Now there are two Baltimore murder cases being re-examined in light of new DNA testing, and city prosecutors are not happy.
A Baltimore City Jury today convicted Keyona Dillon, 15, of attempted second-degree murder and possession of a concealed deadly weapon following two days of testimony and approximately one day of deliberation. Dillon stabbed a 15-year old girl on May 31 while walking in the 3800 block of St. Margaret Street.
The sex offense trial of Edgar West, originally scheduled to begin today, has been postponed. The new trial date is February 7, 2006 before Judge Sylvester Cox.
Deborah Weiner at WBAL-TV brings a human face to our region's staggering rate of drug addiction.
Baltimore County has three people and $300,000 to prevent gangs from becoming a problem.
Gambling charges are being dismissed against the 80 people arrested in the raid of a poker tournament in South Baltimore due to a technicality. Some participants thought the event was legal, since it was being touted as a charity fundraiser. Prosecutors may re-file charges, but it appears unlikely since even they think it's a "waste of court resources."
Members of the Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police are trying to bring slot machines to the city in order to buy equipment for officers. The F.O.P. president stated that this is a last ditch effort to earn money, because "there's no more money for the government to give us." Meanwhile, back in July, the Washington Post ran a front-page story with the headline, "Maryland Reports Surplus of $1 Billion".
Two 13-year-old middle school students in Frederick County were charged with carrying concealed deadly weapons at school. One of the deadly weapons was a BB gun.
In Salisbury, James Bennett High School was locked down on a "Code Red alert" after a 17-year-old was found carrying a knife.
Yahoo! presented more national coverage about Baltimore's enlightened views on snitching. Chuck D. from Public Enemy offered a contrary voice to the standard hip-hop rhetoric: "If a person is cancerous to society, then a snitch sometimes is the best solution, with an army behind him."
1 comment:
I read that article you linked to via yahoo, and I just want to say that it can be scary to tell on someone who resides in the neighorhood, but me being me, pretty much outspoken , I would tell because if I didn't , whose to say my family or myself isn't going to be that person's next victim. I think people in the inner cities everywhere need to start thinking about that before they hide murderer's, rapists, and other criminals among them and live in fear. If your going to live in fear, at least live in fear knowing you did the right thing I would say.
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