Wednesday, October 5, 2005

October 5

Former correctional officers, Dameon Christopher Woods, 33, of Baltimore County, Nathan Delmont Colbert, 42, and James Leonard Hatcher, 43, are scheduled for arraignment before Judge Lynn Stewart tomorrow. Woods, Colbert, and Hatcher were indicted on August 16 for second-degree murder, first and second-degree assault, and conspiracy to first and second-degree assault in connection to the beating death of Raymond K. Smoot, 51. Court documents allege that on May 14 Smoot was in custody in his cell at the Central Booking and Intake Facility when he was beaten to death. Second-degree murder carries a maximum possible prison term of 30 years. I'll be interested to read the city's brief.

The murder trial of Ernest Harris, Jr., 54, of Churchville, MD is scheduled for 9:30 tomorrow morning before Judge Shirley M. Watts. The Baltimore City Grand jury indicted Harris June 2 for first-degree murder in connection with the 1984 homicide of Arden Shirley Epps, 56. Harris has also been indicted on robbery deadly weapon and first-degree burglary charges. Court documents allege that on September 24-25, 1984 at 4 South Rosedale Avenue, co-workers discovered Epps' body lying in a pool of blood on the second-floor front bedroom of her home. Epps had sustained multiple stab and cut wounds. The victim's co-workers went to her house after she failed to report to work. Police found the home ransacked with some of Ms. Epps' belongings stolen. Police recovered latent fingerprints from the crime scene and those prints allegedly match those of Harris. And if that wasn't bad enough, Harris is currently out on bail.

Warren Brown to Hamm: y'all need to cut out that liberty-disregarding "jive lip service."*

A 17-year-old high school senior was shot in the head while walking through the school parking lot.

A 25-year-old Baltimore man, Shonari Warren, rejected a plea deal in PA. He's charged with killing Leonard Smith Jr., a heating-oil delivery man, based on an eyewitness picking him out of a photo lineup. Warren claims he didn't do it.

Last Friday, a man in a Hummer with Texas plates was gunned down near Reisterstown Road Plaza.

A baby in a storm drain leads to 20-year-old a Villa Julie student.

City Councilman James B. Craft blames me for the city police's high number of fishy arrests.

A crackhead led state troopers on a "high"-speed chase.

The attempted murder trial of Keyona Dillon, originally scheduled to begin Monday, was (how shocking) postponed to November 7.

A cop cashed stolen traveler's checks in Easton.

Walter Robertson, Jr., charged with sex offense, was held on $120,000 bail following a bail review hearing at Wabash District Court.

Slow news day: This NBC affiliate illustrates why watching tv news is a waste of time.

*announcing the first-ever BCrime contest! The best make-believe Hamm or Jessamy "lip service jive" quote will win the equivalent of one hour of a Baltimore City teacher's salary via Paypal! Good luck Super Honkies and Spades! Don't let your mouth get your ass in trouble!

Must be original and actual jive. Ebonics, Shaft and Cleopatra Jones quotes will be disqualified. Void where prohibited.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lenny Hamm lip service jive:

at the Northeast District Community Council meeting, the Commissioner was asked if, in light of the many long-term officer vacancies, he needed additional funds authorized. His answer was:

"No. I just need to do my job."

Yup.

Anonymous said...

Oh, did anyone notice that the Korean store owner murdered this week in his store was killed by a typical Baltimore hoodlum now out on probation for another murder many years ago? Wild speculation: with 30,000 active cases of supervised parole & probation on the loose in Baltimore City, maybe we need some more cops or curfew restictions on convicted felons as a precondition to release.