The bodies of Leakin Park

    Cham maps all of the bodies found in Leakin Park since 1946-- 57 of them.

    And another homicide-- a 34-year-old man was shot to death at about 2 a.m. Saturday in the 1900 block of W. Baltimore St.

    and some good news! The high-school dropout rate and juvie-crime rate are down

    A vigil tonight for murdered tow truck driver Andy Joyce

    armed robbery at Loyola parking lot

    A stabbing at the Arundel Mills Mall food court

    The Feds were not amused by Nick's Amusements' money laundering, company to pay $50,000 fine

    News of the weird: Catholic church holds exorcism conference in town. "Not everyone who thinks they need an exorcism actually does need one."

    Friday, November 12, 2010

    Only in Baltimore!

    So Agnes Welch, 85, wants to retire from the City Council and appoint her son as successor. Whaddayagonnado, here in Baltimore we like our crabs hot, our beer cold, and our politicians dynastic, gun-toting, finance-law-violating miscreants.
    (thanks Adam for digging up those stories)

    .. don't miss "Waiting for the Plan," the fourth installment of Ed Ericsson's series, "Detox Clusterfudge."

    and though a tutoring company is accused of stealing more than $100,000 from the school system by falsifying documents and forging signatures, prosecutor Robert A. Rohrbaugh says school officials and lawyers stonewalled and refused to turn over documents for months. The alleged tutor-$-scamming bitches certainly picked the wrong signature to forge... that of former Sun reporter (now Brew reporter) Joan Jacobson.

    Wednesday, November 10, 2010

    Robo-callers, qu'est-ce que c'est ...

    TDR reports that AG Doug Gansler filed a complaint against Universal Elections' "relax, everything is fine" robo-calls today in federal court, which could cost Henson et al $168 million. Deliteful: one of the calls happened to go to a U of MD professor of election law, who pointed out to a WBAL reporter that there's little precedent for prosecuting election robo-calls under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

    ... a County school custodian got 10 years in the pen for scamming $70k

    and the death TU junior Abe Cahan in September has been ruled the result of a heroin overdose

    Kids these days

    Right on! Essex Mom sues ... somebody.. over her son being bullied and peed on in middle school

    Teenager Sterlin C. Matthews arrested in Halethorpe Halloween homicide


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    800 W. Lexington dubbed "the block of death"

    Officers stealing from inmates.. isn't it ironic? Dontcha think? Related: the Tribune Co. asking a Delaware bankruptcy judge to approve up to $43 million in bonuses for top executives and managers.

    Wednesday Morning

    Fatal shooting in NE Baltimore last night.

    Six more years because of probation violations for the cancer scammer.

    Tyrone Hall will be sentenced today for voluntary manslaughter and second-degree assault. Hall killed one man and wounded another in what he claimed was self-defense.

    Non-fatal shooting in Dundalk, no details.

    Child porn case in Carroll County is postponed so that prosecutors can coordinate with the feds.

    New Information, But No Arrest In Halloween Murder

    Tuesday, November 9, 2010

    Sprouts & Twits

    Burgeoning indoor farm busted, 400 seedlings seized

    Ray Rice brags on Twitter about getting out of a ticket in exchange for an autograph

    Retired city police officer convicted of assault for shooting man who was arguing with his friend

    What's that loud flushing sound?

    "Audit slams Baltimore region of state prison system" ... "so many opportunities for fraud and misuse of money by workers in the Baltimore region of the state prison system that state auditors are asking the attorney general to look into possible criminal charges." Not only that, but the auditors brought up the same issues three years ago, and since then, "it looks like the problems got worse"

    Meanwhile the health department has launched an investigation into BBH after the Sun's story yesterday of addicts guarding the medicine cabinet

    Monday, November 8, 2010

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    Derrius Currie, found inside a vacant house in the 800 block of W. Lexington St.

    also at 7 a.m. Police tweeted, "SHOOTING - 800 S CATON AVE. ADULT MALE SHOT, CRITICAL CONDITION."

    On campus

    Armed robbery of TU students in broad daylight.

    More court system woes and official city shadiness

    Baltimore man's home in foreclosure proceedings for 12 years, along the way illegal rent was collected.

    Meanwhile, emails show the city pension board gets a free ride for exotic travel while we fork over more taxes to make up for losses. And city councilwoman Rikki Spector makes sure her out of district condo building doesn't have to take care of pesky mold.

    Addicts in Charge

    Why Baltimore is a mess, reason 597:
    "Addicts put in charge" in rat-infested recovery housing centers. Also see CP's report on BBH from September: "We Are Not In the Housing Business"
    (Lolz: BBH's housing director says house managers face "pretty rigorous criteria ... you have to have at least 60 days of clean time.")

    Related: "Youth counselor [Ronald Piper Scott] pleads guilty to heroin distribution, conspiracy"

    Down at the federal courthouse, The Louis Berger Group, Inc., an engineering firm that worked in Iraq and Afghanistan, agreed to pay $69.3 million to settle fraud claims

    "S. Baltimore shooting possibly a botched drug deal, police say"

    Edgewood a "killing zone"

    FBI ISO M&T bank robber

    It's a HoCoFoSho! Fifteen alleged "johns" arrested in sting .. and the Sun is naming names!

    Saturday, November 6, 2010

    Drunkards and snowbirds

    A man beaten at the Westport Light Rail station has died; other homicide victims from this past week named as Jerry Harden, 21, (the man found inside a burning apartment on McClean Blvd. Fenton notes, "Harden is the second person killed this year at the apartment complex") Kevin Anderson, 30, and Malcolm Hill, 53.

    Three more suspects arrested for robbery/ beatdown of drunkards by the Intercontinental hotel

    Have you been injured in an accident? "A Baltimore City jury has awarded $4.1 million to a woman and her 8-year-old son who alleged that the negligence of University of Maryland Medical Center doctors caused his cerebral palsy."

    Postal inspectors fighting uphill battle against drugs in the mail

    The MD state police is still fighting the release of vehicle-stop documents related to the NAACP's "driving while black" lawsuit, one that in some form has been dragging on since 1992(!)

    Brendan Kearney: years-in-the-making $600k courthouse report is "justice decayed", har har har

    Judge denies tax cheat Jack Stollof's plea to winter in Palm Beach

    Friday, November 5, 2010

    Robocalls tied to Ehrlich Employee Jules Henson

    Fenton says the Election-night Robocalls telling O'Malley voters to "relax" and stay home election night have been linked to longtime-Democrat-turned Ehrlich consultant Jules Henson.

    Fenton says,
    "Henson’s other clients in this election included a state senate candidate from Baltimore facing no opposition, a delegate candidate who lost in the primary, a PG county executive candidate who lost in the primary, a PG county council member who lost in the primary, an Anne Arundel county council candidate who lost in the primary, a Baltimore County council candidate who lost in the primary, and a city sheriff’s candidate who lost in the primary.
    Update: Henson has 'fessed up. "It never said 'don't vote'."

    .. meanwhile, "carjacking suspects on the loose"

    Thursday, November 4, 2010

    Turns for the worse

    A man was stabbed to death and his apartment set on fire in the 7000 block of McClean Boulevard

    Man shot to death at 215 South Woodyear Street

    Eight homicides last week

    Word of the day: misprision-- aka not snitching on somebody's felonious azz

    Very sad story of a teen who got 18 months for murder in the CP's letters page

    "A former Baltimore police officer was sentenced to five years in federal prison Wednesday for assaulting a 17-year-old and falsifying documents to cover up the attack"

    Wrestling champ to be tried as an adult following brawl at the Loyola/Calvert "Turkey Bowl"

    Mario's mom: assault never happened

    Victor Frierson, 56, gets jail time and restitution for stealing from nonprofit

    Looks like no MD constitutional convention after all

    Stolen cigarettes, food in the Northern

    Ramona Moore Baker = out!

    52-y/o JROTC instructor: I did not have sex with that 17-year-old

    Carrol County man pleads guilty after feds find more than 2 million child porn images

    Wednesday, November 3, 2010

    "Relax, everything is fine"

    Fox reports, "Police are investigating the murder of man in Northeast Baltimore. It happened around 9:30 last night in the 2500-block of Robb Street. The victim was shot several times & found lying on the front porch of a home. He later died at Hopkins & has not yet been identified. No suspects are in custody. This is the 186th murder in the city so far this year."

    Alan Chavis, 16, murdered last week, had been reported missing by his mother two weeks before

    Anybody get an "O'Malley has already won" call last night? ... if the source of the calls is ever found, what laws would apply?

    After official victory, Bernstein goes from "outside looking in" to preparing to "roll up sleeves," "drill down deep" and "hit the ground running". (Hope he also plans to bring a "mop and bucket" to clean up all the "rat turds.")

    Arrest made in attack of drunk guys in front of the Intercontinental Hotel

    Hewray, sluts at the mawl!! Also damages threshold raised for jury trials, Orphan's Court judges have to be members of the bar, but "fate of constitutional convention not clear"

    Stolen-car driver Charles Johnson, 19, who killed two teen parents and their friend, never issued a driver's license

    FBI investigating a noosed Cabbage Patch kid in Laurel.

    A U of MD writing teacher with "a passion for firearms" arrested for murder in St. Mary's County

    Page Croyder: laywers aren't the cure for human stupidity

    Tuesday, November 2, 2010

    wars we're ignoring

    Fenton has more on murdered tow-truck driver Andrew Joyce. Said the victim's dad: "We think about these poor boys overseas fighting in the war, but we've got a war going on in the inner cities of this country, and it's a war we're ignoring."

    and more on the victims of the stolen-car crash: two were 17-year-old parents of a 5-month old baby

    Monday, November 1, 2010

    Meow meow trippin ballz, meow meow

    UnID'd victim killed in the 500 block of Mosher Street
    Update: Victim ID'd as 23yr old tow truck driver Andrew Joyce.

    Three teens shot, one killed in Halethorpe
    Update: Murdered teen ID'd as 16-year-old Dequan Travonte Burks

    Windsor Mill post office evacuated on account of suspicious package

    Sad: Three people killed by teenager driving a stolen car in Federal Hill. Infuriating: the driver "was on probation for a theft charge in Baltimore County. In October 2009 he was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in jail, with all but 12 months suspended, and was placed on probation through March 2011. He has since been picked up on two violations of that probation." I thought Baltimore county actually took that kind of thing seriously?

    "10-year-old boys found responsible in puppy's beating death" Related: TDR notes that O'Malley and Ehrlich are both quite happy to not talk about the DJS

    Rockville designers to SCOTUS: video games deserve First Amendment protection

    Hot Euro trend: new legal-ish drugs with names like "Meow Meow" & "Ivory Wave" and "Pi Panes."

    Extra credit essay: "What pit bulls can teach us about profiling"

    Debtors prison

    Looks like you can still get thrown in jail over a unpaid non-child support debt

    Thursday, October 28, 2010

    But it was a really cute pug!

    WTF? County woman who bilked Facebook friends out of cash by claiming she had cancer, then used the money for a pug and lawn services, got 15 years + restitution today.

    "Twice convicted of murder, man gets off again"

    A would-be burglar shot in the leg in a York Rd. Store (on the same block that once housed the Afro Hut)

    ACLU sues MD State Police over officer's use of the n-word

    Lawyers get foreclosure training

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