Police have arrested four members of the Bloods, one aged 14,
for the murder of Marquel Smith in Essex.
(As long as they spell your name right dept: "'People are just recognizing now that in Maryland we do have a gang problem,' said Maryland Attorney General Doug Gantzler." --JZ)
Alvin Augustus Williams, 26, is due to be sentenced tomorrow by Judge John Glynn. Williams was convicted january 12 of second-degree murder, first-degree assault and possession of a firearm. On November 12, 2005 Williams shot and killed Brian Jones, 34, of Millersville, MD in the 1100 block of South Ellwood Street. Jones was leaving a Canton nightspot with a friend when Williams approached them with a rifle and opened fire. The jury deliberated approximately five hours after hearing three days of testimony. Williams faces a maximum possible prison term of 60 years.
Charles Pace and Brian Lessane were identified as two of Monday's murder victims.
It took nearly a year, but
Gregory Rollins' murder finally got some meaningful press.
Destiny D'Urso was charged with the
September murder of her 2-year-old son, and a warrant was issued for Paul Anthony Highfield III in the same killing.
Four people were charged with first-degree murder in the death of Essex resident Marquel Smith. Two of the defendants are Bloods, and another is a 14-year-old named James Smoot who will be charged as an adult. No word if this James Smoot is related to either Raymond Smoot, the man who was killed in Central Booking and Intake two years ago, or Raymond's brother James.
After releasing the owner of the liquor store he was robbing, James Douglas
set the store on fire but didn't try to escape.
A Towson murder case from 16 years ago was closed after investigators learned that the
primary suspect killed himself in 2004.
Stealing a car with a 5-year-old child inside probably isn't the best way to avoid getting deployed.
Sheila D.
fired the head of the BFD's training academy after the death of Racheal M. Wilson.
Harford County sheriff Jesse Bane has apparently done such a good job that
Edgewood doesn't want the Guardian Angels anymore. Meanwhile, Bane is looking at
implementing NYC's CompStat to help fight crime. (Interestingly, the article mentions neither CitiStat nor O'Malley's newly proposed StateStat.)
Police are looking for the
three adults who attacked a boy at a PG County middle school.
Both of HoCo resident Robert Bell's sons are
doing time.
It doesn't seem like it takes a genius to figure this out: if you have
96 pounds of wacky tabaccy in the trunk, you shouldn't drive like a jackass.
Landlords in the city are living well while their tenants live in deplorable conditions.
Uh, really...
all I wanted was a tan.
There are
allegations of police brutality in Talbot County.
How charming that one person -- in this case,
bank robber Craig J. Mills -- can have a significant impact on HoCo's crime stats.
Since there's obviously nothing else to be outraged about in the city, how about a little
bureaucratic incompetence to get things fired up?
A Hagtown jury
convicted Jimmie Lee Johnson, 36, of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment, two gun crimes and possession of marijuana following an I-70 road rage incident.
In Suitland, PGC,
17-year-old Timothy Van Buren died playing Russian Roulette February 16.