Wednesday, September 12, 2007

September 12

It's official, thanks in part to an abysmal turnout, Dixon and Stuffame Galling-Flake will be leading whoever's left in Baltimore into the future. At least opium production is up in Afghanistan so we can dull our pain on the cheap.

This week's Ink names victims, updates stories, adds stats about how things have been since the duo above have been in charge:
  • "So far, 18 females have been murdered this year in the city; 10 of those murders took place in the last three months" and "at least eight" women have been charged with 2007 homicides.

  • There have been 20 juveniles murdered this year since September 8

  • Last week marked the 25th police-involved shooting this year; nine of the shootings were fatal.
This week brought the 26th ... or is it 27th? police shooting, this one shortly after 3 a.m. on Park Heights Avenue. The "victim," who pointed a gun at an officer, survived.

A doozy of a blotter; in addition to the usual robberies, stolen cars and burglaries:
Northwestern
Arrest // Following a nearly month-long investigation, district drug enforcement unit officers armed with a search and seizure warrant yesterday raided a house in the 3300 block of Elgin Ave. and arrested a man on drug distribution and deadly weapon charges. When officers entered through the front door by force, the man tried to escape. Sgt. Ronald Beverly, head of the unit, said officers entered the house about 4 p.m. and that a search resulted in the finding of a quantity of cocaine valued at $12,000 hidden in various rooms. Found hidden under the floor boards of a second-floor room was an unloaded 9 mm Israeli-made Uzi machine pistol and 50 rounds of armor-piercing ammunition, Beverly said. He said the suspect, Artis Dirton, 28, of that address, fled to the roof but was captured. Beverly said Dirton was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and unlawful possession of a firearm and was being held at Central Booking and Intake Center. Beverly said an investigation showed that drugs were being distributed from the house to dealers in Southwest and Northwest Baltimore.

Robbery try/shooting // A male, 18, was standing the rear yard of his home in the 4300 block of Groveland Ave. about 2:30 p.m. Monday when a gunman approached and demanded his money. When the victim resisted, the gunman shot him in the left leg then fled. The victim was treated at Sinai Hospital.

Northern
Shooting // A man, 21, was reported in good condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after he was shot in the back, the head and a leg by an unknown assailant about 9 p.m. Monday in the 700 block of Beaumont Ave. Police said the man was a walk-in patient at Good Samaritan Hospital, where his condition was stabilized before he was transferred to shock-trauma for emergency back surgery.

Southeastern
Stabbings // Two brothers, 36 and 44, were walking in the 400 block of S. Newkirk St. about 2:15 a.m. Sunday when they became involved in an argument with two other males. During the argument, one brother was stabbed in the back and the other was stabbed in the stomach. Both brothers were treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital and were listed in fair condition. No arrests had been made.
Family of Isaiah Simmons III, who died after six counselors at Bowling Brook Preparatory School near Taneytown allegedly held him down for three hours, are asking the state for a single trial for all six defendants.

Gabby County circuit judge Bruce Sewell Lamdin (remember him?) may be suspended for his off-the-cuff commentary.

A potty-mouthed mom reports that a cashier and security guard at the White Marsh (Nottingham) Wal-Mart accused her of abducting her own child. She ran home and notified the media, naturally.

Awkward! "Some fifth-graders at Glenn Dale Elementary School in Prince George's County thought they were going to watch "Star Wars" on DVD, but instead, they got a glimpse of a pornographic movie."
... why are fifth-graders watching "Star Wars" at school?!

6 comments:

jaimetab said...

Will the last non-felon leaving please remember to turn out the lights when you leave?

theBS said...

well i read the blog on myspace. well what if she was the abuctor & the security gaurd didnt do anything, them walmart gonna get a law suit. maybe the security guard didnt handle it right, but this woman sounds like one of those people that are fine with searches & people taking right away from them, until it happens to them

Caederus said...

The police shooting link seems to have a problem.

Also I can understand why you would watch Star Wars in Music class. The John Williams score won the Oscar that year. What better way of getting small kids attention and brining it back to the subject than tieing it into popular culture. The key is in the teacher bringing it back to the subject.

burgersub said...

so the supposed fatal shooting on saturday on chester street didn't appear in murder ink today, and hasn't been mentioned by anybody else at all, including even getting a number in the sun's running murder tally. i'm starting to suspect that for the second time in a week a local news organization reported a fatal shooting that wasn't actually fatal.

fuquinay said...

My favorite thing was seeing someone from SRB's office saying, and I quote loosely, "Now is not the time for a NO vice." Yes, he said a NO vice.

I voted against her, against Dixon, and against Curran. Is there anyone to vote for?

The Star Wars thing certainly makes sense. You don't have to be a teacher to be able to figure it out, do you? It's also English class fodder--traditional Hero/Quest (and well done, at that).

Maurice Bradbury said...

I maintain showing movies in class is some lazy- azz teaching! No wonder Kids of Today can barely read the comics page! If you want hero quests, read the classics! If you want to teach classical music, play some!

Maybe this teacher was just showing some excerpts to illustrate a point after the class read "Beowulf" or "The Odyssey" or as part of a lesson on the works of John Williams or the special effects of the 70s, but I wouldn't bet on it.