The two boys who killed 13-year-old Monae Turnage in what is
described as a gun accident have plead guilty to their roles in the shooting and attempted coverup. According to prosecutors, Monae was still breathing when she was dragged into an alley and hidden under garbage.*
A Towson family is jubilant after a state court ruled that
all pit-bulls, regardless of prior violence, should be considered dangerous, and that their owners can be held responsible for any terror they cause. I'll leave my personal opinions well out of this, but what do you, great readers, think of the ruling?
Ronald Johnson was sentenced to 30 years for murdering Sgt. Chase Love outside
the "Hookah Lounge" back in July 2010.
Two suspicious deaths from this weekend have been announced, including that of
Tenneseean Karen Huskey, found dead after raving it up. It seems the number of announced suspicious deaths have been severely reduced hes past couple years, at least based on the number of ones I add to the homicide tally.
That... is not going to help the prosecution. At the Werdesheim trial a woman passed out suddenly, and who was the first person to jump up and help?
Avi Werdesheim.
It seems we can't go a week in Baltimore without a viral video sparking
controversy. This time it's a video of the police's handling of a group
of activists that's caused more then a few people to
be up in arms.
A gleeful, shirtless man jumped the field at the Orioles game Friday, before eventually getting
tackle by the home plate ump. I went to the game Friday, and sat almost next to, and cheered with, the very, very drunk and enthusiastic man. While I can't recommend that sort of behavior, his actions were the only interesting point in that dud of a game...
A fella in Essex got popped in "A Line Barbers"
on South Marlyn Ave.
Four people will be spending a long time behind bars for kidnapping and
attempting to murder a woman. 27-year-old Torrence White was sentenced to 40 years, 24-year-old Morris James got 30 years, 23-year-old Keonay Hill got 30 years, and 29-year-old Adesha Richardson is awaiting sentencing.
The firing of Salvatore "Don't Call Me Dude" Rivieri has
been upheld by a MD court.
Students are doing all they can to keep pedo John Merzbacher in a prison cell for the rest of his life.
Two out of three of the corrections officers accused of violently beating a woman at Central Booking have been convicted.
Larry Morris and Shannon Rivies face serious time when sentenced. Terrance Taylor was acquitted of all charges.
A new robocall trial for former Ehrlich aid
Julius Henson has begun. Henson is accused of concocting a scheme to dupe hundreds of thousands of democrats into not voting during the 2010 Gubernatorial election.
The City police department was recently audited, and shockingly enough, the results
weren't so great.
County residents aren't looking very open minded this past week. In the first incident, County resident
Billy Ray Pratt, 24, plead guilty to hanging a raccoon on the porch of a home belonging to a family of African immigrants. In the second incident, a rock found it's way through
the window of a Muslim community center.
That's... really gross. Folks at CCBC Essex are on the lookout for a creeper who
put his head under several active use stalls in the woman's restroom.
A few crimes of note in and around Towson, including the robbery of a couple
in the Towson Mall parking garage.
Police are ISO the Dundalk driver who hit and nearly killed
a 15-year-old riding his bicycle.
18th Street gang member Joel Ventura "Clon" Quintanilla was sentenced to Life
in the Federal pen for murdering a 15-year-old and a 24-year-old in separate incidents. Quintanilla was an El Salvadorean immigrant already serving Life in state prison due to his gang shenanigans. He was arrested for the murders thanks to the fact that he had his own nickname
tattooed on his stomach.
