Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Seven murders, a stabbing and a threatening gesture

Seven murders reported this week in the Ink; #178, Kenneth Ringgold, was removed from the toll. The teenager shot on N. Clinton Street was ID'D as 17-year-old Shawn Crosby.

"17-year-old charged in stabbing at Heritage High"

Two years for witness intimidation and disorderly conduct, verbatim from Margaret Burns:
Willie Guiterrez Amaya, 26, of 8000 block of Gough Street in Baltimore was found guilty Tuesday of witness intimidation and disorderly conduct during a court trial before the Honorable Nathan Braverman. Amaya received a 2-year suspended sentence and 1-year supervised probation.Prosecutor Oana Nagy handled the case in Eastside District Court.

On August 23, 2008 at approximately 12:30 AM police received a call for a traffic accident in the 6500 block of Eastern Avenue and upon arrival Amaya was found threatening the 24-yr.old victim for calling for police assistance. The defendant failed in his attempt to negotiate a financial settlement for the accident and made hand gestures towards the victim appearing to cut his throat.
Exhibit A interviews the exec director of the MD Legal Aid Bureau.

3 comments:

ppatin said...

No justice for Christopher Clarke. Two thugs got five year sentences for his murder. Disgusting.

taotechuck said...

Uh, either Brent Jones or Margaret Burns got it wrong. The press release from Burns' office states:

"Under terms of the plea, Whitaker will be sentenced to 30-years in prison, suspend all but 25-years, the first 5-years without the possibility of parole and Green will be sentenced to 5-years."

Sounds to me like Clarke's shooter will get 25 years, and his pal gets 5.

I don't have access to email right now, but maybe someone could email Brent Jones and see what the deal is.

Unknown said...

As I stated in the other comments section, the Sun has corrected itself and Whitaker is getting up to TWENTY-FIVE, not five, years.