Tuesday, October 31, 2006

October 31 afternoon

On October 27 the Baltimore City Grand Jury indicted Davon Gardner, 20, of the 2500 block of Loyola Northway and Gerryl Boatwright, 17, of the 4100 block of Park Heights Avenue. on first-degree murder and other counts. Court documents allege on October 2, Antonio Manley, 17, and Master Davis, 16, were walking in the 1700 block of Castle Street when two men identified as Gardner and Boatwright began firing at the two men. Mr. Manley suffered gunshot wounds to the lower back and survived his injuries, however, Mr. Davis did not survive his injuries. Gardner and Boatwright were observed getting into a gray or silver Subaru, and fleeing from the scene. They were later stopped by Baltimore Police Officers who recovered a handgun and handgun shells wrapped in a red bandana.

Also on October 27, 2006 the Baltimore City Grand Jury indicted Braynell Gilchrist, 21, of the 2400 block of Wilgrey Court for first-degree murder. Court documents allege that on September 15, a witness reports, while in the company of Braynell Gilchrist in the 2300 block of Norfolk Street threatened to kill David Galloway. The witness reports Gilchrist approached the victim and the two men engaged in conversation, moments later Gilchrist shot the victim several times, killing him.

The Baltimore City Grand Jury indicted Earl Bazemore, 20, of the 2500 block of E. Fayette Street, and Victor Miller, 21, of the 2000 block of W. Eutaw Street, of first-degree murder and other counts. Court documents allege on September 27, 2006, Earl Bazemore and Victor Miller were in a gold colored Honda Accord that was stopped by the Baltimore City Police Officers in the 6300 block of Hudson Street. A handgun was recovered from the vehicle. The ballistics examination performed revealed the gun recovered from the vehicle was the same gun used to shoot and kill Andrew Levi Jackson, 26, on September 25, 2006.

More on the story of Sierra Swann, Nathaniel Broadway, the two infants they starved and beat to death and how not a thing has changed to prevent a similar incident from happening in the future. Pass the Prozac, this is easily, by far, the most depressing thing I've ever read about in this town, and that is saying a lot.

Zukael Stephens, charged with arson and murder in the death of Marcus Rogers in Mt. Vernon, was let out of jail by accident -- but he's back in now.
Update: The court ordered Tony Stephens Zukael, AKA Zukael Stephens, charged with murder, held without bail today. The court scheduled a preliminary hearing date of November 28, 2006.

CSA: A woman's consent to sex can't be withdrawn.

More methadone for everyone! (I thought "bupe" was the new thing?)

Rod Rosenstein is hot on the trail of child pornographers.

In White Marsh, Vernon Harris was charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of 46-year-old Floyd Harp.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

The link to the consent story is broken.

Anonymous said...

There you go: Earl Bazemore and Victor Miller. 2 killers caught.

Not "red-handed", not "in the act", but by a basic traffic stop that many of you complain about.

The broken windows theory works.

John Galt said...

That's not really broken windows. Broken windows is about deterrence, not apprehension. The Terry stop is an important tool in Baltimore because we have so many open warrants for really serious offenses. I'm OK with Terry stops, provided I can reasonably expect that I won't be hassled unless I've done something or am in possession of something wrong. When the Terry stop is a prelude to false arrest, THEN I have a problem with it.

Anonymous said...

It very much is an example of "broken window" policing. The idea of stopping someone for a minor traffic-related issue is analogous to stopping the classical "turnstile jumpers"-- the prime example (after broken windows) when the broken window theory is explained.

John Galt said...

Hmmm. Somehow I'd failed to note that we had 6 murders this week. Am I growing complacent ??

BTW, the City Paper's lead article slams the O'Mayor for all the things he's failed to accomplish but for which he still claims credit.

I agree and cannot bring myself to promote such a person to a higher office. It's kinda like when he wanted to drop the passing grade in the schools to a 60 so that more kids would succeed.

John Galt said...

Anon,

Broken Window theory is almost universally misexplained by third party advocates who have some or another agenda they wish to apply it to. I suggest you read Kelling & Wilson.

The idea is that if you establish a firm (and truthful) reputation for strictly enforcing small infractions, the perp will understand that you'll certainly enforce the grave ones and so will have incentive to avoid them, which deterrence makes actual enforcement unnecessary. It's sort of a rational expectations idea using the low-cost signal of rigorous misdemeanor enforcement.

Terry stops have no signalling value. They are apprehension mechanisms.

Almond Smash said...

Broken windows is about prevention of major crimes, not about catching a criminal after a major crime has already occurred.

The murders have already been committed the actions did nothing to stop them from happening, but I for one am glad the perps were caught.

Good on the officers who nabbed them.

John Galt said...

Wonder where Cybes went.

Emptyman said...

(1) I agree with John, a traffic stop is not "broken windows" by any stretch of the imagination.

(2) The mayor was not behind the move to lower Baltimore City's "passing grade" to 60% (which, BTW, is what it is in the surrounding counties already.)

(3) Jesus Christ could be elected mayor of Baltimore and we would still have 250+ murders each year and the schools would still suck. It's especially unfair to hold O'Malley responsible for the schools since by law, he has almost no control over them whatsoever.

(4) To be fair, in the rape-consent case, both the assailant and the victim testified that he withdrew from penetration within seconds of her telling him to stop. At the same time, having read the transcript in this case, the jury's question was almost certainly hypothetical because there was overwhelming evidence that this defendant was one of two men who beat and gang-raped the victim. If you get called for jury duty and you and the other jurors get involved in an intellectual debate about the law that really doesn't have any bearing on your vote in the case, PLEASE don't send a note out to the judge asking him to resolve an irrelevant question, no matter how interesting it might be in the abstract.

Mr. Mephistopheles said...

Another major area newspaper, The Annapolis Capital, endorsed Bobby Haircut for governor. They didn't have anything against the O'Mayor, but like The Washington Post, they are concerned about having one-party rule in Annapolis.

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2006/11_01-47/OPN

John Galt said...

O'Malley openly endorsed the reduction to 60%. That puts him on the line for it.

JC might make an interesting compromise write-in candidate. Is the Basilica a legal residence?

The murders could be cut sharply. Pretty quickly, too. You'd need about 5,000 full-time sworn officers after firing the rotten and ineffectual ones. You'd also want to publicly track the prosecution of cases until the State's Attorney got back into the swing of working with the police department.

The more they try to isolate the exact incidence of rape, the more I feel that I need an attorney to consult whenever I take some gal to dinner. May I kiss her? Is it an assault? What if I french? Is that a penetration? If consent is revocable, is it retroactive? Solution: "Hey, baby, what's your sign? Why, the Scales of Justice, of course."

John Galt said...

Oh, and JC didn't corner the market on turning the other cheek. The O'M's police chief has been doing a lot of that lately.

WJZ news will be doing a story on a wrongful death caused by a police officer on duty on Northern Parkway and the fact that he wasn't charged with anything.

Has anyone noticed a pattern? Bad cops aren't fired and convicted. They're just 'allowed' to gracefully resign from the force.

People who work in glass precincts,....probably shouldn't cast the first stone.

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