Woman in her 20s shot to death in the 2300 block of Braddish Avenue at about 3 a.m.
Cell phone's GPS system catches thief-- but Sprint wants victims to pick up his gab tab
Ya think? "Police suspect alcohol a factor in Washington Monument crash" also see "Study: Alcohol more lethal than heroin, cocaine"
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Judge Martin P. Welch
Judge Martin P. Welch was named the new chief judge Tuesday.
Prevas' funeral was lovely, BTW. As lovely as a funeral can be, anyway.
Prevas' funeral was lovely, BTW. As lovely as a funeral can be, anyway.
A verbal argument in the 400 block of South Vincent Street leads to a possible homicide
Cancer-scam victim talks to WBAL
Jury indicts lumpy-faced Gary Latham for murder of septuagenarian taxi driver John Sandy
Baltimore tapped for domestic violence pilot program
WTF? Prison official pleads guilty to taking cash from inmates.. and burying it in a junkyard?
Hermann has more on Prevas' final case
Touchy-feely school volunteer posed as Lady Liberty on his Facebook page
Cancer-scam victim talks to WBAL
Jury indicts lumpy-faced Gary Latham for murder of septuagenarian taxi driver John Sandy
Baltimore tapped for domestic violence pilot program
WTF? Prison official pleads guilty to taking cash from inmates.. and burying it in a junkyard?
Hermann has more on Prevas' final case
Touchy-feely school volunteer posed as Lady Liberty on his Facebook page
Thursday, October 28, 2010
But it was a really cute pug!
WTF? County woman who bilked Facebook friends out of cash by claiming she had cancer, then used the money for a pug and lawn services, got 15 years + restitution today.
"Twice convicted of murder, man gets off again"
A would-be burglar shot in the leg in a York Rd. Store (on the same block that once housed the Afro Hut)
ACLU sues MD State Police over officer's use of the n-word
Lawyers get foreclosure training
wacky! If you miss a letter and type "baltimorecrime.blogpot.com" instead, this is what you get.
"Twice convicted of murder, man gets off again"
A would-be burglar shot in the leg in a York Rd. Store (on the same block that once housed the Afro Hut)
ACLU sues MD State Police over officer's use of the n-word
Lawyers get foreclosure training
wacky! If you miss a letter and type "baltimorecrime.blogpot.com" instead, this is what you get.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Barf.
Coppin State track star shot in the chest in the Mondawmin mall parking lot
Evil child-abusing-and-pornographing Middle River couple John F. Nicklas IV and Shannon L. Honea to get at least 50 years. More details to make you puke on your shoes.
And if that didn't set you to yacking, how about this guy at the MoCo library?
Evil child-abusing-and-pornographing Middle River couple John F. Nicklas IV and Shannon L. Honea to get at least 50 years. More details to make you puke on your shoes.
And if that didn't set you to yacking, how about this guy at the MoCo library?
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Prevas Funeral Arrangements
The arrangements for Judge Prevas:
This Thursday the 28th will be a viewing at the Leonard J. Ruck Home, 5305 Harford Road in Hamilton from 3-9 p.m. Then Friday from 10:30-11 he will lie in state at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, 24 W. Preston St., 21201, followed by services and internment at the Greek Orthodox Cemetery off of Windsor Mill Road.
his proper obit from Jacques Kelly
and eulogies from friends in The Daily Record
and finally, here's the judge at karioke (at 1:20):
and pps., the Judge's final judicial act was to give 50 years to a well-deserving a-hole. From the SAO:
This Thursday the 28th will be a viewing at the Leonard J. Ruck Home, 5305 Harford Road in Hamilton from 3-9 p.m. Then Friday from 10:30-11 he will lie in state at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, 24 W. Preston St., 21201, followed by services and internment at the Greek Orthodox Cemetery off of Windsor Mill Road.
his proper obit from Jacques Kelly
and eulogies from friends in The Daily Record
and finally, here's the judge at karioke (at 1:20):
and pps., the Judge's final judicial act was to give 50 years to a well-deserving a-hole. From the SAO:
October 27, 2010 – In one of his last judicial acts on Monday, the Honorable John N. Prevas sentenced Antoine Epps, 21, of the 5500 block of Force Road to 50 years in prison following his convictions in September for armed carjacking, robbery and gun counts. Judge Prevas sentenced Epps to 30 years in prison for the armed carjacking count, a consecutive 20 years for use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence count and a concurrent 20 years for the robbery deadly weapon count. A Baltimore jury convicted Epps September 10, 2010. The sentencing hearing conducted by Judge Prevas was his last judicial decision; he left the bench shortly after this hearing complaining of chest pain and died later that day. As he left the bench, he told attorneys waiting to start a trial to be on call.
On July 24, 2009, Terrence Royster gave a ride to defendant Antoine Epps and one of his friends. When Mr. Royster arrived to the location identified by the suspects, an unknown co-defendant pulled a gun on the victim and Antoine Epps removed the keys from the ignition. They then ordered Mr. Royster out of the vehicle and robbed him of some of his possessions. Mr. Epps began beating him with a handgun. After beating Mr. Epps, the defendant’s ordered him into the trunk of his vehicle and drove him around the City for about an hour.
When they finally stopped the vehicle, the defendants again ordered the victim out of the vehicle, made him strip naked, and continued to beat him with the handgun. According to the victim, he was hit over 50 times with the handgun. After they left, the victim walked and crawled to a nearby home trying to obtain help. Police located him in a fetal position, bleeding profusely from his head.
4 murders, 15 hours, 6 stories
Four murders in 15 hours, including two teenagers
The Baltimore Brew has six stories about Judge Prevas
Slate: "Associating minorities with crime is irrational, unjust, and completely normal."
The Baltimore Brew has six stories about Judge Prevas
Slate: "Associating minorities with crime is irrational, unjust, and completely normal."
Monday, October 25, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
A man fatally shot in the head in the 2100 block of West Fayette St. at 3:30 in the afternoon Saturday, a 20-year-old man fatally shot on E. Monument Street Saturday night.
Your tax $ at work: deputy mayor hires the Urban Land Institute to figure out why the West side still sucks.
Tarheel given 10 years for transporting stolen guns
Florida's Attorney General has begun an investigation into five for-profit colleges, including the local University of Phoenix
Your tax $ at work: deputy mayor hires the Urban Land Institute to figure out why the West side still sucks.
Tarheel given 10 years for transporting stolen guns
Florida's Attorney General has begun an investigation into five for-profit colleges, including the local University of Phoenix
Friday, October 22, 2010
Testo found guilty
Didn't call that one! In spite of a lying cop, no body and a mullet-ectomy, county jurors have found Dennis Testo guilty of second-degree murder of his wife, Tracey Leigh Gardner-Testo.
Life for Steven T. Hollis III, the 3rd perp accused of stabbing 18-year-old Steven Parrish. Said Hollis, "Steven is gone, but he's still my best friend."
A rare not-guilty-by-reason-of-being-batshit-crazy verdict in PG county for a guy accused of killing his wife and a guy he thought was her lover (but wasn't).
Two shootings last night
Life for Steven T. Hollis III, the 3rd perp accused of stabbing 18-year-old Steven Parrish. Said Hollis, "Steven is gone, but he's still my best friend."
A rare not-guilty-by-reason-of-being-batshit-crazy verdict in PG county for a guy accused of killing his wife and a guy he thought was her lover (but wasn't).
Two shootings last night
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
“Paxil! Paxil! Hennessy and Paxil! Weed!"
Officer Tommy Portz, 32, was killed after rear-ending a fire truck.
Creepy! Alleged Essex home intruder Troy Thames lived only three blocks away from house he broke into, and is wanted for groping a 12-year-old
Speaking of ew, Bel Air High football players forced to miss two games after being accused of teabagging freshman team members, "disturbing acts almost too disgusting to repeat." Almost never killed a fly, Kelly McPherson!
Clyde Blamberg not impressed by clergy's call to sign their arms-dealers' code of conduct
Postal worker pleads guilty to stealing cash, checks and gift cards from the mails
Michael Kenneth Williams' depression cure: “Paxil! Paxil! Hennessy and Paxil! Weed!"
"Hampden merchants warm up to methadone clinic"
Creepy! Alleged Essex home intruder Troy Thames lived only three blocks away from house he broke into, and is wanted for groping a 12-year-old
Speaking of ew, Bel Air High football players forced to miss two games after being accused of teabagging freshman team members, "disturbing acts almost too disgusting to repeat." Almost never killed a fly, Kelly McPherson!
Clyde Blamberg not impressed by clergy's call to sign their arms-dealers' code of conduct
Postal worker pleads guilty to stealing cash, checks and gift cards from the mails
Michael Kenneth Williams' depression cure: “Paxil! Paxil! Hennessy and Paxil! Weed!"
"Hampden merchants warm up to methadone clinic"
another police officer hurt
Western district officer critically injured responding to emergency call.
"Keep your head up, yo"
Turns out the victim in the Rosedale Panera parking lot was the alleged perp's stepfather. The 15-year-old, Timothy Criner, will be charged as an adult with first-degree attempted murder, though the stabbing may be justified as Panera's soups taste like re-heated spooge filtered through a whore's bedsheets, and anyone who would feed them to a child deserves a slow, painful death.
Life for Jerome Williams and Charles Y. McGaney in the Harris case, 65 years for Gary Collins.
The Ink on last week's four murders
Religious leaders protest at Clyde's Sport Shop, and Clyde is not pleased.
CP: "Federal money is expanding drug treatment in Baltimore--and causing providers headaches."
The Testo case has gone to the jury
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services defends its actions in the Willie Featherstone case
Helen Holton talks ethics at Loyola U. HALLELUJAH!
Media blabber: Tribune Exec Me-so-Randy Michaels* poised to resign.
*this link is probably NSFW.. depending on where you W
Don't miss: Larnell Butler's letter to the CP on the Jessamy/Bernstein race
Life for Jerome Williams and Charles Y. McGaney in the Harris case, 65 years for Gary Collins.
The Ink on last week's four murders
Religious leaders protest at Clyde's Sport Shop, and Clyde is not pleased.
CP: "Federal money is expanding drug treatment in Baltimore--and causing providers headaches."
The Testo case has gone to the jury
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services defends its actions in the Willie Featherstone case
Helen Holton talks ethics at Loyola U. HALLELUJAH!
Media blabber: Tribune Exec Me-so-Randy Michaels* poised to resign.
*this link is probably NSFW.. depending on where you W
Don't miss: Larnell Butler's letter to the CP on the Jessamy/Bernstein race
Monday, October 18, 2010
Punching cops is bad for your health
Jerome Ira Stal became the eleventh person to plead guilty in a federal investigation of pawn shops that were used for money laundering.
Melvin J. Yates claims that Howard County cops gave him a beat-down after he struggled with them during an altercation in April.
A 15-year old allegedly stabbed a man in the parking lot of a Panera (yuck) in Rosedale.
The feds convicted a Singaporean man of trying to smuggle weapons to the Tamil Tigers. Good thing for him he wasn't busted back home in Singapore!
Ken Harris's killers will be sentenced tomorrow. No word about the SA's office seeking life w/o parole, which is odd since from what I recall they were convicted of first-degree felony murder.
Melvin J. Yates claims that Howard County cops gave him a beat-down after he struggled with them during an altercation in April.
A 15-year old allegedly stabbed a man in the parking lot of a Panera (yuck) in Rosedale.
The feds convicted a Singaporean man of trying to smuggle weapons to the Tamil Tigers. Good thing for him he wasn't busted back home in Singapore!
Ken Harris's killers will be sentenced tomorrow. No word about the SA's office seeking life w/o parole, which is odd since from what I recall they were convicted of first-degree felony murder.
Testo testo-fies
"I never laid a hand on her"
Piece by Hermann about murder victim Louis Scott mulls over the eternal Baltimore question: with so many murders, how does a reporter decide who to write about?
Piece by Hermann about murder victim Louis Scott mulls over the eternal Baltimore question: with so many murders, how does a reporter decide who to write about?
Shady?
The city seems to be in no hurry to release details on how millions in Pimilico's racing impact fees has been spent.
Shocker: Alleged Cop Killer Had Rap Sheet
Sian Ricardo James, accused of killing city detective Brian Stevenson over an (illegal) parking place, then going to Power Plant Live, is due in court in December to face assault, false imprisonment and rape charges. He's also a fan of "Family Guy" and "Two and a Half Men."
Sunday, October 17, 2010
City officer killed over parking space
Detective Brian Stevenson, 38, was killed in Canton after he got into an argument over a parking space and was hit in the head with an object
also a Dundalk man is charged with raping a girl he met on MySpace
motion to dismiss denied in Testo case
Patient deaths prompt questions at Perkins
Murder suspect arrested after he shot himself in the leg
Hampden robbery suspect nabbed
Police ID Oakenshawe murder victim as Travis Lane, 19. ("Fun" fact: Northwood used to be a segregated shopping center and was the site of a sit-in by Morgan students in 1960)
"Low crime, high anxiety in Roland Park"
also a Dundalk man is charged with raping a girl he met on MySpace
motion to dismiss denied in Testo case
Patient deaths prompt questions at Perkins
Murder suspect arrested after he shot himself in the leg
Hampden robbery suspect nabbed
Police ID Oakenshawe murder victim as Travis Lane, 19. ("Fun" fact: Northwood used to be a segregated shopping center and was the site of a sit-in by Morgan students in 1960)
"Low crime, high anxiety in Roland Park"
Police officer critically injured
A city police detective was critically injured during a fight while celebrating his birthday.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Because you were not effing depressed enough already
Father charged with choking 6-month-old infant to death
AG Eric Holder vows to enforce federal drug laws if CA voters legalize the pot.
AG Eric Holder vows to enforce federal drug laws if CA voters legalize the pot.
Three murder convictions
Marquise Evans, James Wesley Spriggs, and Craig Bobian were all recently convicted of first-degree murder in separate cases. Evans got life plus 20 years, Spriggs got life and Bobian will be sentenced on December 1.
BTW, I see lots of life sentences but hardly ever hear about someone getting life w/o parole in the City. Is the SA's office reluctant to go for LWOP?
BTW, I see lots of life sentences but hardly ever hear about someone getting life w/o parole in the City. Is the SA's office reluctant to go for LWOP?
Thursday, October 14, 2010
City taxpayer question of the day
Q: Why does a city pension board trustee fly to Miami for three days at taxpayer expense to meet with representatives of an investment firm that has offices in Philly?
A: Because city taxpayers are footing the bill, and since you don't have to tell where you stayed on their dime, you can pick a swank hotel and live it up.
B: Because the pension fund is $300 million in the red and you need a break from the stress
C: Because you paid this firm millions for worthless investment advice and now they owe you dinner by the pool
D: All of the above
A: Because city taxpayers are footing the bill, and since you don't have to tell where you stayed on their dime, you can pick a swank hotel and live it up.
B: Because the pension fund is $300 million in the red and you need a break from the stress
C: Because you paid this firm millions for worthless investment advice and now they owe you dinner by the pool
D: All of the above
Wife swapping
Not much neighborly love in Finksburg, after two men end up dead in an apparent murder suicide.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Drunken frat boy runs newspaper into ditch
Another Tribune Exec (and not the tittays guy, Randy Michaels) has apologized for sending out a memo about "sluts" (hey, that video's a classic!)
Now titties guy has suspended slut guy, and the site Jezebel has more on a former employee's harassment claims, including "saying she had been bitten on the neck by Mr. Michaels and that he walked through the office wearing a sexual device around his neck."
.. and now all afternoon we're going to be wondering what the hell kind of device that might be
Now titties guy has suspended slut guy, and the site Jezebel has more on a former employee's harassment claims, including "saying she had been bitten on the neck by Mr. Michaels and that he walked through the office wearing a sexual device around his neck."
.. and now all afternoon we're going to be wondering what the hell kind of device that might be
Sluts n' Mullets
Eight murders this week, says the CP
The trial of mulleted murder suspect Dennis Testo continues, and TDR's Danny Jacobs has more on "no body" cases
Police are ISO suspect in Hampden store robberies
Clerical error almost cost inmate 14 extra years on his sentence
Oh, great: "Willie Featherstone is a sexual predator, but he keeps getting out of prison."
Rilly? Portfolio.com says Baltimore's income growth is 3rd-highest in the nation.
ps. what's better than this blog? This blog en francais!
The trial of mulleted murder suspect Dennis Testo continues, and TDR's Danny Jacobs has more on "no body" cases
Police are ISO suspect in Hampden store robberies
Clerical error almost cost inmate 14 extra years on his sentence
Oh, great: "Willie Featherstone is a sexual predator, but he keeps getting out of prison."
Rilly? Portfolio.com says Baltimore's income growth is 3rd-highest in the nation.
ps. what's better than this blog? This blog en francais!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
eine kleine Nachtwunde
A guy stabs two at Oktoberfest
Four or five murders this weekend: adult male and Park Heights and Shirley; Daryll Hood, 22, 4700 block of Shamrock Avenue; Travis Lane, 29, found dead on the 3500 block of Calvert Street; Dennis Waddell, 1600 block of Warwick Avenue; James Ingram, 3000 block of Presbury Street; and a suspiciously dead guy in a vacant in the 800 block of North Fremont Avenue.
UM professor to review Baltimore police arrests
Smoochy lesbians ejected from Ravens game (ps. happy coming out day to our more closeted readers!)
Four or five murders this weekend: adult male and Park Heights and Shirley; Daryll Hood, 22, 4700 block of Shamrock Avenue; Travis Lane, 29, found dead on the 3500 block of Calvert Street; Dennis Waddell, 1600 block of Warwick Avenue; James Ingram, 3000 block of Presbury Street; and a suspiciously dead guy in a vacant in the 800 block of North Fremont Avenue.
UM professor to review Baltimore police arrests
Smoochy lesbians ejected from Ravens game (ps. happy coming out day to our more closeted readers!)
Media blabber
Tribune CEO accused of offering a waitress $100 to flash her tittays to "senior colleagues"
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Senior slain
78-year-old retired bus driver Sterling Palmer was stabbed to death in his home in the 2600 block of Edison highway
Friday, October 8, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Mellow majorly harshed in Eastpoint
Police say it's the largest drug bust ever in Baltimore County, netting 478 marijuana plants, 640 pounds of processed weed, $12,000 in cash, and nabbing a couple of people.. one who sounds rather familiar
UPDATE: Hermann says it's "not the largest after all."
news of the crazy: a couple of star-crossed Dorchester County teens accused of trying to kill the gal's parents.. and her dad is standing by her.
...an investigation following the death of a teacher at Cheltenham reveals the juvenile facility "lacked — and continues to lack — basic security equipment"
... police are ISO Gary Latham, 27, for the murder of an elderly man in the 3500 block of Elm Avenue
"At prison book club, a former child soldier finds an audience that can relate"
UPDATE: Hermann says it's "not the largest after all."
news of the crazy: a couple of star-crossed Dorchester County teens accused of trying to kill the gal's parents.. and her dad is standing by her.
...an investigation following the death of a teacher at Cheltenham reveals the juvenile facility "lacked — and continues to lack — basic security equipment"
... police are ISO Gary Latham, 27, for the murder of an elderly man in the 3500 block of Elm Avenue
"At prison book club, a former child soldier finds an audience that can relate"
Unfrickinbelieveable Waste & Sloppiness at DJS
Bykowicz reports an audit found the Dept of Juvenile Services lost $3 million due to "improper documentation" (yeah right) and ps., "The agency's failure to submit contracts to the state Board of Public Works on time, meanwhile, forced the spending panel to approve nearly $150 million in agreements after work had already begun."
And pps., says the dept spokesman, it's all Ehrlich's fault.
For a little backgrounder on leadership at the DJS, see the CP's "Juvenile Disservices"
And pps., says the dept spokesman, it's all Ehrlich's fault.
For a little backgrounder on leadership at the DJS, see the CP's "Juvenile Disservices"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Omar's comin
Michael Kenneth Williams to give a free talk tonight at Morgan State, reports the Brew
Jury in Ken Harris case deadlocked, ordered to keep deliberating
BPD Tweets: "HOMICIDE - 2354 SIDNEY AVE/ADULT MALE VICTIM FOUND INSIDE OF LOCATION"
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And a man and a woman shot last night on Claflin Ct. in Cherry Hill, the woman was shot in the back and died at Shock Trauma
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Jury in Ken Harris case deadlocked, ordered to keep deliberating
BPD Tweets: "HOMICIDE - 2354 SIDNEY AVE/ADULT MALE VICTIM FOUND INSIDE OF LOCATION"
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And a man and a woman shot last night on Claflin Ct. in Cherry Hill, the woman was shot in the back and died at Shock Trauma
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Harris jury asks about guns
Second day of deliberations ends with note from jury asking about the gun used to kill Councilman Harris.
Monday, October 4, 2010
HALLELUJAH!
Helen Holton pled "no contest" to a campaign finance violation this morning, a deal that will let her run for re-election next year. HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! Apparently God would rather have Carl Stokes heading the finance committee.
.. in other news
a report says trying juveniles as adults is counterproductive; an 18-year-old charged with killing a 16-year-old father-to-be in Edgewood (HarfCo); "Weekend without any killings ends with school police officer shooting"; and a fatal shooting in Fredneck; fingerprints ID a homicide victim found in Landover.
.. in other news
a report says trying juveniles as adults is counterproductive; an 18-year-old charged with killing a 16-year-old father-to-be in Edgewood (HarfCo); "Weekend without any killings ends with school police officer shooting"; and a fatal shooting in Fredneck; fingerprints ID a homicide victim found in Landover.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Alibi
A post-trial analysis of the defense of the alleged Harris killers.
.. also see Fenton's "Conspiracy theories swirl in closing arguments of Harris trial"
.. also see Fenton's "Conspiracy theories swirl in closing arguments of Harris trial"
Saturday, October 2, 2010
It's for real! Loopy septuagenarian Frank "Papa Bear" Conaway is running for mayor a 3rd time. Comment: "I can see lots of bear cubs getting no-bid contracts in Baltimore's future."
Enhancing skills to get an edge
Suspects and victim in the stabbing at Security Square Mall are students at the North American Trade School there. Wonder what they were studying?
Friday, October 1, 2010
Teardrop tattoo
Did accused killer Jerome Williams get a teardrop tattoo after councilman Harris was shot to death?
Thursday, September 30, 2010
A-holes du jour
Closing arguments in Harris case ... and it's to the jury
Five indicted in Hopkins identity theft scheme
Smirking dude linked to 2007 murder by DNA
Officer Patrick Dotson got 10 years (all but 18 months suspended) for firing his handgun at a bar fight
New anti-perv laws take effect
Five indicted in Hopkins identity theft scheme
Smirking dude linked to 2007 murder by DNA
Officer Patrick Dotson got 10 years (all but 18 months suspended) for firing his handgun at a bar fight
New anti-perv laws take effect
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Despicable them
Roommates Manuel Guttierez and Jaime Calderon charged in Cockeysville murder of Jose Ramirez
Soon the fill the next cell: store clerks who shamelessly flaunt flagrant violations of the no-plastic-bag law
Better late than never Dept. Washington Monthly's: Too Weird for The Wire: How black Baltimore drug dealers are using white supremacist legal theories to confound the Feds
Anne Arundel guy gets church volunteerism as part of drunk-driving sentence
Soon the fill the next cell: store clerks who shamelessly flaunt flagrant violations of the no-plastic-bag law
Better late than never Dept. Washington Monthly's: Too Weird for The Wire: How black Baltimore drug dealers are using white supremacist legal theories to confound the Feds
Anne Arundel guy gets church volunteerism as part of drunk-driving sentence
Hebrew Wooed Negro Vote
Data shows a lot of voters crossed racial lines in the State's Attorney's election, including white people who voted for Jessamy
Dropped charge in Harris case
Prosecutors want to drop the most serious murder charge in Harris case.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Life without parole for Bloods gang leader Timothy E. Rawlings Jr., who ordered a hit on an 18-year-old fellow gang member Steven Parrish because he thought was gay
and an uniD'd woman found stabbed to death in east Baltimore
and an uniD'd woman found stabbed to death in east Baltimore
Monday, September 27, 2010
Quality reading
If you haven't read Antero Pietila's Not in My Neighborhood, you really must. Finally got my copy on Saturday and couldn't put it down all weekend. Full of fascinating facts, not just about how housing segregation and blockbusting, but crazy tidbits, like before 1904, Baltimore didn't have an underground sewage system, just massive cesspools. Also MLK Jr. apparently actively avoided Baltimore, for reasons unknown. And apparently Pennsylvania Ave used to be main street!
White supremacist Calvin E. Lockner received a 31-year prison sentence today for assaulting an elderly black fisherman at Fort Armistead.
Lots of shootings this weekend. The current tally is five wounded and one dead.
The family of Sarah Foxwell have asked that outgoing Wicomico County State's Attorney Davis Ruark stay on as lead prosecutor in Thomas Leggs's capital murder trial.
Lots of shootings this weekend. The current tally is five wounded and one dead.
The family of Sarah Foxwell have asked that outgoing Wicomico County State's Attorney Davis Ruark stay on as lead prosecutor in Thomas Leggs's capital murder trial.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Aieee!
Fill in the blank: the "Preppy burglar" looks a lot more ______ up close!
... and the weekends' shootings spawns more of the same-old discussion.
... and the weekends' shootings spawns more of the same-old discussion.
Friday, September 24, 2010
A guilty verdict for Karl Marshall Walker Jr., a teacher who wrote a 8-year-old sexually explicit "love" letters is MD's first conviction for sex abuse without evidence of physical contact & sets precedent for pervs of the future
Dead witness in Harris case
Witness in Harris case who was killed last year made a contrary ID in ATM video
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Gentlemen on the verge of a nervous breakdown
A guilty plea for assault, a hate crime and an attack on a corrections officer from Calvin Lockner, accused of a racially motivated attack on a septuagenarian fisherman last year. Enjoy what may be one of your last quotes from Jessamy's Deputy Division Chief of Communications & Governmental Affairs, Joe Sviatko (who is not an attorney, WBAL fact checkers): "It's safe to say that this is a plea agreement that we feel really good about because were going to get this person off the streets for 31 years."
We'll miss you Joe!
A new commander for the sex offense unit, one who "doesn't have experience with sex offense investigations," but "officials believe that may be a plus given the past problems in the unit." heh heh, sex unit.
HoCo police will buy 7 pairs of Blucher mocs for whomever finds the "Preppy Burglar".
UPDATE! He was nabbed and named as Jeremy Matthew Hall, 30, and Fenton & Hermann are "doing some background checking to see who this man is what he does for a living." Yes, do tell!
We'll miss you Joe!
A new commander for the sex offense unit, one who "doesn't have experience with sex offense investigations," but "officials believe that may be a plus given the past problems in the unit." heh heh, sex unit.
HoCo police will buy 7 pairs of Blucher mocs for whomever finds the "Preppy Burglar".
UPDATE! He was nabbed and named as Jeremy Matthew Hall, 30, and Fenton & Hermann are "doing some background checking to see who this man is what he does for a living." Yes, do tell!
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Sweeping away drug dealers
After they clean up the damn playground, they're going right back home to their fancy clothes and fancy cars. They’re just trying to look good for the cameras.
Oh, Jesus, there's some new bail bondsmen in town (thanks CP, and thanks readers for voting us Baltimore's 3rd-most-beloved blog!)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Sounds like somebody has a case of the Mondays
Five people got shot on Monday night. It sounds like none of them were fatal.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner got a fancy new building.
A new start for police after Jessamy?
Wicomico County needs to figure out who will try the death penalty case against sex offender/alleged kidnapper and murderer Thomas Leggs after Davis Ruark lost his re-election bid.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner got a fancy new building.
A new start for police after Jessamy?
Wicomico County needs to figure out who will try the death penalty case against sex offender/alleged kidnapper and murderer Thomas Leggs after Davis Ruark lost his re-election bid.
Hopkins shooter
Police are searching the home of the Hopkins shooter in VA. Looking for suicide notes. etc.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Media Blabber
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter steps in it big time, garnering national press for two lovely pieces: one by Managing Editor Greg Sgammato on how much he hates to see "fat chicks at a Hopkins party," another by one Javier Avitia on the advantages of "Banging Under the Influence," topped it off with half-assed non-apology. Grooming some real charmers over there!
Yes, I know, not a crime, stick to crime reports, etc etc.
Yes, I know, not a crime, stick to crime reports, etc etc.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Saturday crime news
State Senator Ulysses Currie pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges.
Triple stabbing on an MTA bus in West Baltimore.
Triple stabbing on an MTA bus in West Baltimore.
Friday, September 17, 2010
A Concession to Dignity
Short and sweet, good for her. Golf claps. She's put in a long career as a public servant and ought to jet off to St. Bart's and go put her toes in the sand.
More from the Sun.
How wonderful to imagine this blog played a small part in such a golden moment!
ps., what an interesting coincidence, our first Jewish State's Attorney, immediately before Yom Kippur.
More from the Sun.
How wonderful to imagine this blog played a small part in such a golden moment!
ps., what an interesting coincidence, our first Jewish State's Attorney, immediately before Yom Kippur.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Congratulations, taxpayers, you paid Margaret Burns $52 an hour to stand on the courthouse steps and talk smack about the ballot count.
More from Hermann
More from Hermann
Friends like these...
WTF?! County police say a Reisterstown couple locked a woman in a bathroom for a year (a "friend"? Are you sure that's the word you're looking for, Jeff Hager?)
Murder/suicide at Hopkins Hospital
The son of patient killed his mother than shot himself after he shot a Hopkins doctor in the stomach.
Doctor shot at Johns Hopkins
A physician at Johns Hopkins is in critical condition after being shot by a man who was unhappy with his mother's medical treatment.
Give it up, lady!
Thousands of missing votes, sheesh! Lawsuit, I am like so shur. File it right next to that ethics complaint about Bealefeld's sign!
UPDATE: after a day of counting ballots, Bernstein's lead widened .
UPDATE: after a day of counting ballots, Bernstein's lead widened .
"It's unclear if [Jessamy]'s now satisfied with the integrity of the election, but [head of the elections board] reiterated that all votes were in except for the remaining absentee ballots left to count and the provisional votes."
The mask
Witnesses didn't know the color of the mask worn by the gunman who killed Councilman Harris.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
The Tweet Trail
[at around 10 a.m.] "So I was told late late last night that the missing disks aren't scanfalous like it sounds. The results of those places were tallied.... And publicly posted in the window of each place. The only issue would be that they didn't make it into the tally... So bottom line as its been explained to me, is its not like the totals are unknown and could be manipulated. While Bernstein's lead isn't huge, based on the outstanding votes it seems insurmountable at this point"
... how nice of that Fenton to stay up all night and then go back in the next morning. Ah, youth.
Pat is right, they should count all the votes!
..also there was some kind of robbery/shooting situation near Mercy High.
... how nice of that Fenton to stay up all night and then go back in the next morning. Ah, youth.
Pat is right, they should count all the votes!
..also there was some kind of robbery/shooting situation near Mercy High.
.. here we go
Tweets Fenton: UPDATE: Tricia Bishop reports that Jessamy camp claiming that 6 to 10,000 votes are unaccounted for.. more to come
... Tricia Bishop says Jessamy claims cards are missing for six districts
... Tricia Bishop says Jessamy claims cards are missing for six districts
It's morning in Baltimore
Way to call it, readers, accurately predicting the teeny tiny margin in the State's Attorney's race. (Two points! What is up with that? And the turnout-- 13 percent! Tsk!
But all's well that ends well, right? (Or all's well that's statistically extremely unlikely)
So stuff it, racists and cynics!
"Good morning Baltimore .... The rats on the street all dance around my feet... There's the flasher who lives next door, there's the bum on his barroom stool, they wish me good luck on my way to school..."
But all's well that ends well, right? (Or all's well that's statistically extremely unlikely)
So stuff it, racists and cynics!
"Good morning Baltimore .... The rats on the street all dance around my feet... There's the flasher who lives next door, there's the bum on his barroom stool, they wish me good luck on my way to school..."
Looking Like Bernstein by a Hair
Tweeted Fenton after midnight from board of elections HQ on scenic Baltimore Street:
"Latest update w 71.38 percent: bernstein 17304, Jessamy 16665, lansey 1351"
"Latest update w 71.38 percent: bernstein 17304, Jessamy 16665, lansey 1351"
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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