Murders are up, but robberies, aggravated assaults, and arrests are down.
Today's Blotter has a bunch of disgusting crimes, even by Baltimore standards: a 15-year-old girl was chased down and raped, two women were attacked in Reservoir Hill, and several jackasses did some aggravated assault action at what might be the world's greatest non-profit ice cream shop.
Our police force is, at least temporarily, down 14 officers.
There's still no parole for nonviolent drug offenses.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
March 23
Two teenagers were shot when they tried to rob an off-duty MTA cop.
Shardae Coles pleaded guilty yesterday to throwing a 16-month-old boy and killing him.
The Baltimore Algebra Project staged a die-in on North Ave. yesterday morning.
In the Blotter, a bunch of arrests, a bunch of shootings, and a whole bunch of robberies.
Perv of the day: Jeffrey Thompson, the former band director at Glen Burnie High School, couldn't keep his hands off his students or his vodka out of their Gatorade.
Paul Stella couldn't wait until they were dead to steal their money. And Theresa Antoinette Adams made a career of burglarizing retirement homes.
Some nice, classic fear reporting from WJZ on (cue scary music) How Your Attic Can Get You Killed.
Homeland Security: Giving traffic tickets in the name of American safety.
Shardae Coles pleaded guilty yesterday to throwing a 16-month-old boy and killing him.
The Baltimore Algebra Project staged a die-in on North Ave. yesterday morning.
In the Blotter, a bunch of arrests, a bunch of shootings, and a whole bunch of robberies.
Perv of the day: Jeffrey Thompson, the former band director at Glen Burnie High School, couldn't keep his hands off his students or his vodka out of their Gatorade.
Paul Stella couldn't wait until they were dead to steal their money. And Theresa Antoinette Adams made a career of burglarizing retirement homes.
Some nice, classic fear reporting from WJZ on (cue scary music) How Your Attic Can Get You Killed.
Homeland Security: Giving traffic tickets in the name of American safety.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
March 22
17-year-old Shawn Weaver was killed in a gunfight in the 900 block of McCulloh St. in West Baltimore, and the dead bodies of a man and a woman were found in a Rosemont rowhouse. This brings us to 64 homicides, which is 11 more than we had last year at this time.
Also in the link above, the man killed on Queensberry Ave. on Saturday was identified as 21-year-old Rodney Dewitt. The man whose body was found in a vacant house on 43rd St. was 54-year-old Ricardo Paige.
A man was shot and wounded in Glen Burnie early this morning.
Elementary school kids are being robbed at gunpoint.
There was insufficient evidence against Kevin Lomax in the shooting death of a pregnant woman outside of Club Choices last year. Charges against him have been dropped, but charges against co-defendant Oscar Adams still stand.
A blonde woman in her 20s or 30s tried to lure an 8-year-old girl into a maroon four-door sedan after the girl got out of school.
Apparently, spring is the best time to rob college students.
Perv du jour: 64-year-old Rondal Greenwade was charged with molesting a two-year-old girl and will be tried in Carroll County.
Kerry Harrison Parrish is the only HoCo sex offender who couldn't be found after police did an audit of registered offenders. (The article contains a nifty link to the state's Sexual Offender Registry, so you can find all the pervs in your neighborhood!)
An unidentified woman was walking in the right lane of 695 last night when she was killed by a truck. In unrelated news, somebody at WMAR really needs to learn how to use, commas.
Also in the link above, the man killed on Queensberry Ave. on Saturday was identified as 21-year-old Rodney Dewitt. The man whose body was found in a vacant house on 43rd St. was 54-year-old Ricardo Paige.
A man was shot and wounded in Glen Burnie early this morning.
Elementary school kids are being robbed at gunpoint.
There was insufficient evidence against Kevin Lomax in the shooting death of a pregnant woman outside of Club Choices last year. Charges against him have been dropped, but charges against co-defendant Oscar Adams still stand.
A blonde woman in her 20s or 30s tried to lure an 8-year-old girl into a maroon four-door sedan after the girl got out of school.
Apparently, spring is the best time to rob college students.
Perv du jour: 64-year-old Rondal Greenwade was charged with molesting a two-year-old girl and will be tried in Carroll County.
Kerry Harrison Parrish is the only HoCo sex offender who couldn't be found after police did an audit of registered offenders. (The article contains a nifty link to the state's Sexual Offender Registry, so you can find all the pervs in your neighborhood!)
An unidentified woman was walking in the right lane of 695 last night when she was killed by a truck. In unrelated news, somebody at WMAR really needs to learn how to use, commas.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
March 21
City Paper covers the murders of Charles Erdman, Mark Anthony Robinson, Tyrone Jackson Jr., Steven Washington, Christopher Clarke, Antwan Askins, Michael Stuckey, and two men who were unidentified as of the CP's press time (one of whom has since been ID'd as 30-year-old Edwin Mathews, see link below).
Christopher Clark(e) was an honors physics student with no criminal record who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Late yesterday afternoon, two more people were added to the city's murder roll. At about 6:00, police found a man who'd been shot to death in an apartment on E. 43rd St. several hours earlier. At about 5:15, 20-year-old Charles Hargrove was taken to Shock Trauma, where he died about 30 minutes later. He had been shot several times in the head on the 1500 block of Rayner Ave.
Lamar Damian Fleming was Annapolis' second murder of the year. The killing occurred Monday night in the Bywater Mutual Homes community.
A body was found next to the USS Constellation in the Inner Harbor.
Vaughan Lamont Garris was arrested for the death of Chontae Waters. Garris was Waters' next door neighbor.
Two movers in Sykesville got into a fight over a palate jack on Monday. One of the men was stabbed, the other charged with attempted murder.
The Blotter tells of a shooting, two shootings, a shooting, a shooting, and an arrest.
Two separate attacks in Glen Burnie yesterday.
Carroll County, the last county in the state to rely entirely on the Maryland State Police, is establishing its own police department.
Christopher Clark(e) was an honors physics student with no criminal record who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Late yesterday afternoon, two more people were added to the city's murder roll. At about 6:00, police found a man who'd been shot to death in an apartment on E. 43rd St. several hours earlier. At about 5:15, 20-year-old Charles Hargrove was taken to Shock Trauma, where he died about 30 minutes later. He had been shot several times in the head on the 1500 block of Rayner Ave.
Lamar Damian Fleming was Annapolis' second murder of the year. The killing occurred Monday night in the Bywater Mutual Homes community.
A body was found next to the USS Constellation in the Inner Harbor.
Vaughan Lamont Garris was arrested for the death of Chontae Waters. Garris was Waters' next door neighbor.
Two movers in Sykesville got into a fight over a palate jack on Monday. One of the men was stabbed, the other charged with attempted murder.
The Blotter tells of a shooting, two shootings, a shooting, a shooting, and an arrest.
Two separate attacks in Glen Burnie yesterday.
Carroll County, the last county in the state to rely entirely on the Maryland State Police, is establishing its own police department.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
March 20
A man's body was found in a house in the 2900 block of E. Madison Ave. on Saturday afternoon. Missing Cumberland resident Candice Annette Page was found, alive, at the same time with a gunshot wound to the back of her head. (Thanks for the link, Chris.)
The body of 31-year-old Chontae Waters was found in her Putnam Green rowhouse on Heatherton Ct. Waters was stabbed to death and was found by her roommate. (Putnam Green is in Baltimore County, near Woodlawn.)
Timothy Brockington and Tyrone Gross were sentenced to 45 years for kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery. Their victim was an off-duty BPD officer. Gross is a three-time felon, so he must serve the first 25 years without the possibility of parole.
After pleading guilty to 2nd degree murder on March 8, Larry McMillian was sentenced to 25 years yesterday afternoon:
Roger Burks was indicted yesterday for first-degree murder. Burks is accused of stabbing Irvin Conley to death at a backyard cookout on July 3, 2006.
A badly decomposed body was found in Leakin Park.
Baltimore County Councilman Vincent Gardina wants an investigation of the taser-related death of Ryan Lee Meyers.
Sheila D. is going to have "frank discussions" about our rising murder rate. In an exciting development, there will be meetings to discuss the problem. In the first of four "emergency meetings," the people said they want more foot patrols.
It appears that Her Honor is starting to see the outrage she so strongly desires.
House of Correction: "It's as bad as you could imagine."
Scary pervs of the day: A man tried to grab a 16-year-old HoCo high school student and drag her into the woods. And in Carroll County, 34-year-old Lincoln Goodman Sr. was charged with picking up two teenage girls, getting them drunk, waiting for one of them to pass out, and then having his way with her.
Beware of DPW workers who show up unannounced.
There's a statewide struggle to retain and recruit school teachers. The article fails to mention anything about teachers who leave because they're getting beaten up, nor does it address whether student-on-teacher violence is a problem outside of Baltimore City.
The body of 31-year-old Chontae Waters was found in her Putnam Green rowhouse on Heatherton Ct. Waters was stabbed to death and was found by her roommate. (Putnam Green is in Baltimore County, near Woodlawn.)
Timothy Brockington and Tyrone Gross were sentenced to 45 years for kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery. Their victim was an off-duty BPD officer. Gross is a three-time felon, so he must serve the first 25 years without the possibility of parole.
On July 5, 2005 at approximately 1:30AM off duty Baltimore Police Officer Antoine Boykin was at the Exxon gas station at 513 E. Mulberry Street when a burgundy Lincoln with three males inside pulled up next to him. One of the defendants, who was armed with a handgun, got out of the Lincoln and approached Officer Boykin. Officer Boykin was forced into the defendant’s vehicle at gunpoint. An unknown person exited the defendant’s vehicle and took Officer Boykin’s car from the gas station. Once inside the Lincoln, Officer Boykin was robbed at gunpoint and was struck in the head several times with the gun. The defendants drove Officer Boykin to the 1100 block of Myrtle Avenue where he was blindfolded and walked at gunpoint down the rear alley. The defendants had a conversation indicating that they planned to stash Officer Boykin inside of a vacant house at which time they walked into the yard of 1123 Myrtle Avenue and up the stairs. Officer Boykin was able to withdraw his service weapon, fire at the defendants and get away. Officer Boykin flagged an unknown citizen and was able to call 911. Timothy Brockington was located in the rear yard of 1123 Myrtle Avenue with gunshot wounds; Tyrone Gross was located in the front yard with a gunshot wound.
After pleading guilty to 2nd degree murder on March 8, Larry McMillian was sentenced to 25 years yesterday afternoon:
On May 25, 2006 following a neighborhood dispute McMillian shot Ruffin twice, once to the head and once to the leg. The incident occurred in the alley behind Mr. Ruffin’s home in the 2000 block of Woodbourne Avenue.
Roger Burks was indicted yesterday for first-degree murder. Burks is accused of stabbing Irvin Conley to death at a backyard cookout on July 3, 2006.
A badly decomposed body was found in Leakin Park.
Baltimore County Councilman Vincent Gardina wants an investigation of the taser-related death of Ryan Lee Meyers.
Sheila D. is going to have "frank discussions" about our rising murder rate. In an exciting development, there will be meetings to discuss the problem. In the first of four "emergency meetings," the people said they want more foot patrols.
It appears that Her Honor is starting to see the outrage she so strongly desires.
House of Correction: "It's as bad as you could imagine."
Scary pervs of the day: A man tried to grab a 16-year-old HoCo high school student and drag her into the woods. And in Carroll County, 34-year-old Lincoln Goodman Sr. was charged with picking up two teenage girls, getting them drunk, waiting for one of them to pass out, and then having his way with her.
Beware of DPW workers who show up unannounced.
There's a statewide struggle to retain and recruit school teachers. The article fails to mention anything about teachers who leave because they're getting beaten up, nor does it address whether student-on-teacher violence is a problem outside of Baltimore City.
Monday, March 19, 2007
March 19
One killing over the weekend has been reported so far; a 22-year-old man was shot to death on Queensberry Ave in Park Heights.
40-year-old Ryan Lee Meyers was killed by a police taser gun while he was allegedly attacking his family members with a baseball bat.
17-year-old Kenneth Tomlin tried to steal a Caddy but got killed instead.
Good times around town: A barber was stabbed, a 64-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint, a 13-year-old boy was assaulted and robbed, a man was shot in the face, and a couple cut each other during an argument. (And that's not even looking at the county.)
No more House of Corruption.
A convicted heroin dealer just bought the Hillendale Shopping Center, home to a Baltimore County police substation.
O'Malley's legacy lingers on.
Trouble's brewing at the Cecil County Detention Center.
Frednecks have vandalized their local mosque three times this year.
An honorary Darwin Award should go to Zachary Martin, who cut his hand while vandalizing a knife store.
The Guardian Angels expect about three dozen applicants for their new Harford County chapter.
40-year-old Ryan Lee Meyers was killed by a police taser gun while he was allegedly attacking his family members with a baseball bat.
17-year-old Kenneth Tomlin tried to steal a Caddy but got killed instead.
Good times around town: A barber was stabbed, a 64-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint, a 13-year-old boy was assaulted and robbed, a man was shot in the face, and a couple cut each other during an argument. (And that's not even looking at the county.)
No more House of Corruption.
A convicted heroin dealer just bought the Hillendale Shopping Center, home to a Baltimore County police substation.
O'Malley's legacy lingers on.
Trouble's brewing at the Cecil County Detention Center.
Frednecks have vandalized their local mosque three times this year.
An honorary Darwin Award should go to Zachary Martin, who cut his hand while vandalizing a knife store.
The Guardian Angels expect about three dozen applicants for their new Harford County chapter.
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