Chaz Montreal Ricks, 20, left, of 5339 Gist Avenue, was arrested for the Roland Park home invasion, robbery and sex attack. Word is that a city detective actually recognized him from the sketch.A JIS case search shows that Ricks' rap sheet is as long as your arm and includes 10 criminal cases. Less than a month ago he was loosed after being accused of armed robbery, theft, use of a handgun and second- and third-degree sex offenses when County prosecutors decided to drop the case because the only evidence against him was the word of a co-defendant, which is not legally enough. A second suspect, right, is still at large.
The man found dead in a wooded area in Columbia last night was id'd as 19-year-old Wasel Ali, who had been reported missing by a family member August 22nd.
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If Dixon is considering hiring Ramsey to implement the Chicago Alternative Policing Model, she should be aware that that city mans each of its 281 posts with around 10 officers, while each of our posts (which are about half the size of Chicago's) are manned with around 2.5 officers.
All of which boils down to: you need to double your patrol personnel.
Gee, now, who have I heard say that here before? !!!
Doubling the number of cops on the beat won't accomplish much if criminals are not punished by our judicial system. The mayor needs to go to Annapolis and beg the legislature for more prisons and tougher sentencing laws.
We have an arrest in connection with the Roland Park rape/invasion.
Hey galt and ppatin, can you help me make sense of Chaz Ricks arrest record? I don't understand a lot of the terminology from his past arrests.
patin,
perhaps what you're looking for is mandatory sentence enhancements.
An emergency declaration as requested by Jill Carter would be helpful in overcoming a democratically-elected State's Attorney and capacity-constrained judges.
Look at all of Chaz's "Nolle Prosequi's" on his MD casesearch history. Heck of a job, Jessamy!
thanks galt.
oh do tell us what's on chaz's resume!
This Chaz Ricks is proof of why the BPD warning about "suspicious people" is pure bullshit. This guy looks like any normal person.
According to his last arrest (Nov 2006) he was arrested for 1st and 2nd deg assault, handgun possession, handgun discharge, and reckless endangerment. All charges were dropped!
Google pops Mr. Ricks as a shooting victim just six months ago...
http://www.sepcrc.org/crimeinfo.html
On 13 Feb 07 @0340hrs., Chaz Ricks (m/b/20) was shot on the 3300 blk. of E. Baltimore St. The victim sustained gunshot wounds to the left shoulder, rt. leg and rt. thigh. There is no description of the suspect(s).. Any information obtained in reference to this shooting should be forwarded to Det. Taylor of the Southeast District Detective's Unit 410-396-2429.
Ricks' sex-offenses and another assault case were STETed. (mercifully placed on the inactive docket for reasons known to the ASA.)
The last STET just expired last month !
The current case entails 26 distinct charges including, inter alia, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, endangerment, handgun violation, and trespassing. Nice to be from Roland Park.
His previous handgun case was null-prossed by the ASA.
Can I ask a stupid question: WHY were Chaz Ricks cases put on the inactive docket and "not prosecuted"?? Why even have laws, then?
I dunno... because Jessamy is an idiot?
I think if someone's boss asks an employee to work, and the employee doesn't want to work but still wants to get paid, he should be able to tell his boss, in Latin, "I don't want to work" and he will still be able to get paid, just like the state's attorney can just say "nolle prosequi" and pretend that they still are a functioning branch of govertnment. By the way how do you say, in latin, "We know this guy is guilty but were too stupid and lazy to prosecute him, and anyway he doesn't live near any of US or our families, so, here he is, baltimore! Good luck, and BELIEVE!
Wow, this is pretty bad. You know how Arthur Anderson was indicted as a company after the Enron scandal? The Baltimore City State's Attorney's office should be charged as an accessory to rape.
It is astonishing to me that the SA's office when getting ready to spring a scumbag like this Chaz Ricks, doesn't think (or doesn't care) that "Holy Shit, this guy is gonna go out and kill or rape someone, and WE'RE letting him out to do it"....
Christ, Chaz Ricks has accumulated quite a sheet in his two & half years as a legal adult. Two domestic violence cases (can't figure out what happened to those), a first degree assault that was placed on the inactive docket, harassment, second degree assault & sexual solicitation of a minor which again wasn't prosecuted, some drug charges which were nolle pros'd, a gun charge and first degree assault, AGAIN nolle pros'd, armed robbery, a gun charge and another second degree sex offense which were nolle prose'd out in the county (weird, I didn't think they tolerated crime the way the city does) and now of course armed robbery, assault, and rape. Unfrigginbelievable. God only knows what his juvenille record looks like.
What possible excuse is there for not prosecuting someone like Chaz Ricks again and again and again? I understand that the SA's office has very limited resources, but Pat Jessamy is an independent elected official who has the right and an obligation to speak out. If the funding situation is so bad that they can't prosecute sociopaths like this she needs to be a politician and ask/demand/plead for more prosecutors.
By the way, anyone remember when she won an award from the RIAA? Apparently they can go after copyright violators, but not the future rapists of America.
Jessamy didn't have time to prosecute a known violent sex offender like Chaz Ricks because she is too busy going after people like those warehouse owners that killed the sleaze crackheadin self defense that broke in to their place. Why wasn't THAT case nolle prosequi'd?
Oh, he was also caught riding the MTA without paying.
I think the SA's office may be guilty of a serious crime if it can be shown that in other jurisdictions people like Chaz Ricks are behind bars for a very long time.
I would really like to know what happened with Ricks's indictment in the county. Those were some serious charges against him that were completely dropped. Take a look at that dimissal date too, this guy is so fucked up that within less than four weeks of that case being dropped he goes out and commits rape. If I were a felon I'd try to at least give it a rest for a couple of months.
yeah, he doesn't look 'suspicious' at all, he looks friendly and normal. All the better to home-invade you with.
Meanwhile before I heard the descriptions I called the cops on some poor drapery salesman with a moustache writing up an order in his car in front of my house. Moustaches are suspicious, am I wrong?!
I'd say half the population of Baltimore looks suspicious. This Saturday I was up on top of Fed Hill watching the lightning in the distance, and there were two young males in big white tees a couple of benches down. I was glancing at them the whole time, hoping they wouldn't come over and mug us since the rain had gotten rid of all the other people.
By the way, I just read this in the Sun.
"Maryland is the richest state in the nation and has the lowest poverty rate, according to estimates released today from the U.S. Census Bureau.
For years, Maryland has ranked among the wealthiest states, and experts note that its 2006 median income -- $65,144 -- is not statistically different from that of New Jersey, with $64,470.
While Maryland grew richer over the first half of the decade, the state is also home to wide income disparities, and some of its jurisdictions continue to lag behind. For example, Howard County's median household income was $94,260 in 2006, while Baltimore City's was $36,031."
In all fairness, sometimes there are evidentiary obstacles to prosecuting a case. If it involves a gun, for instanc, there might be an issue of nexus, or a procedural question of the continuity of custody. This SA routinely throws out evidence where an officer let it out of his sight even for an instant.
Unless you can impeach her, the only alternative is to have such a density of cops that their testimony overwhelms objection. For instance, one cop handles the offender, another stares intently at the evidence, and a third runs the computer for outstandings and follows Miranda-type procedures. And that's per offender.
Hey ppatin that was me and my real estate broker in the white t-shirt on the bench across from you! It's funny, but we thought YOU were going to come over and mug US!
Stop with the grants and the 'Communiversities'. Hire thousands of good officers to deal with the profusion of animals like Chaz Ricks in this city.
Ha ha, I didn't know that tall-tees were considered appropriate work attire in the real estate business.
In light of the violence in this city, combined with the insistence of the voter base to elect people who will not solve the problem (which to me will only perpetuate the violence), I'm now a strong proponent of everyone having a gun, for the sake of suppressing aggression with superior fire.
Yay, I won a convert.
And before anyone jumps on me, I'm not an NRA gun-nut who thinks that the ideal society is one where everyone is packing. I just think that allowing more law-abiding citizens to carry guns would make the situation less bad than it currently is.
BTW, what are the rules for buying/owning guns in Baltimore City?
Having a gun may have some pitfalls, but lets look at the facts: this city is CRAWLING with felons looking to victimize you; the police almost never thwart a crime in progress; even when they do catch someone, after the fact, Jessamy's office is useless in keeping them behind bars. Unfortunately, it seems like the ONLY time she springs into action is when some honest person puts a scumbag out of our misery. No "nolle prosequi" then!
You can have a rifle or shotgun in your home, but transporting it anywhere is very restricted. I'm not sure what the rules about handguns in your home are, but I think those are legal as well. Concealed carry permits are theoretically available, but the state police are very reluctant to issue them. Unless you transport large amounts of cash for a living getting a permit is essentially impossible.
We also have a state's attorney who loves to prosecute citizens who defend themselves. I don't remember the names of the guys who shot a crackhead who broke into their warehouse and threatened them, but they got tried (and acquitted, thank god!) for first-degree murder. What Pat Jessamy tried to do to those two men is unforgiveable, but she probably figured here was a chance to nail a white guy and please her constituents. I have hated her with great fervor since I read about that case .
You need to have two brain cells and $25 cash. Voila.
"Unfortunately, it seems like the ONLY time she springs into action is when some honest person puts a scumbag out of our misery. No "nolle prosequi" then!"
In more ways than one unfortunately...
If you shoot a hoodlum you're likely to be charged with murder. Our state's attorney believs that crime victims should just bend over and take it.
"You need to have two brain cells and $25 cash. Voila."
Huh?
Oh, you meant legally?
Hey, I found a law-abider in Baltimore! Next it'll be a Republican or a passenger pidgeon.
Ah ok, I was a bit slow there.
You can get an illegal gun for $25? Jeezus.
By the way, anyone here know what the mandatory sentence for a gun crime in Singapore is? Life in prison. If that gun goes off during the crime then it's a trip to the gallows for you. Rapists also get caned. Anyone surprised that Singapore is one of the safest cities in the world?
the sun says mr. ricks's address is on st. luke's lane in lochearn. the gist avenue address looks more like that of mr. stewart, who coincidentally was found dead and on fire in a park in lochearn yesterday. (btw, 17-year old black male from park heights found dead in some park in the county? never mind the fact that his corpse was on fire. how much do you guys want to bet it was a homicide?)
Regarding the 17-year old black male from park heights, my bet is the County police are making sure he was killed in the City before tagging it as a Homicide. Wouldn't want to run up that BaltCo homicide number...
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unless someone out there really loves the anonymous comments, I'm going to disable them again I think.
fuck it, i think you should disable all comments!
I hate using this account to leave Blogger comments!!!!
Okay, sorry.
I just wanted to thank you guys for this blog. I read it daily, and I'm so glad you work so hard to keep people informed. Oh, and sometimes your opinions, while almost always right on, are hillarious -- so I get a crime report AND a good laugh. Thanks again!!
cybrarian, disable anonymous comments??? and deprive us of such bon mots as "bigots gallore"???
If I'm ever shot to pieces in this city, before I give up the ghost, I will drag my dying carcass to the junction of Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Anne Arundel County, so that I am chalked out with exactly 1/3 of my rotting corpse in each county, just so I can drive burgersub insane in his quest to properly catalogue me.
it's good to have aspirations!
Thanks for the kind words fartsy!
"Regarding the 17-year old black male from park heights, my bet is the County police are making sure he was killed in the City before tagging it as a Homicide. Wouldn't want to run up that BaltCo homicide number... "
The police don't decide whether it's a homicide or not, that's the OCME's job.
good luck with that jaimetabb, those junctions are in bodies of water.
ppatin, the OCME decides what is a "homicide" while the police decide what homicides will be recorded in the stats as "murders" and investigated as such. and in some rare cases, like that of Julia Boussari, they do actually decide what's a homicide and what isn't.
Oh, that's interesting. If the police decide whether a homicide goes in the records as a "murder" then what's the point in having an independent medical examiner?
well the ME makes their decision based on just facts, is this person dead because of the actions of another person? murder is different, because then you have to apply all the various laws to the situation and decide if the other person is criminally responsible for the death, and if so, to what degree. this can be hard to decide if you don't even know exactly how the person died, which is why an ME is needed. also, no matter what the other person ends up getting charged with, the statistical component (whether the incident is included in the year-end murder total for the jurisdiction) is generally dictated by the FBI's uniform crime reporting standards.
Intent makes homicide into murder, and police & prosecutors are responsible for that part.
Ok, thanks for clarifying. I guess that makes sense, since something like a justifiable homicide obviously wouldn't be called a murder.
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