A family describes a terrifying ordeal with the rouge cops of the Eastern, who, they say, stole $28,000.
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services has awarded a $4 million-plus contract to Cogent Systems of California to digitalize and archive five million fingerprint, palmprint, and latent hard copy records. The state will then (one hopes) have a system set up that can digitize inked fingerprint and palmprint cards and mug shots. The system will also be compatable with the company's Bluetooth-enabled mobile fingerprint capture device. The future is now.Jury selection began yesterday in the trial of corrections officers Dameon Woods, Nathan Colbert and James Hatcher, accused of beating Raymond Smoot to death at Central Booking.
Update: the jury es muy blanco.
You know you're a bad doctor when ... :
an expert testified yesterday in the Vernon Evans Jr. appeal that the MD death squad is "not qualified" to kill people.
Stephen Janis tolerates a City Council meeting so you don't have to.
Re. the Clay case: "No one's in a hurry to discuss public safety until everyone is safely elected."
Diddy: Standing on the corner at 45 "ain't a hot look."
Former Baltimore Police Officer Daniel J. Shanahan has written a book "for all the excellent Law Enforcement officers who shortened their careers by crossing the thin blue line and venturing into the wrong territory; sometimes into criminal territory. Therefore permanently tarnishing their badge, reputation, family, and all the good that badge stands for. This book is for the police officers that could not find their way back, wanted to make a difference, and unfortunately, could have."
Cardin's pesky blogger has been ID'd as one Ursula Gruber; turns out she has something to say about the illegal use of Wal-Mart employee discount cards as well.
In the Baltimore City Circuit Court Richard Cort began a class-action suit, suing CareFirst for prematurely charging higher rates to older people.
Congrats to Liz and Public Information Officer Joe Sviatko on the City Paper BOB awards. (But what's up with the CP inventing "Best" categories that are really 'Worsts"?) Anyway, thanks to everyone who voted for this site! Two years of BOBs (and of not being invited to the party, WTF?)
White County People Dept.
First thought: "why is there this long story about this murder? Oh I see, it's about white county people."
Second thought: Is it responsible journalism to publish a story that someone is being questioned about a murder ... but not mention until halfway down the page that he's not a suspect?
John Coles pled guilty yesterday to the murder of ex-girlfriend Alice Tremper. He got 30 years for stabbing her to death in front of her 8-year-old-daughter.
Former Department of Homeland Security press aide Brian J. Doyle, 56, pleaded no contest yesterday to charges that he had a "relationship" with an undercover sheriff's detective posing as a teenage girl.
In Bel Air, a man in (what appears to be) a Bill Clinton mask tried to abduct a teenage snowball-stand worker.
8 comments:
Thank you, Stephem Janis.
These people should be forbidden to introduce legislation until they deal with public safety. Oh, that's called a fillibuster, but you would need at least one councilman willing to do the job. Guess that lets us out.
Campaign signs and elections voting difficulties. Heavens! A true emergency.
What with the cops, the criminals and the map, it's like the 21210 is a hill surrounded by Mongol hordes.
Well, I don't know much about all the physiological issues, but if they need someone to drop the guillotine....
Y'know, these folks have hijacked the purpose of the proscription against "cruel & unusual punishment". The intent was to ensure that sadistic officials would not get their jollies driving bamboo under people's fingernails just because they were convicted. It was never intended that the State had to find some means of having you meet your end which was to your satisfaction.
Galt, do you have a link where I could access that crime map? It's kind of interesting looking.
No, is there some section you'd like to zoom on?
Cybes, I almost missed your comment on the Mongols: notice that 21210 has under 1% the amount of criminality that 21218 has.
Do you think it receives that little policing, too ???
I would be absolutely delighted to receive in the east side of 21218 100 times the policing present in 21210.
Regarding the Vernon Evans testimony, be aware that in Starke, FL convicted cop-killer Clarence Hill's request to the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of execution on similar constitutional grounds was denied. He's toast.
No way, i told you how they found my bike before I knew it had been stolen! Actually there's not any police presence to speak of -- in terms of how often cars drive around the area, it just doesn't happen: at less than 100 times as frequent as the kind of patrolling, like, your Hampden or Waverly gets. Makes sense-- we don't need it. Neighbors are hypervigilant about anyone or anything suspicious, there are always dog-walkers or stroller moms about.
BTW every time I've been by the old neighborhood lately there's been a policeman on foot patrol (carefully watching the white t-shirt boys who are also on foot patrol). We may have have ceded the east and west sides but it looks like not Hampden yet.
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