Thursday, July 10, 2008

I'm so hungry, I could rob at Arby's

FHB-III: Two of five working-girl stranglings "are not related."

The Ink documents a "conspicuous spike" in murders;
the city's recent shootapalooza is worrying Bealefeld.

Read and learn how drug dealers launder money with used cars.
(The CP assures us that their site is safe, it was hacked several days ago but is now fixed.)

115 juvenile offenders have been arrested on outstanding warrants.

Maurice Young, 43, pleaded guilty to home invasion, string of bank robberies

Why do the child rapists always flee to Baltimore?

Suprise, surprise, Dixon says there's only one way to keep criminals from being released by mistake: "a large infusion of money"

Blotter: Take the cell phone, leave the roast beef sandwiches

Doug Gansler got $200k and a cleanup deal from Velsicol Chemical Co. in Easton.

Interesting comments on the WSJ's "Baltimore=hellhole" Op-Ed

Hope to see you all tonight at "Happy" "Hour"!

13 comments:

Mr. Mephistopheles said...
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Mr. Mephistopheles said...

The "Bowie" that the article refers to is not Bowie, MD but Bowie County, TX- which is where Texarkana is located.

Maurice Bradbury said...

Thanks! So there's a baltimore, TX and a Bowie TX, who knew?

John Galt said...

This is a very good article on 'help' programs in Baltimore's most inner-city neighborhoods.

What it makes clear is

1) the propensity of nonprofit policy advocates to lay blame on institutions (and businesses) rather than people,

2) the self-admitted tendency of our local inhabitants to make self-destructive choices.

Notice how poor merchandise access is associated with plexiglass screens as if storekeepers were trying to disadvantage someone. The plexiglass is there because the storekeeper's been robbed. Several times. You can fix it really easily: supply enough cops to be constantly available.

Otherwise, get used to the plexi; it's a direct result of the choice to underpolice a profoundly violent and criminal city.

John Galt said...

The Examiner's article on the punk roundup demonstrates that the offenders had multiple warrants. That means your streets have been allowed to be unsafe, people.

The Mayor's ending comment in the piece, of course, is exactly wrong!

And that's why, murder reductions notwithstanding, Baltimore is still one of the nastiest, most criminal-friendly places in America.

Mr. Mephistopheles said...

I don't think there's a Baltimore, Texas. My understanding was that the two brothers were arrested in Baltimore, MD and are awaiting extradition to Texarkana. That's my guess at least- I don't feel like registering to read the rest of the article.

John Galt said...

Why do criminals flee to Baltimore?

Maybe because you have to rack up several warrants before we'll do anything about you.

ppatin said...

That nutrition article really got on my nerves. People should get a backpack and walk a couple of miles to a real supermarket once or twice per week. Lord knows plenty of Baltimoreans could use the exercise.

John Galt said...

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

The county, at least, appreciates that those who commit serious offenses are extra-proportionately represented among those who commit minor ones.

Apprehend the minor offenders and you make a big dent in the majors as a free bonus.

The City, on the other hand, is still trying to enforce as little law as possible and still cut into the most violent offenses (only).

Maurice Bradbury said...

Re the Doritos, whatever happened to the Arabbers? Are they all gone?

John Galt said...

Another quaint Baltimore street tradition, eh?

Have you considered the quality of tomatoes purchased earlier in the week at Jessup because they were kinda too tired for retailers, and which have been dragged around Baltimore for 8-10 hours uncovered in the noonday sun ??

And they're covered in fruitflies?

That's not very high quality food to my way of thinking.

taotechuck said...

All that soy cheese is going to your head, hon, because you linked to last week's Ink. Here's this week's Ink, where we have a shockingly low one murder.

John Galt said...

Earlier this a.m., a knife-wielding guy charged police officers and was accordingly shot off York Road/ Greenmount Ave a few blocks north of Waverly.

Funny how they always seem to respond that way.